why does god have to take away people we love?
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God. (cheating) This explanation is what everyone eventually resorts to when the other answers fail. Now, before I go any further, I should make clear that I'm not talking about any of the gods defined in various religions. Throughout all of human history, we've been trying to explain existence. But nobody has ever succeeded. And it's likely that nobody ever will. So we create the concept of God, whose only necessary property is being "that which explains existence." \n\nThis doesn't tell us much about god, though. It doesn't mean that any particular religion is correct. It merely defines god as something which answers The Question, because we have not been able to.
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Because we have to live our lives as god intended. If we do something to go against god and we get to go to the other place as a punishment.
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People may wonder why, if God exists, He doesn’t wave a magic wand and fix things, making or at least influencing everyone so that they do exactly what they ‘should’ do. But God never takes away anyone’s freedom of choice. God’s wisdom is to recognize and respect each soul’s individual identity, freedom and inherent goodness. God shares knowledge – a profound understanding of the dualities and dilemmas of love and hatred, happiness and sorrow, victory and defeat, etc. – but He does not make our choices for us. The soul is free to choose ‘to be or not to be’, ‘to love or not to love’. God’s love strengthens the soul’s will to free itself from the distresses caused by vices such as selfish desire, anger, fear, ego and attachment. God’s power helps the soul to recognize its highest potential and to aim for perfection by practising the art of simple living and high thinking. Such practice by a significant number of souls eventually brings about positive change in the whole of humanity.\nWhen we understand correctly what God does, and What God doesn't then all our complaints will end.
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What the Bible means to me is that Jesus is our Lord and God is our God and we will be saved in the end if we ask for forgiveness for our wrong-doings. God doesn't expect us to be perfect but he DOES expect us to try do our best for other humans and he expects us to love him above everyone, even your parents, siblings. I was shocked when my mom said she loved God more than she loved me, her daughter. I didn't know it was possible to love someone that much.....like how much I love my family. But I guess that's the "law" and I need to "get over it" and learn that God is above all others, etc...and that way he will gladly take me with him  to the gates of heaven. You asked. I answered.
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You are right, kind of. It is not God's will that any should perish, but he does not need anything from us. Fact is, if you dont want to follow him in life, you sure aint gonna be with him for all eternity...
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God loves His children. God hates divorce. Why? Because it breaks the type that God setup as a model for Christ and the church. Jesus will never leave us or forsake us. A divorce ruins that beautiful picture. God also hates divorce because it is the result of hardness of heart. The aftermath is bitterness, heartache and pain.\n\nNothing changes God's love for us. Divorce destroys a marriage. And who is the one who targets marriage for destruction? Who is called the destroyer?
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People choose not to be united. God gave us free will to do what we want.
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Without God, we are not capable of knowing what love is.  \n\nAre we supposed to read your name "Pastor Hatred"?\n\nYou still haven't told us what it is that you have against God.
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Cuz their god likes to kill off his creations, and christians support that. But seeing as they might die at any moment, they decide to brainwash as many other people as possible into their beliefs
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ABSOLUTELY NOT! GOD DOES NOT FORCE HIMSELF UPON US! Whom ever is doing this needs to go back and read the bible again. We  have the right to choose how we live. Good or bad. In the end we alone are left with our own end results.
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God's love is unfathomable to us humans.  God's mind is infinite and ours is finite.  There's no way we can understand why He loves us so much.
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God does not love one person more than another. It doesn't really matter if what the person did was a million times worst than what the other person did. God is no respector of persons. Once your sins are wiped away by the blood of Jesus, then you don't have to feel any kind of fear or guilt. Take care.
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First please let me say that your grandbaby is in my prayers as are you and his parents. As for the why, there is no why, I wish there were, but God doesn't take children or anyone else as a punishment, in fact he doesn't take them from us, life does. This earth belongs to Satan, not God, (It's in The Bible) Our suffering is due to Satan not God, when we hurt, God weeps along with us. God Bless all of you in this sad time. We lost our grandson back in July, try to find comfort in the fact yours is still fighting, and just might win. I hope and pray so. Please try not to lose faith.
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God doesn't leave people to kill each other, unless they choose to.  God did not make man a robot but a creature who can choose right or wrong.  He doesn't want people to starve but many starving nations do not believe in Him, nor call on Him for intervention.  However, missionaries are going into those places and doing a good work.  Others who are Christians and being tortured are victims of an evil power over them in the form of govt.  They are martyrs for their faith.  Many of us have prayed for our brothers and sisters in Sudan for years and we see our prayers answered.  Other Christians have gone in and rescued those being tortured as slaves by the govt.  They are receiving help.  It doesn't matter where you are born, you can always chose to believe in God.  God knows us even before we are designed in our mother's womb.  I came from a non-christian home but I chose to follow after Him, seek Him, serve Him.  I am not exempt from trials, persecution and sorrows of life but I have divine joy and peace because of the hope He brings me.  It is all a matter of faith.  Either believe or not believe.  I'm one who says there are vast rewards to having faith where there is otherwise total hopelessness.  Press on!
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You get a rise out of stirring up strife in people's hearts? Because God loves us all remember? And if you seriously do not think so, you will be judged terribly. We all got separated into diff. nationallities when in ancient times people tried to make a human tower to reach God in heaven. God actually did this for a reason. Read the bible it will save your soul and fill your heart with love. And stop making you feel superior to others. Spread the love...Isn't that what Martin Luther King said???????????? I am white and proud, but also proud that you are black. I love all people, we all should. This was God's wish. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son"--- to save our souls---Jesus was a Jew........Think about it my friend. And stop the hate. It begins w/ just one. As the love spreads, it reaches 1,000,000,000's. Help save our people...Please don't condemn them.
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It bothers you because you have the answer in your heart! Of course God wouldn't do that. But religion will tell you otherwise to try and control you with fear. He cannot be loving and forgiving and also send people to hell. That wouldn't make him the conqueror over sin would it? \n\nWho won, Satan or Jesus? Jesus saved the world and that is that. People just don't want to believe that they are free and loved. They want to do good things and be rewarded for them. And they want to be punished for being bad, or see other people being punished. Would you send someone from your family to hell - for anything? So how much more loving and forgiving is God than you are? \n\nYour heart is more reliable than any book.
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I believe that he is jealous for our attention.  that is why we are not supposed to have any idols (one of the contexts that this is used Deut. 5:9)  He doesn't want anything to keep us away from Him because he sees how much pain it causes if we do stay away.