If God created the earth and all organisms on it, is God responsible for the flu and tornadoes?
Feb 25, 2010
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Tornado Questions
He supposedly created everything, so I assume the answer is yes. But this ‘Fall’ business is confusing me. Men fell, and somehow sin threw a monkey wrench into God’s awesome earth project? Wouldn’t that mean God created a less than perfect earth in the first place? Since God is all-knowing he could have created a perfect sin-resistant earth right? So it seems like he wants to have sin cause earthquakes and the flu. Is that a proper analysis? My knowledge on this ‘Fall’ business is shaky, so please give me your take on it.
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13 comments
Sage on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
A billion die every year from cancer, heart disease and strokes alone!!
3 million die every year from starvation, drought and the diseases caused by it.
200,000 from natural disasters!!
This god who christians credit with creating and causing everything seems to love killing more people every second than the number of people that have ever been claimed to have been saved by his miracles!!
If christians say it is not their god then there must be a far more powerful devil doing it and their god is to weak and feeble to stop it!!
The Reverend Soleil on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
I could be wrong, but I’m pretty certain tornadoes aren’t alive…
Laptop Jesus ~P3D~ on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
God is responsible for the Jonas Brothers
Peachfuzz on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
No.
Diseases are a result of man’s sin, but natural disasters AREN’T!
And FYI:
God DID create the world perfect, otherwise, why would He have said this:
Genesis 1:31 (New International Version)
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
The world WAS perfect, UNTIL Adam & Eve sinned!
Do natural disaster like tornados, happen year-round, or do they only haapen at certain times of year?
Do hurricanes happen all year long, or do they only happen at certain times of the year?
How come we have, (at least in the US), 4 distinct seasons every year, for millenia?
These are the natural order of things, & not God’s punishment on ANYONE!
forgiven490 on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Earth would be perfect if Gos was walking with us, like in the beginning. We told God to take a hike when we sinned. So now we get what we always wanted, no God and no responsibility.
arthvader on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
You haven’t established that sin is the cause of weather, viruses, and plate tectonics.
Weather is the result of heating, cooling, orbit, rotation, and axial tilt. Viruses were instrumental in creating life (or at least in creating placental development). It does not logically follow that in their fallen state they are as beneficial as they were before, however. Plate tectonics are the result of orbital motion, planetary rotation, and ponderous convection and cooling.
Life is the way we need it to be. We don’t have to like it.
CATheist II on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Reverend, have you ever actually seen a tornado? When your watching one headed your way they sure look and feel alive.
Steel Rain on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
forgiven, has pretty much summed it up we told God we don’t need Him and we want to have it our own way. And God has let man have it his own way, enjoy it.
StandW2Fists on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
As God of Nature is a section of E. Pluribus Enum … sure natural occurrences would be of God … but is it necessarily "responsiblity" or a balance of natural occurrences … who could determine that?
As for the "flu" – when one energy field rises, another dips … (I believe this to be different in natural spirituality and my comment is directed more towards idolatry driven rises) … there’s more life on the inside of this planet than on the surface … much of this life is in the form of bacteria … only requires 10,000 degrees of heat, a little water and some rock to initiate … when raised to the earths surface within "born-again" rises and dips, it joins with surface virus or bacteria creating the super-bugs of todays society. Basically the super-germs are a result of man’s sins.
A true God can’t be blamed for free-will of people to artificially raising people into idolatry driven heaven.
LP S on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
God created all living things… the flu virus may make you sick but it in it’s self it may benefit at other places that we might not understand.
As for tornadoes are not living things. They are created by the natural order of things.
the earth was not this way before humans came and the earth will return to its original form were it was perfect.
...virginiaO on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
genesis 3 – adam and eve rejected their Creator and voted for satan’s leadership.
2 corinthians 4;4 / luke 4:6-7 they got it for them and us.
job 1 and job 2 shows that satan can create all kinds of hellish situations on earth when permitted to from the throne of heaven – but only when permitted to.
this life is a "school lesson" experience of knocks and bruises.
people are free to follow satan and possibly enrich themselves temporarily for this life but with an uncertain future when they die or seek after the Creator with the end result being given the gift of immortality at their resurrection or Messiah’s arrival.
revelation 20 explains the different options people are allowed to choose for themselves.
Moses and the prophets and their followers chose to go without if necessary in this life in order to obtain a better resurrection -hebrews 11:35
Lightning From the East on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
It is often asked why is there suffering in the world if God is all powerful and loving. Why doesn’t He stop it? Can He or is He weaker than we think? Suffering can fall into three simple categories: emotional, mental, and physical suffering. But, there are a variety of causes for suffering: morally corrupt (evil) people, disease, earthquakes, floods, famine, etc.
There are different explanations for why God allows suffering, but none of them can satisfy everyone. Therefore, I will simply list various reasons offered to account for suffering and evil in the world.http://www.carm.org/apologetics/evidence-and-answers/if-god-all-powerful-and-loving-why-there-suffering-world
igottawhopper.MASSIVE on February 25, 2010 at 2:13 pm
WELL AS WE KNOW IT’S ALL B.S SO IMAGOGOD IS TO BLAME FOR NOTHING