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Innocent People
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(01-10-2021, 09:34 PM)searchinmyroots Wrote: There is another way of thinking about this, although it may seem cruel.

Sometimes things happen for a reason we may not know or foresee. There may be a positive result in the future. Of course it does seem tragic people have to suffer for that, but hey, that's the way life is and we really do not have control over it.

Here are a few examples -

Someone may have to die from something that is experimental only for it to be perfected to save many lives in the future. So innocent people die to keep others alive.

I thought this did seem cruel with a sense of the end result justifying the means.  More human driven rather than coming from a G-d of justice and mercy.  The same G-d of Exodus 22:21 who hears the cries of the widow and orphan would not be indifferent to the suffering of innocents.   It would be as if  G-d went from the personal to the abstract.


While I believe things can happen for a reason I find reassurance in verses such as Isaiah 55:8 & 9 that remind us the ways and thoughts of people are not even close to how G-d's ways and thoughts are.



Genesis 50:20 - "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today."

I've drawn comfort from the Genesis verse as a reminder that G-d is in control even when people, leaders,  make bad decisions that can have adverse effects on others.

A note to any readers on the forum. I am not Jewish nor am I here to teach but I come here to ask questions and learn from some of the responses.
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Innocent People - by Mauriac - 01-08-2021, 12:31 AM
RE: Innocent People - by searchinmyroots - 01-08-2021, 01:07 AM
RE: Innocent People - by Mauriac - 01-08-2021, 01:27 AM
RE: Innocent People - by searchinmyroots - 01-08-2021, 01:55 AM
RE: Innocent People - by Mauriac - 01-08-2021, 12:25 PM
RE: Innocent People - by Ismq - 01-08-2021, 02:55 AM
RE: Innocent People - by Mauriac - 01-08-2021, 12:26 PM
RE: Innocent People - by Ismq - 01-08-2021, 06:56 PM
RE: Innocent People - by searchinmyroots - 01-10-2021, 09:34 PM
RE: Innocent People - by Dana - 01-11-2021, 12:32 AM
RE: Innocent People - by Jason - 01-11-2021, 09:01 AM

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