Unpopular Opinion
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Vote the opposite of the norm.
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Guidelines:
Tag your post, if possible (not required)
- If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
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Any rational adult Christian needs to have an answer to "why does God let bad things happen" to be all three of those things.
Some assert that bad things are entirely due to mortal choices. Others assert that God lets bad things happen to setup later good things. Both are reasonable answers, though I don't happen to believe either applies to all instances.
I personally think God lets bad things happen for the same reason that authors let bad things happen to their characters. God can see our whole mortal existence unconstrained by time, and from His point of view in Heaven our temporary suffering or painful end are just part of a four dimensional whole most comparable to a role we played on a stage.
Thankfully, the moment of suffering is something Christians assert God Himself incarnated and endured, even going so far as to doubt and fear as he was being killed. Most of us say God lived as one of us and felt all the same wretched emotions humans feel, including exactly the anger and frustration that you describe.
Where is the Kingdom of Heaven?