Why Does God Allow Evil?
Because too many
of us ordinary people simply Don't Care ...
-- at
least not enough
to Speak out
Against it --
Or even better:
To Actually get involved and DO SOMETHING about it:
--
Like (for starters) to Sign a Petition,
or write a letter to
the Editor of your local Newspaper,
or pay to place an Ad in your Local Newspaper,
or call a Talk Radio station and voice your opinion about something,
or attend a School Board Meeting and speak up about the
BOLDFACED LIES
that are being forced upon your children --
in the name of what is falsely called "science."
and Especially to VOTE for candidates who have High Moral Values,
and who stand for the things you believe in and oppose those things
that you don't.
Like NOT being afraid to
voice your opinion in public,
or to your
own family members, neighbors, and coworkers --
and even to warn
them of the consequences of ignoring the Creator,
and that He will be holding us all accountable for our Words and Actions,
And / Or
Our Inaction and Silence.
Just as we are told in
Isaiah 58 and various other places that we are to do.
That doesn't
mean that we are Rude about how we do so,
but rather simply that we do, in fact, Speak up.
Hebrews 10:38-39
Edmund Burke once said:
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for Good Men to do Nothing."
And I would add:
Good Women as well,
and that "Nothing" means:
Nothing but watch TV, or play games,
or read (another Book, or Newspaper),
or going out and doing your Own Thing (every other night)
or taking another
vacation to "get away" from it all,
or simply "attending" church meetings and functions,
and not getting involved or giving any of your time,
talents and $$$ to promote the truth of Christ's resurrection,
and His imminent return to judge mankind and to restore His
Kingdom of righteousness upon the earth.
Or just to show a homeless
person, or someone whom you know
that you CARE about them and their
future.
Isaiah 58
The following dialog by Dorothy Schwanke illustrates this Point quite well.
Subject: WHAT A WAKEUP!
Dear
God:
Why
didn't you save the school children at . . .
Moses
Lake, Washington 2/2/96
Bethel,
Alaska 2/19/97
Pearl,
Mississippi 10/1/97
West
Paducah, Kentucky 12/1/97
Stamp,
Arkansas 12/15/! 97
Edinboro,
Pennsylvania 4/24/98
Fayetteville,
Tennessee 5/19/98
Springfield,
Oregon 5/21/98
Richmond,
Virginia 6/15/98
Taber,
Alberta, Canada 5/28/99
Conyers,
Georgia 5/20/99
Deming,
New Mexico 11/19/99
Fort
Gibson, Oklahoma 12/6/99
Santee,
California 3/ 5/01 and
El
Cajon, California 3/22/01?
Sincerely,
Concerned
Student
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Reply:
Dear Concerned Student:
I am not allowed in schools.
Sincerely,
God
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How
did this get started?...
-----------------
Let's
see,
I
think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained
she
didn't want any prayer in our schools.
And
we said, OK...
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Then,
someone
said you better not read the Bible in school,
the
Bible that says
"thou
shalt not kill,
thou
shalt not steal,
and
love your neighbors as yourself,"
And
we said, OK...
-----------------
Dr.
Benjamin Spock said
we
shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave
because
their little personalities would be warped
and
we might damage their self-esteem.
And
we said,
an
expert should know what he's talking about
so
we won't spank them anymore..
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Then
someone said
teachers
and principals better not
discipline
our children
when
they misbehave.
And
the school administrators said
no
faculty member in this school
better
touch a student when they misbehave,
because we don't want any bad publicity,
and
we surely don't want to be sued.
And
we accepted their reasoning...
------------------
Then
someone said,
let's
let our daughters have abortions if they want,
and
they won't even have to tell their parents.
And
we said, that's a grand idea...
------------------
Then
some wise school board member said,
since
boys will be boys
and
they're going to do it anyway,
let's
give our sons all the condoms they want,
so
they can have all the fun they desire,
and
we won't have to tell their parents
they got them at school.
And
we said, that's another great idea...
------------------
Then some of our top elected officials said
it doesn't matter what we do in private
as long as we do our
jobs.
And
we said,
it doesn't matter what anybody,
including
the President,
as long as we have jobs
and the economy is good....
------------------
And
someone else took that appreciation a step further
and
published pictures of nude children
and
then stepped further still by
making
them available on the Internet.
And
we said, everyone's entitled to free speech....
------------------
And
the entertainment industry said,
let's
make TV shows and movies that promote
And
let's record music that encourages
rape,
drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes...
And
we said,
it's
just entertainment
and
it has no adverse effect
and
nobody takes it seriously anyway,
so
go right ahead...
------------------
Now
we're asking ourselves
why
our children have no conscience,
and
why it doesn't bother them to
kill
strangers, classmates or even themselves.
------------------
Undoubtedly,
if
we thought about it long and hard enough,
we
could figure it out.
I'm
sure it has a great deal to do with...
"WE
REAP WHAT WE SOW."
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Consider
also the words of Pastor Martin Niemoeller,
who was imprisoned by the Nazis during WWII.
"They
first came for the Communists and I didn't speak up
-- because I wasn't a Communist.
Then
they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up
-- because I wasn't a Jew.
Then
they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up
-- because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then
they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up
-- because I was a Protestant.
Then
they came for me
-- and by that time there was no one left to Speak up."
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"I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than to live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."
Albert Camus, French novelist and playwright
The Mass Media is corrupt folks, and they are not going to tell the truth unless forced to do so. In other words, they are not on the Lord's side in this battle between right and wrong, but rather oppose Him and His people on almost every moral issue there is: very often against the views of the MAJORITY, while bending over backwards to side with the minority and even the small minority
--
Even to the point of forcing the minority views upon the Majority,
and even overruling what we vote on by the act of a single
(usually Liberal and Democratic) Judge
--
all with the Hearty Approval of the Mass Media.The same people who label Christians as
"Hateful" or "Intolerant"
And distort what it is we are "intolerant" of,
while doing their best to Cover Up the facts of science which
clearly point to a Creator.
See also:
God's
Heart for the Poor
What the Scripture says about
helping the poor, and needy, and practical ways to get involved.
Social
Issues and the word of God
Should God's people get involved in
politics and the lawmaking process, or assist godly people
in
getting elected, or simply sit back and attend pot-lucks, social
functions, and church meetings?
Or should they simply stay at home and watch TV?
What Americans Believe about Creation and the Public Schools
What the Founders Believed about Separation of Church and State
Peace with God via a Personal Relationship with Your Creator
Who was Joan of Arc, and why was she such a Great Woman of Faith?
Need More Courage -- to Stand up and Do What's Right?
God also Allows Evil to Test us, to see what we're made of,
and to strengthen our character and make us
more like Him: Phil. 2:5-11, 3:9-14.
He
also allows it in order to give those
who Don't Want to serve and honor Him as God
Another Excuse not to do so.
However,
He will hold them accountable Nonetheless.
Matt. 7:21-24; Rev. 20:11-15;
Eccl. 12:11