Re: Get Over It (edited)

Then how do you explain god not giving the people of north korea freedom? does god only give freedom to those lucky enough to be born in the US?

I don't know for sure but, I believe when enough people of a nation turn away from recognizing God, God turns them over to other powers and I don't think those powers are just inside the minds of people if you know what I mean.  Maybe God lets them suffer from their own ignorance but then again, come to think of it, it is not just ignorance.  Part of it is probably their wish to embrace forms of immorality.  It is the price they pay for laziness.  We are not here to be lazy.  Read Hosea 4:6  "My people perish for their lack of knowledge."

You can't intellectually tell me that dictators or statists give a rats $%@ about their people when they are having $100 a pound steak and fine wines whenever they wish too.

Let me ramble on.

Why does God allow pain on earth?

Pain on earth is transitory and I wouldn't want to fear the pain here on earth but the pain that may come after when we leave the earth's surface.  The chaos on earth, although it may not allow us to create a utopia, may enable the best answers for long term solutions whatever they may be.

Why doesn't God pay my bills?

Would a person be able to grow if he or she didn't experience failure?  Would people grow if other people paid their bills?  If God paid their bills then I think they would be spoiled brats just like parents who spoiled their children.