Do you pray? Are you joining His Holiness the Pope in praying for relief of this scourge?
Do you think CoVid19 is manmade?
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SW-User
As just an inquisitive aside I never understood the point of praying for something like this to go.
If you believe God is the all powerful controlling all things in the universe aren't you telling God he was wrong? As surely he's created this.
I always, when I was a practising Christian, only prayed for the strength to cope with what I have to deal with.
If you believe God is the all powerful controlling all things in the universe aren't you telling God he was wrong? As surely he's created this.
I always, when I was a practising Christian, only prayed for the strength to cope with what I have to deal with.
Speedyman · 70-79, M
Not at all. You are asking him to rectify what human failings have made wrong in the world. Always amuses me that the people who deny God the most are the first to blame him when things go wrong . @SW-User
SW-User
@Speedyman how is a virus that has evolved in bats before jumping to humans a human made problem?
I wasn't blaming god. I don't as i don't believe in a controlling universal being. We've got this because that's what nature does. It's random.
I wasn't blaming god. I don't as i don't believe in a controlling universal being. We've got this because that's what nature does. It's random.
@SW-User it's the same as meeting with an accident as a kid, and asking your Dad for help to get you a new bike, perhaps pay for your injuries. 🤷
He is our Father, the most powerful spirit. He has the power to fix things, and we all have seen His miracles in the past. We see it everyday.
He is our Father, the most powerful spirit. He has the power to fix things, and we all have seen His miracles in the past. We see it everyday.
SW-User
@Vivaci it's a philosophical point of view I've had as a kid, like that the devil was created by God.
I'm a non believer so my points are difficult for people with a faith to see. You have faith therefore it makes sense. I do not so find it all a bit contradictory and confusing.
I'm a non believer so my points are difficult for people with a faith to see. You have faith therefore it makes sense. I do not so find it all a bit contradictory and confusing.
Mahdkvp · 26-30, F
@SW-User God created everything but just as he gave mankind free will so he gave the angels free will, so Azrael allowed envy to cloud his view, jealous of God like children can get jealous of their parents he chose to oppose God and thereby became Satan, leading lots of angels astray in the bargain, as well as Adam and Eve! It's really not a difficult thing to assimilate.
@SW-User Take what makes sense but be open-minded. I hate following religious books to the T, coz it never made sense to me. But those were man-made. It doesn't mean I haven't seen the good in them books.
But God and religion are two separate things for me. I don't need those books to verify my faith in God. You see, I've tested Him since childhood and I know He exists. If you want to see His miracles, all He asks is you have faith in Him. Unwavering faith.
But God and religion are two separate things for me. I don't need those books to verify my faith in God. You see, I've tested Him since childhood and I know He exists. If you want to see His miracles, all He asks is you have faith in Him. Unwavering faith.
@SW-User Do what feels comfortable. After all you're a father too. You don't force yourself on your kids. Why would He? 💞🤗