Why does God let bad things happen to good people?
One of the most asked questions by anyone, ever... Why does God let bad things happen to good people? With the one year anniversary of the loss of a dear friend coming up, this question has entered my mind constantly. After much contemplation, I finally came to this... What if God lets bad things happen to good people to remind us that this life is not what its all about? To remind us that death isn’t the end. To remind us that death is not the worst thing to happen. Unless, of course, you have not accepted His grace and His love, in which case, death is followed by the worst thing that could possibly happen… eternal separation. The biggest objection I get when trying to share my faith or when people question what I believe is why would God let the holocaust happen? To which I usually answer something about free will and how if God stopped things that are of human choice to happen, he would be taking away our free will, thus making us like little robots forced to worship. Who wants peo...