Posted by (+845) 13 years ago
I've been wondering lately. I've said before I'm doing a research paper on religion, and other things. This is my question. (disclaimer: this question is not meant to offend anyone, I am looking for the most truthful answers. )
If something horrible happens to you, and then you pray to God for a recovery, why do you thank him when you get better? Shouldn't you be mad he made you go through that anyway? What about if a believer, a relative, gets hurt, suffers, and dies. Why do you thank him for relieving their pain? Didn't he put them in that predicament? It's just really confusing to me. When I went to church, everything was a test of your faith. But why did my dad die? I subsequently started losing my faith, at my Catholic father's urging. He always let me be a free bird, but as I got older he started hinting that i need to think about it.
Just please give me your honest answers, if I use any, I will expressly ask for permission in an email, then cite them properly.
If something horrible happens to you, and then you pray to God for a recovery, why do you thank him when you get better? Shouldn't you be mad he made you go through that anyway? What about if a believer, a relative, gets hurt, suffers, and dies. Why do you thank him for relieving their pain? Didn't he put them in that predicament? It's just really confusing to me. When I went to church, everything was a test of your faith. But why did my dad die? I subsequently started losing my faith, at my Catholic father's urging. He always let me be a free bird, but as I got older he started hinting that i need to think about it.
Just please give me your honest answers, if I use any, I will expressly ask for permission in an email, then cite them properly.