When God Allows Something but Doesn't Approve of it ... What Should We Do?

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@mythociate (21437)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 16, 2018 8:46am CST
A good example of 'God allowing but -not approving' would be "gay marriage." God 'approves of' Love, and marriage is a community's 'highest symbol of Love' (like a cross at the top of the tallest tower); but 'two men- or two women-marrying each other' is NOT "the plan approved by God!" (according to https://truthfortheworld.org/gods-plan-for-marriage Genesis 2:24, 1:26-28; 2:18-25; Romans 7:1-3; 1 Corinthians 7:39). But such marriages happen anyway, meaning God 'allows' them. That reminds me of a frequent argument brought up by atheists: if you worship an all-powerful God, why are children starving in third-world countries? What kind of all-powerful Father would let his children die like that? And the Christians' answer (to which I've seen no valid counter-argument) is the free-will argument---basically, that the starving children are the result of a series of humans' bad choices. (the same as my argument against people who claim that "God gave them diseases that killed them": 'No! Your choices (couple with your parents' choices & many-many others' choices) brought the disease on!') But I'm thinking of 'marriage after divorce (when there are children from first marriage, and nobody's died).' "Going to the second wedding" would be a lot like "enjoying life in Sodom-&-Gomorrah before the impending doom"---you might not actually 'approve of' all the sinful stuff happening, but being there & 'allowing' the new love-union is giving it your tacit stamp-of-approval I treat all such things (gay weddings, post-divorce weddings) as 'pests'---I don't 'seek them out to destroy them wherever they are,' but I don't 'invite them into my house.'
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
16 Jul 18
You are talking about things that YOU don't approve of and therefore, apparently, think that God must not 'approve' of. Are you not 'creating God in your own image'?
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
16 Jul 18
And that's how the atheists typically respond. Since they can't counter my argument, then 'I personally' must be wrong somehow.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
16 Jul 18
@mythociate So, because I answer like an atheist, I must be an atheist?
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
16 Jul 18
@owlwings never said you were
16 Jul 18
You have a point. I am a Roman Catholic but I don't condemn any gay people or gay marriage. For me, if they are happy with that and they are not harming other people then there is no issue for me.
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
16 Jul 18
When God approves it, He opens the door. And means yes to Him. If He denies it, He closes the door. To say NO because He wants to protect us.
• India
17 Jul 18
It's the society which made this and not the God. There are places where it is approved