Can God be behind disasters?

@BYOLA2871 (4371)
South Africa
May 9, 2008 10:53am CST
There have been posts and discussions and questions that there is no God .Some argued that if there is a God why should He allow negative things to happen to people and so on? I want to say here that in my understanding of God, He does not use natural disasters to punish innocent people. He has never and never will do that. Because God is love. Why then are these things called natural disasters happening? We must know that t a number of these things are partially caused by man’s activities e.g. the hurricane of New Orleans or the mud slides of Venzuala.In this stances, natural phenomena such as wind, rain turned catastrophic because of human environmental ignorance, or faulty engineering or unheeded warnings etc.Also there is the issue of spiritual influence too. But in all there is one thing that is sure God is no author of evil. Any varying opinion?
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@wrangel15 (1443)
• Philippines
9 May 08
I agree with you. It is just hard to believe because God can control everything and we see bad things happen. But I have learned that we are in the world and sufferings are upon us because of our fallen nature. Also, we always want to see things happening to us are good. We complain to God when trials come. But when we have no problems we tend to forget about God. Without our problems we won't remember the Lord. Another thing is that we are all social beings and are meant to help each other. If innocent people aren't affected by others' actions, we are not motivated to help because we would just think that someone suffers because of his own doings.
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@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
10 May 08
Thank you so much for this response,it is very true that our fallen nature is a major factor in the things we experience,also the things we see sometimes are meant to make us realise that we are meant to be helpers to one another at any point but the truth is that man over time has been so,selfish and self destructive that we tend to think only of our selves and we then blame God when things go wrong but we never acknowledge Him when things are right,
@pkc3000 (1266)
• India
10 May 08
Dear Buola2871 First we should know how do we define god. Mankind needs something to look up to an ideal or an aspiration. GOD may only be a word. But what this word stands for is the universal desire of human beings to be inspired. One great scholar of India went to foreign country to deliver a lecture in a college about the apirituality. Where all the students tried to insult that scholar and one of the student who was leading wrote to the black board that GOD IS NOWHERE. tHE SCHOLAR ENTERED INTo the room and all the students asked him to read the writing and give reply instantly. The learned man within a second give his reply by rearranging the writing i.e. GOD IS NOW HERE. All the students were amazed and beg apology for their misdeeds. Science always say that science can not prove the existence of god, but we can prove mass, weight or motion. God should be left out of all sensible reckoning even when dealing with non-materials issues.Gods loves every body and he never punished his creature. Whatever the natural calamites are occured it is man made problem and due to our ignorance .There is proverb that God does whatever good for us. It is universal truth. I fully agree with your views. pkc3000
@34momma (13882)
• United States
9 May 08
Our collective negative thinking is why these kinds of things happen every day. our negative thoughts about ourselves, the world, other people is why thing happen in the world, to ourselves and each other. Once we learn to change our mind s about ourself, and our role in this world, this kinds of things will happen over and over again
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
10 May 08
you ae also when the business man think of what will happen if he carries out a nuclear test close to the river,he definitely will not do it,when we consider not experimenting what happens if a virus is released into the atmosphere then we will never do it,so many things and reasons for all these disasters but mainly man craeted problems.God is never the author of suffering but man
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
10 May 08
Dear friend, Before we put on God we humans could had checked our ways how we treat this eath we kill animals for our tasty food, we pollute the air and water for comfortable life, some kill people for their selfish deeds, declare wars with countries, fight on religions and may on silly matters we kill others. Are we really obeying GOD. Will any of human do favour if these things happen or forgive other if that man stabs or do something harh. Humans even kill others for silly matter for pleasure for selfish matters. Should God really look on these people who really disobjey and do sins and may be born to do sins. I hope if people attitude to earth even has lead to global warming. I hope it might be earth who is angry finally making disater may be its reaction to humans may it too has forbidden the value of forgiveness. I hope as long as humans disobey God all these happen be positive and we will get positive and even if we get negative take it or make it as a positive and I am God will be there always. Basic fact is that we peopole never like to go to dirt or wastes we like to keep a distance from that we tend to like in better place a palce were we could get peace. I hope the same may be applicable to God too, as God wish to be in peacefull side and God will be there always
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
10 May 08
you have raised very salient points here and i am in agreement with you that most of our disasters are self inflicted and well maybe when we make up our minds to do what is right then things will get better for us and we will have less of these disasters.
• Philippines
10 May 08
I agree with you. If one questions God's existence then his faith is weak.
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
10 May 08
yes anyone who doubts the existence of God almighty is about to loose his/her existence,even the bible says the fool says in hs heart"there is no God"how true this is is?
@2btrueinu (700)
• Philippines
14 May 08
Yes I agree with you. Why we give reason to all people fault? Why think why is this happening to us. God will not do all this he doesnt one any innocent people to be hurt but we people do this and we have to harvest what we planted. They are not afraid of what they say, They just keep on blaming and complaining instead of asking forgiveness and mercy for all of us. This is natural phenomena but we could stop this if we are not hard headed. We are favor on every thing that is new and high tech easy for us to use but we did not see what is the bad effect for all of this. Some people cut all this tree and make tall buildings now we are out of tree to protect us from natural disaster that is only one example there are many more.... If we experience such disaster we should not blame God for this but of ourselve coz we come into the limit of it all. But there are still a chance for all of this if we come to Him and ask for forgiveness and mercy.