all those poor people in africa, the starving children, the hunger, the aids. all those homeless people in india, the hunger, the nature disasters...\n\ndid they just choose the wrong god? our god is the best right?!?
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I think it has a lot more to do with social conditions than it does god. Contact with Europeans didn't help them any. I know much social unrest was created in Africa when European nations tried to create borders in Africa with out considering relationships between tribes. Bush would only give money to help the AIDS crisis in Africa if abstinance education replaced condoms. This is part of his Christian ideals, but condoms would help much better than abstinance. All the Hindu people I've ever met have been wonderful, intelligent people. I think their religion is beautiful and deeply meaningful. I'm glad you like your god, I'm glad it works for you, but I don't think it is fair to put your god above someone elses just because of the social conditions they live in.
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Everyone has a choice, God does not "make" Muslims, etc. He may know someone will make choices that turns them into a Muslim, but God values our choices. Look, if God wanted to just let everyone into heaven that loved him, and cast away the rest into hell, he can do so WITHOUT putting us on earth first. But why would he let us be on earth when he knows we wont serve him anyway? Well imagine if you were created straight in hell... You could easily argue, "God I never had a choice to follow you!", but since you were on earth you DID have choices, and so you get to understand why you go to heaven or hell. Remember though, no one goes to hell if they doesn't deserve to be there according to God's judgement. So why didn't God create just Christians? Well, firstly that would be a form of force since we'd all be destined to go to heaven. Secondly, God might use the life of a non-believer to somehow affect another person into believing. If no one was criticising the Bible, for instance, you probably wouln't have historians and archeologists who back up the Biblical claims with as much evidence as possible. If you didn't have those scholars defending the Bible from skeptics, you might not have as many people who believe in the Bible. At the last, remember that God's knowledge and foresight exceeds are own, and what we may not think is "woth it" he does. Plus think about it, do you think us mere humans are worth the sufferings Jesus undertook? I don't want anyone suffering for me, but it just goes to show how sometimes God might do something we think is wrong, but to him it is extreme mercy and love.
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funny how you didn't point out how "GOD" made all of those people before kill people, he killed people himself with floods, he tortured people to prove their trust in him (Job), he is just so perfect, isn't he? you're right!
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its not really the medias job. coz they never do a good job anyway. we here plenty about the starving kids in Africa, but we never hear about all the awesome things that are happening over there coz of the people who care. we never hear about the rich people who get some compassion and send enough money via world vision to pay for an entire community to have enough drinking water for a year, we never hear of the great churches who go over there and build orphanages, and dig wells and start schools and give clothing and stuff.\n\npeople dont care. and those that do care, are so discouraged by the enormity of the situation that they dont bother to help coz they dont think they can make a difference. if they only saw the awesome difference people are making already, they might be encouraged to at least sponsor one child or something.\n\nplus.... some of these poor countries? you go to one side of the country and there is NOTHING. absolutely 100% poverty, then the other side of the country is full, overflowing with riches and wealthy businesses and stuff. if one side of the country helped out the other side, it would be one awesome steady country. it would prosper. but people cant even look over there shoulder to the other side of the country. its ridiculous.\n\nthe media, suck at there job. but we cant talk. we dont bother to seek out who needs help ourselves. Education will help a little. but most still just say "oh how sad" and get a little down from it for a day or so, then move on with there financially stable eyes without batting an eyelid at ther wallets.\n\nwe need education alright. we need the bible. we need GOD. He shows us that we are to give give give give give to the poor.. and more! maybe we should put Jesus back into the classroom. He sure does the job right.
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Hmm...this is an interesting question. \nI suppose I believe that everyone has been chosen, both by God and the Dark One. They both have work for us to do and a purpose. The question, I suppose, would be who we choose to follow. At one particular point or another, a person reaches a "fork in the road," and has to decide which way to go. It's all a part of Freewill.
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GOD loves those people. \n\nThe thing is, God 'gets' the human race, way more than we 'get' ourselves. And boy, does it make Him sad that so many are missing out on the treasure of trusting and believing Him!\n\nProblem for us is, we have to believe that He IS, in order to be saved. \n\nAsk for proof. Ask for faith.\n\nIt's a whole other world when you KNOW it.
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some people are blinded by sin.but all we can do for those people is pray for them every time we get a chance.just be nice and then maybe they will see god by the way his people act.\n                      God bless all of u
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yep, God is more into successfull people. he is probably getting bored with all those hungry people begging and praying all the time.\n\ni guess i would have to come to the same conclusion as you have. else it would mean that God is horrible creature, so, i prefer thinking that he doesn't exist at all.
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I'm so with you on that one!! Everything starts and ends with God. But people are people.... Sad but true. It makes me sick to hear people mock their own Creator. They're playing with fire!Literally!
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Short version.  God knows who the hopelessly lost people are.  Those that are so prideful, that they will never follow God's will.  So, he doesn't waste time on them.  Instead, he focuses his efforts on those that have a chance ( no matter how slight ) of salvation. "  All will be judged.\n\nBest wishes.
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god is every where but we cannot see it every time we help poor and needy people god is in their eyes, dont lie do good things help others u will see god in you
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I agree with you, I often wonder, in Africa for example where christianity is rising, why the pope still claims contraception is wrong when encouraging it would help stabilize the countries HIV/Aids epidemic and could also help the countries economy in the long run - having less children means the children they have are better fed, they can afford some sort of education as they have a couple of children to send to school. These children once educated could get better jobs and the cycle carries on. \nIf I was living in poverty I wouldn't have so many children as it is selfish - having them just because you want so many and your religion tells you to do so. They can not provide for them and it is cruel to the children who suffer starvation and a slow painful death in the name of religion.
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I know stupid ppl. So many ppl dying of starvation :'-(. And these ppl sit around waiting for god to come and help them. gosh!
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I doubt God even cares where one country begins and one ends.  All through history, boundry lines have moved, countries created, others absorbed, do you really think God cares about all that?  God cares about people, not government.  It makes me laugh when politicians say "God is on our side"  God doesn't protect one side of a war and leaves the other open to anything.  He protects those who are not evil, those who love him.
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We live in a fallen world.  God gave us a chance, and we blew it.  Ever since, God's Word has not failed.  They ate of the fruit, and all of creation began to die.  \n\nWhy blame God for the fault of man?  As to the issues of people starving while others are overweight, that is also man's fault.  There is more than enough resources for the world to be fed.  Countries who suffer famine in Africa (just one example) take donated resources and are diverted by tyrants who then distribute food to their cronies.
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They choose to be! God dose not make people like this. It goes agents biology and nature as well.
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If we could be good on our own power, we would be God.\n\nGod didn't make us just so that we would be weak. That is, this was not his aim. But what he created was people, not God. Why didn't he create God? Because there is only one God who exists outside of space and time--who always was, is, and will be--who IS, not who was created. Therefore, God cannot create God. What he made was a creature in his image, but who could not be him.\n\nGod takes no pleasure in our weakness. He has compassion for us because we are weak. This is why he sent our Son--that through Him, we might become perfect, not on our own power, but by the power of God.\n\nIn addition, God created within us the need for Himself. So that upon our constant failures, we would begin searching for the One who never fails.