don't play with words. are you taking leads from GP or what ?
i didn't say God causes it. i said why doesn't he stop it. like he parted the ocean for moses or he allowed jesus to come back from the dead. or how mohamad went to the sky riding a donkey.
all these 'PROVEN' and 'REGISTERED' miracles.
why doesn't he perform like miracles every day to save starving children, or help a woman right before she is assaulted ... does he have a cap on miracles, they are rationed ?
why does your god (which i guess is the same god as muslims, christians, jews etc) allow his creations (innocent creations) to suffer so much? does he have a mental problem ? psychotic episodes or what ?
Ok I understand your point. Why an All-Loving, Kind God allow anyone to suffer? His true servants, the ones that actually recognized His latest Manifestation and followed His instructions, why would they be left to suffer cruelty and indignity? That is a good question which deserves some reflection. I agree it is difficult not to experience anger and frustration. And I don't pretend to know all the answers. I only offer my thoughts and reflections and hope that that they may be helpful. Ultimately every one has to decide for oneself what makes sense and try to understand one's creator and nurture their relationship.
Those stories of miracles are fantastic, but we have to really weigh them in accordance with reason and logic and the laws of existence. If there is a God and He created this world and others, He naturally put certain orders for them. I believe the fabric of this level of existence is free will and one must decide on one's own free will how to lead one's life.
The other aspect is that this is but the beginning of life, the only level that has a material and physical manifestation, other levels follow which are spiritual. The same way that we develop the necessary faculties for this life in the womb, we develop our spiritul qualities in this level for other spiritual worlds after this. During the nine months in the womb we develop our eyes so we can see in this world, we develop our ears so we can hear in this world, and so on. In the same fashoin we develop our spiritual qualities such as patience, kindliness, tolerance, generosity, thankfulness, love, etc. in this world so we can use them in the spiritual worlds. Just as the world of the womb is short in comparison to this world, this world too is but a fleeting moment compared to the spiritual worlds.
I know it is difficult to see it as such at the time, however it is through these struggles that we develop our spiritual qualities and grow. This is why God does not intervene at every moment to rescue the oppressed and save the innocent, because He would be doing it every moment and that defeats the purpose of this world, which is for us to develop our spiritual qualities out of our own free will and volition. It is for us to recognize the latest manifestation of God out of our own free will and then abide in His laws. It has to be in accordance to our own free will, not force, to have merit and allow spiritual growth.
Now, some cherish this free will to do what is good and seemly, to recognize the Manifestation of God, to follow His teachings, to serve their fello-beings, to be the cause of unity and amity among mankind; on the other hand others relinquish this free will to that of the clergy and become a member of an angry mob which does their biddings, chant angry slogans in the streets, burn homes of defensless people, attack women and children, lie and cheat for material possessions and worldly powers. Alas as is the nature of this world their powers and possessions do not endure and perish, as do the sufferings of the inoccent and their lives in this world will come to an end. However God is All-knowing and All-powerful. Do we think that He will forget the sufferings of His servants and the tyrrany of the opressor in this or the next worlds? I think not.
Interestingly enough, each new Manifestation of God elucidates these spiritual beliefs that with time people and especially the clergy turn into some superstition and dogma for their own gain. Spiritual truths such as heaven and hell, salvation, ressurection, end of days, etc. that had found material meaning by the clergy to secure their position in society were clarified by the Bab which brought the grip of the clergy and autocratic kings to an end and that was the real reason for their violent opposition to His movement and His followers that had swept the nation in a short period.
I hope this wasn't too long and worth the time to read it!
it reminds me of fella Chimanski and fella TeaMeli, they both are funny and missing!
