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| Name | Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? | Big Spiritual Questions |
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| Video Discription | No one likes it when bad things happen. That's why they're bad. And if a loving God designed the world and created us, why would He let us suffer? Read more about Why Does God Let Pandemics Happen? at https://newchurch.org/get-answers/life-issues/dealing-with-crisis-and-grief/why-disease/ If you are a reader and not a watcher—why are you on YouTube?—here's why (from a Swedenborgian perspective): 1) 0:47 Bad things happen to EVERYONE. God doesn't discriminate or work in any specific karmic fashion. God isn't going to prevent bad things from happening to you because you're a kind person, but you will be happier in total than a mean person regardless. 2) 0:55 Any answer to this question might help with the pain, but it's not going to solve the problem. Bad things will still happen, but maybe our mindset around them can change. 3) 2:09 God doesn't want us to suffer, he wants us to be free. He values our freedom to make choices so much that He will let us choose goodness or malice. We aren't His robots. Without the freedom to choose we wouldn't be human, and that's at the crux of this question. 4) 4:20 The Origin of Evil: human-caused suffering comes from human-caused selfishness. 5:00 God set the natural world in a certain form, and can't interfere with how it functions because then the world wouldn't work and people's spiritual lives would be coerced. 5) 5:48 God allows evil if goodness can result. 6) 7:59 If we're having a bad day or are in a bad mood, it's probably because we didn't get our way. The solution for persistent grumpiness (putting aside medical abnormalities)? Choose to want what we already have, or make a plan to get what you know you should want. Don't be learned helpless. ***ADDITIONAL INFO NOT COVERED IN THE VIDEO (editor's note):*** After finishing the edit on this video, I was still left with a question undiscussed: "Why do natural disasters have to happen on such a large degree? I get the freedom bit, but did God really have to create a natural world who's laws allowed for tsunamis and earthquakes?" So I dug a bit deeper, asked around, and here's what I found. By living in a world of constant physical laws, we can learn to understand the world and master it (to a degree). By understanding gravity, we can pour water in a cup, and we can fly to the moon, and everything in between. If God were constantly interfering in our lives by breaking the law of gravity and other laws He created for our benefit, life would be unpredictable and chaotic. Gravity is what brings buildings down in an earthquake and makes floodwaters fill the lowlands, and these also cause chaos, but a chaos that challenges us to become more capable of understanding and managing our world. And the same laws that let terrible chaotic things exist also allow for incredible goodness and use. If the ocean is going to have tides and currents to help life grow, that same movement has to be free to be destructive as well as constructive. The plates of the world shift to make room for new life, and with that comes the consequence of perhaps harming existing life. The same with volcanoes erupting. It’s the yin and yang of freedom and balance on earth as well as in our spirits. Anyway, we hope this helps bring you some peace and security. Please comment any questions you may have! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ambiment - The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100630 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join our Online Small Groups! www.grandhumanproject.org Kids' Projects: www.newchristianresources.org/ http://www.newchurchvineyard.org/ Handy links! Our website: https://newchurch.org/ Our friends: https://swedenborg.com/ Read the Bible/New Church Theology: https://newchristianbiblestudy.org/ Other fun stuff to watch: Spiritable Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM8oWrWoUDfpQW4kcmrZG6Q Sunday School Programs: https://www.youtube.com/user/ncsundayschools OfftheLeftEye: https://www.youtube.com/user/offTheLeftEye Spiritual Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrICJGeGmrnXVawn_Y7UQA the Point with Pearse Frazier: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWTDYcLF9Me9l6mcI02pVQ |
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