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Title: WHY DOES GOD PERMIT WICKEDNESS & SUFFERING ?
(Part 2)
Author: Arthur Zulu
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WHY DOES GOD PERMIT WICKEDNESS & SUFFERING ?
(Part 2)
By Arthur Zulu
Wickedness has a long history. As old as the history
of man on this planet -- 6,000 years.
So, in a sense there is nothing happening now that has
not happened before. Long before the Twin Towers
collapsed, long before the war on terrorists, and long
before the Israelis and the Palestinians began to send
each other to untimely graves, the history of man
right from Bible times has been a tale of misery and
woes.
Consider our first parents, Adam and Eve. Their
suffering knew no bounds. Adam was to till and plough
the ground before he could eat. (0nly God knows how he
made his farm implements). And Eve was to suffer
terrible pains during child birth. That was not
enough. They would have to die!
Murder also was present in the beginning. Cain killed
his brother Abel. His offence? God accepted his
sacrifice. David, the King murdered Uriah and took his
only beautiful wife, Bathsheba. And this, despite all
the many wives of David! Add to this the killing of
Christian martyrs like Stephen, and God's prophets to
make the homicide scenes complete.
Also violence is not new. Nimrod the great hunter was
a violent man who opposed God. He even initiated the
construction of a mighty tower in Babel. And then came
the Nephilims. These were violent giant offsprings
resulting from the marriage between angels from heaven
and beautiful women on earth. In fact wickedness was
so rife in those days that God regretted making man in
the first place.
What of rape? When you hear about a serial rapist,
that one may be borrowing a leaf from Lot's daughters.
These beautiful girls had their father, Lot, drunk
with wine, raped him and had children for him (what
a shame!) And beautiful easy-going Dinah, too, was
raped by Schechem. And her brothers went on a killing
spree!
Even oppression and injustice are not new. The
Egyptians made the Israelites slaves in the land of
Egypt. They were makers of bricks and builders of
cities. And in order to suppress the Israeli
population, their male children were killed at child
birth! Naboth, a property owner in Israel also
experienced oppression and injustice when King Ahab
and his wicked wife, Jezebel had him killed, and
seized his vineyard.
What about hatred? Is it a new phenomenon? No. Two
fleshly brothers, Esau and Jacob hated each other to
death. And do you know the origin of the hatred? Jacob
buying Esau's first born birthright with a pot of
porridge. Ridiculous? Maybe.
Further down in this list, Joseph's brothers hated
him, sold him into slavery, and was taken to Egypt
because of jealousy. King Saul hated David to death
because he got more praises for war victories. And
Haman plotted the extermination of the Jewish race in
Persia during the reign of Ahaseurus. Why? Because
Mordecai, the Jew refused to bow down to him.
Even war as one historian said, has been "a constant
in history" . God himself destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrha. The Israelites fought many wars against the
inhabitants of Canaan and occupied their lands under
God's direction. Even God allowed the nation of Israel
to be later destroyed by Babylon, and Babylon itself
was later destroyed by the Persians.
Again, when the church Holy Fathers abuse children,
newsmen go to town. But do you know that the sons of
high priest Eli -- Holpni and Phinehas, who also were
officiating priests, were having sexual intercourse
with women right before the temple? The Israeli men
abused, maltreated and divorced their wives on flimsy
excuses in Bible times. Even some burnt their children
in sacrifice to idols, while others killed and ate
theirs!
What is more? Of course the list is endless: Delilah
betrayed Samson, her husband to the Philistines; Achan
stole dedicated spoils of war in Jericho; the sons of
Korah rebelled against the leadership of Moses; the
Gibeonites tricked the Israelites, and Ananias the
thief and Peter the Apostle, lied.
Now God has permitted and is still allowing these bad
things to happen in our time. Why does he permit it?
But before we answer that question, let us first find
out if God exists.
(To be continued)
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