Does God Cause Bad Things to Happen?
I've heard this question many times in different ways: "[Your] God made this happen!" "How can there be a God when He allowed this to happen?" "If God is in 'control', why would He allow this?" "Why would I believe in a 'god' that allows this?" Before answering these questions, it’s important to know what is meant by the term “God”. Throughout history, mankind has worshipped many 'gods'. The nature and power of these gods vary. Some are good, some are bad, but they share one common trait: they are simply beings superior to man. There’s even a subtle form of ‘self’ worship where we view ourselves as somehow greater, kinder, and overall better than if we pause to consider an honest reflection of who we really are. We see this in secular humanism which has a utopian vision of man as a being who is basically good with the power to achieve anything he sets his mind to do. But to be God, and by this I mean the One-True-G...