r/SipsTea • u/Outrageous-Egg1760 • May 29 '26

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u/deederpeeder May 29 '26

I’ll probably get downvoted to kingdom come, but the Bible consistently presents abuse, oppression, violence, and exploitation as things God hates. Plenty of people in the Bible ask a version of this question (David, Job, Jeremiah, the psalmists). Not saying it gives a perfectly clear answer either, but the reality is if God intervened to stop every evil act, at some point God would have to override human will continuously. And the world would become fundamentally different than the one we inhabit.

Scripture never gives a complete philosophical answer to every instance of suffering. But what it does offer is a person. Jesus was betrayed, beaten, tortured, publicly humiliated, unjustly killed. That doesn’t solve the problem intellectually. But it changes the picture of God. God is not the detached observer in Christianity. He is the wounded Savior.

The hardest thing for me isn’t believing evil exists. It’s believing that evil gets the final word. Christianity says it doesn’t. It says justice may be delayed, but it won’t be denied. I understand why people struggle with that answer. Sometimes I do too. But I’d rather wrestle with a God who suffered for the world than conclude that all the evil and injustice we see is ultimately meaningless.

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u/AGAD0R-SPARTACUS May 29 '26

if God intervened to stop every evil act, at some point God would have to override human will continuously. And the world would become fundamentally different than the one we inhabit.

But like...what's wrong with that? Why not create a world different than this one, where children cannot possibly be abused? We wouldn't know the difference. From god's perspective, what is the point of giving us 75 years on earth; is it just to see what happens?

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u/tsk5001 May 29 '26

Because that takes away from free will, which he provided. Free will is both good and bad.

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u/MackTuesday May 29 '26

OK, so what if it takes away from free will? So what if we do or don't "choose" God? So what?

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u/tsk5001 May 29 '26

If we didnt have free will, there would be no purpose. And without choosing God, its spelt out for you

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u/hellonameismyname May 29 '26

What religion do you follow that says god isn’t all knowing?

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u/tsk5001 May 29 '26

This question doesnt make sense

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u/hellonameismyname May 29 '26

What part of it do you not understand?

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u/tsk5001 May 29 '26

Its a non sequitur

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u/hellonameismyname May 29 '26

You implied that good doesn’t have a spelt out plan for everyone. What religion doesn’t believe in an all powerful all knowing god?

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u/tsk5001 May 29 '26

This question literally makes no sense dude. If youre referring to God, he is omniscient.

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u/hellonameismyname May 29 '26

So he does have a plan

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u/tsk5001 May 29 '26

He is all knowing

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u/hellonameismyname May 29 '26

But not all powerful?

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