Why worship a God that does not help!

Witness 007

So God let 10 million people die in world war 2 but was too busy to help....what kind of diety does this! If I was God I would have done something

Very true, I recently visited Auschwitz and birkenau, where more than 1.1 million men women and children were exterminated just because they were Jewish, gay, gypsies and even some jws and no god came to their assistance it was other humans who came to their assistance.

Anony Mous

The counter case to that is that if God intervened at any point things go awry, would we really have free will? People did intervene, some say that is God/good in the people.
Specifically about Nazism and most of the 20th century atrocities, that all sprung out from the writings of Marx, even though, to our knowledge, Marx himself did nothing ‘wrong’, God would have had to prevent Marx but also similar writings of his day, the entire area of 18th and 19th century philosophy would’ve looked much different. And that built upon itself from a rejection of prior ideas and you can keep going, everything is chained to ‘the beginning’ - so where should’ve God have intervened?

Touchofgrey

If you believe that the bible is true, god did intervene in human history, the flood story because man was wicked, the exodus story freeing his people from oppression of the Egyptians, and many other times to help his chosen people.

Then for some reason he stopped or these events are myths and fables made up by humans to make their god seem to be real .

nowwhat?

But God is very good at hearing and listening!

Sanchy

Only two explanations: Either God is plain awful or there's just no one there.

KalebOutWest

Why did God leave his people, the Hebrews, in slavery and bondage to the Egyptians for so long before sending them a Deliverer? Did God not hear the cries and see the suffering of his own children? Or did not God have a purpose?

Is God a genie that serves your every whim and desire or do you serve God? Are your wants and wishes supposed to be granted by God like a genie? If you want a parking space, so to speak, should God not grant it to you? And if you do not get it, does this mean God doesn't listen to your prayers or worse, does not exist?

A genie doesn't know what you are thinking unless you tell it your thoughts because it serves you. You cannot know the greater purposes of God because you serve your Creator. God is not here to grant your wishes, end the problems we cause for ourselves, change things God has set in motion just because we would rather have it different or we cannot see our place in the grand design. God is not a genie.

You don't have to believe or care or like it. This is life. If you see a problem and have the ability to fix things, fix them. That is why we are here. Instead of pointing at or blaming God or expecting God, what about you? When was the last time you changed things? Keep changing things. There may not be a life after death, so concentrate on fixing life before death for everyone.

KalebOutWest

AnnaNana:

Thank you for your posts, but my post was asking rhetorical questions.

In otherwords, the questions are not meant to be replied to.

The post is meant to make one think about what one personally believes and the OP's take on "God." It is one created by Western culture and nominal Christian thought, though often not shared by Judaism or other Eastern peoples that have different god concepts.

The concept is based on the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth, namely: "Ask and ye shall receive." This isn't the concept of the God of Abraham that the Jews have. T'fila, the concept of "prayer" in Judaism, revolves around reciting Scripture and words of wisdom that center around accepting reality and God's purpose for life, not making personal requests and expecting God to fulfill them.

Other people, like some atheists and agnostics who might have different views shaped by disappointments with religion. My point was that we can't center or be defined on what we do or don't believe on the God-question, but we can define our life now. For regardless of our beliefs, we are alive now, and we can change things for the better with or without religion. So stop complaining about what's wrong and fix what's wrong.

TonusOH

Witness 007: what kind of diety does this!

A deity who isn't interested in our well-being, or who has a sadistic streak.

stan livedeath

is this god you are referring to the same one that all these islamics worship?

Why worship a God that does not help!

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