why do bad things happen to good people?
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Bad things happen to everyone dear.  Because there is sin in the world and life isn't perfect. If nothing bad ever happened to us, we wouldn't appreciate when things are good.  Just remember to be thankful for what you have. :)
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Actually good and bad boil down to perception of the person.  For some what is good to them is bad for another and the other way around.  It just depends on the person and their perception of it.
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The same thing happens to me, and I don't really understand either.  It might be their conceitedness, but it really depends on the person.  It takes a while to find a good person, so keep at it.  Think of it as a way to filter out the bad friends and colleagues; going for the best instead.  If they don't talk to you, maybe they're having a bad day, or even going through the same thing as you.
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Does this fall into the category of "why do bad things happen to good people"?  I understand your question completely and have asked that same question myself.  In time you come to accept what happens, good and bad, as out of your hands.  Everything in life is a lesson and we just have to try to see what it is that God is trying to get us to learn.  I don't question God's wisdom, I just ask him to help me see what it is he trying to teach me.  Maybe those people who cannot have children are there to make a home for those children who do not have parents.  Trust in God's wisdom, his will is always done.  Accept what he gives you and learn from it.  This may not answer your question, but it is the best explanation I can give you.
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I've had this happen to me, by my friends or family. It's usually because they're jealous or they feel like life isn't doing anything good for them.
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Most people that are nice have a good understanding of God and what He requires of them, so they try their best and seem nice, even though they are not perfect and falter at times. Others that do not know God, or do not care to know Him simply find no reason to be nice. They love to see hurt in other people because their lives are a mess and they hurt animals because they have so much hate in them. When you neglect God in your life you invite hatred, senselessness, evil, and Satan himself into your life
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There is a hidden law of Karma.  If a person is Good or is doing some serious meditation, his bad karma will start coming for destroying.(only good left for bigger rewards)\n\nIf a person is real sinner and selfish, and nature has decided to punish him later, all his good karma will start coming for fruits.(only bad karma left for bigger punishment)\n\nThat z why we see good people suffering, and bad people enjoying
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All actions / reactions have consequences---good actions usually have good consequences and bad actions usually have bad consequences.
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Not at all. Being good is always appreciated by people. Sometimes it seems bad to be good only because of surroundings and don't let that bad surrounding pollute you! A person's got to be firm
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Yes, because of Karma.  Whenever you do good, it will come back to you threefold.  The same holds true for when you do bad.  This follows you from life to life.  So it is always in your best interest to do good.  One does not cancel out the other.  So if you do someone bad, and then do something good, they will not cancel each other out.  It will prolong how many times you will need to return.
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Well, there are certainly people who make bad decisions. Good judgement seems pretty hard to come by these days.\n\nSome people may make bad decisions consciously - that is choose to make bad decisions. Other people might not even realize what they are doing to make bad decisions.\n\nThere are a lot of people who don't have very good judgement. If you've ever heard of fetal alcohol syndrome, that's an example of someone who may not have good judgement.\n\nYou deal with it by trying to recognize your own weaknesses in making good judgements. If the problem is with someone around you (not yourself) you try to be patient, love them, and help them to grow. It does not work to say "You are making a bad decision." But it can help to say, do you recognize that you make the same mistake repeatedly? What do you think you can do to make a different decision next time so you don't make the same mistake again?"\n\nGood luck.
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I believe that there is three main reasons that a person of faith(good person)has bad things happen to them.\n    (1)To enable us to grow closer to God and strengthen our faith.Unless you go through the valleys how do you know your FAITH is real?One word\nJOB\n    (2)To bring us to repentance and renewed fellowship sin in our lives brings chastisement\nHeb 12:5  And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: \nHeb 12:6  For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. \nHeb 12:7  If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? \nHeb 12:8  But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. \n    (3)Living in a sin sick world..The world is the\ndevils play ground Christians will suffer because Jesus suffered when he walked the earth.\n  If you are suffering REMEMBER we are just Pilgrims\npassing through our real home is HEAVEN!!\n                 In Christ in Love,\n                     TJ57
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Bad stuff happens all the time.  Bad stuff will happen tomorrow, just as much as it will in April.  I believe people can be psychic, but what good does it do to just "get a bad feeling"?  In order to make changes, alter your future or prevent something bad from happening, you need to know WHERE and HOW to focus that energy.  Try meditating on it and asking where this bad feeling comes from and what its trying to tell you.
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It's all in how you view it. Things happen and we ask or wonder why. Sometimes we spend too much time in our self pity. \n\nOne thing I do is evaluate my life and I realize that if the things happened to me didn't happen, I wouldn't be where I am right now. \n\nWe grow through our experiences if we allow it and we can use them as stepping stones rather than stumbling blocks\n\nChin up! Smile and remember someone else out there is worse off than you are.
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Why is it that when everything has been going bad, something GOOD happens?\n\nBecause we are all starting from imperfection and zero experience.  And there are temptations and pitfalls that accrue from not heeding the true basic tenets handed down over the ages, just about everywhere (including different cultures and religions).\n\nLife is a struggle, we have to team up and cope with the challenges.  There will be some disappointments along the way, you cannot control what others do, only yourself, and even yourself not always...\n\nAll the most needed things are free.  As for those things that require effort or money, be satisfied with what you really need as opposed to what you want.\n\nEven when we are old we must continually remind ourselves about this.  \n\nYou see some people who are unbelievably wealthy and unbelievably UNHAPPY and may even do crimes because they WANT SO MUCH, they are never satisfied.  Also, comes from living too much for ONESELF and not enough for others, helping others, working with others, sharing with others.\n\nHappiness is doing what is right and being satisfied with it, even when the surroundings are messy, all $%^#$&^^ up.\n\nIt is possible for heaven on earth if you think about this.  Meanwhile, you can have heaven in your own little spot, for sure.  There are ups and downs for everyone, even perfect visitors.
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Because good people tend to see the good in others and other people realise this and play them like a fool.
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If you can really bring so much bad luck to someone, you better register yourself in the army and go to an enemy nation and bring them bad luck!\nNo dear, you cant bring someone bad luck like that. Yes, if it were problems like he started feeling depressed or got into a bad habit, it could be because of a person; but the kind of problems you mentioned, it cant be done by the luck of a person.\nAnyways, so many people are involved in an event. His mother died, what about her luck? His father's, siblings' luck? He lost his job, maybe because a better job is in store for him and while having this job, he wouldnt have searched for anything better? Maybe his car got hit in the parking lot, so that fate could avoid him and another vehicle, an accident which would have happened in case he didnt hit his car in the parking?\nIts all on how you percieve things. You might very well be bringing him good luck by making small bad things happen to him so that big bad things dont. All's well that end well and everything happens for the best. Believe in them and dont ever fret that you can be bad luck for someone.