FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD!

DOES GOD REALLY LOVE HIS CHILDREN?

Christians love to say, “for God so loved the world.” They also like to say; God loves us: He wants only the best for us: He protects us from harm and injury, from things we are aware of as well as things we are not aware of. Is this really the case?

At times, this does not seem the case and is difficult to believe.

This past week, this loving, Heavenly Father has let a terrible tragedy happen for the third time over the past year causing indiscriminant loss of tens and hundreds of thousands of lives, extensive property damage and loss, dead and missing loved ones, homeless and parentless children not to mention sickness and starvation. Or is this destruction a result of an over exuberant hug from Him. He loves the world so much, He could not restrain His enthusiasm.  Like a proud parent who gets so excited over seeing one of their children they hug then so hard the poor kid passes gas. This is not mentioning all the terrible things that happen all over the world on a daily basis.

 Of course, His followers are going to insist He is not the cause of all this. It was an act of nature, and the people in these areas should not have been there. You know, they build their homes in dangerous areas; places God did not want them to settle in. He does not always explain Himself. He lets His loved ones find out the hard way as He did in the garden with His first two children i.e. teaches them a good lesson. It none of this not is sufficient, well, God works in mysterious ways.

In the same breath, they assure us, no disease, no situation, no circumstance, no tragedy is beyond His ability to heal, restore, or resolve. It is not our love for God; it is God's love for us, not one of us knows why God loves us and has saved us. God's love is complete, we are His children.

Why not? If He made this place for us and put us here, why should He not care for us? It appears He is not fulfilling His duties though. And He has fallen lax throughout history. How long are we going to continue fighting religious wars? Studying the Good Book, it appears the Heavenly Father loves watching us war against each other.  If He can do all good things for us, why can He not take care of some of the bad things that happen to us? Yeah, of course, we bring these things down upon ourselves. Don’t forget God’s greatest commandment is that above all, we are to love Him.

His Son and Savior revealed it this way when asked to name the greatest commandment, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind,” He said. “This is the first and great commandment.”

Other things Christians are quick to point out are that God is responsible for all good things that happen in our lives. All negative things are our fault; after all, we are lowly sinners, which, by the way, is because He put that curse on us in the beginning because He could not control the actions of Adam and that evil temptress Eve. One wonders if He had not pointed out which trees they were to keep clear of, if they would have even ventured there. But then, it’s just a dumb story; one I never understood until I was an adult. I’m still not sure I completely understand it.

I can see Him punishing women for eternity by making birth painful for them, but then we all know the real reason for that unless one is too blinded by faith to admit it. On the other hand, to say a baby is born with sin stamped on its forehead is taking the sin business a little too far. These things are a little hard to swallow as are many things in the Buy Bull.

Maybe these tragedies this world has suffered lately are only training sessions for the coming of the apocalypse, or maybe, they are a thinning out process by God so there are not too many dropping dead at the same time. After all, the end is drawing near. A few more earth quakes and tsunamis like the last few we have had, and it might be all over for us. For all you believers out there, this might be a good thing, something you are looking forward to. As for us non-believers, well, it may be an eye opening experience.

The most important miracle, Christians say, is that God loves us! Why is that? Are we such lowly slime that we do not deserve His love? He is supposed to be our father. Fathers love their children. How can that be such a miracle? One can see a father not loving one child as much as he does another, especially one that does not follow all his ways. But then He tells us to love our enemies too, but it is okay to kill them if they are infidels. His love for us is the answer to everything. He loves our enemies too as much as He loves us. We can count on His love at all times.

Who is He rooting for in all these religious wars?

He says Jews are His favorite people. Who is His least favorite? The Jews must not be doing what He wants. Maybe He has decided to have another race be His favorite and has not let anyone know. You know He works in mysterious ways.

They say God brings joy, contentment and happiness into our lives. Remember all the times you enjoyed good health, and when others gave you aid and helped you over obstacles or difficult times. This was God stepping in, sending you the assistance you required. You cannot know how many times He sent you aid without you asking for it.

The all powerful, all mighty God of love has a love for you that surpasses all knowledge. This is something I could never understand. His believers claim He is a loving, caring god. There is no disease, tragedy or situation beyond His ability to restore. Yet He allows all these terrible, horrific things to happen. Why, if He is capable of anything? He is our Father and should protect us from harm and injury from things we are aware of or not aware of.

 They say God's unconditional love is complete and is far beyond our understanding. It is worthy solely because it is His desire to love us. When trouble occurs, He will give us the ability to cope. Have faith and trust God, He will be there to walk through the storms of life, these times of hurt and sorrow so we emerge victorious. If He can prevent it all, why should we suffer through it to begin with? Is it another lesson we should learn, something we need to experience? This loving God is too complicated to understand. Why didn’t the Christians create a less convoluted deity? Maybe there would not be so many non-believers if He was a more simplistic Father. More like a country boy than an educated, highfalutin city slicker.

What is all comes down to, folks, is if the Christian’s god quietly sits by watching its loving world as it is torn apart while killing hundreds of thousands of its creation, what good is it? Where is its loving compassion? It is no better than nature, indifferent, emotionless; that simply provides space for life forms to exist as long as they can survive in the environment without any guarantee of it being hospitable. Am I right or am I right?