God has a big screen tv w/pip

Yes I did and I also saw this:

And this:

And you said you were thinking about the 5 year old killed by the lawnmower.

Which all boils down to the same thing as why does God let bad things happen. It's the same question you were asking about your father's death years ago. I just think it's a question that no one can answer. Man has been asking that question since the beginning of time. The Bible says the rain will fall on the just and the unjust.

The thing that I think that has come out of your father's death is that you can relate to people that have suffered things similar to you. You could be a great help and comfort to them. But I do think you will have to accept the fact that life isn't always fair and bad things do happen to good people.

 

The answers he's looking for are.

Nor is jbghostrat. At least not anymore, and the primary reason is his faith.

So would I. Jbghostrat doesn't fit that description.

Nice bunch of random cliches. What are you trying to say, and do you really believe it?

 

As I get older the "cliches" become truth.

If I leave an opening between the car in front of me going down the highway...someone is going to cut me off and take it.

Why do beautiful women marry/wanna be with "bad boy" rock stars? Ladies like Heather Locklear and Rachel Hunter...cause they have a GOOD TIME. The nice, romantic, lay their coat over a mud puddle so your little feet dont get wet types are the ones left standing in the door way wondering what happened after their date...while she is inside on the phone calling a "real" man to come service her properly.

And...why do killers, rapists, child molestors and other freaks of nature die old in prison while the church bus plunges over a cliff?

I dont have the answers. I was just trying to give jb some manly advice. He is vulnerable and needs a male figure in his life. Yeah, you are gonna say he has God or Jesus...Im talking a physical, human being he can relate to and learn the ways of the world. Whatever he decides to do is fine with me. Some people have to learn the hard way.

 

Yep.

It's not that simple. For every Heather Locklear married to a Richie Sambora, there's a Heather Locklear or Pam Anderson who married a Tommy Lee and got hepatitis C or beaten or worse. It's not always about a 'good time', though sometimes it is. Sometimes it's about glamour. Sometimes it's about fame. Sometimes it's about a Florence Nightingale mentality that good girls get, thinking they can find the 'diamond in the rough' -- the good heart of the bad seed. And not all gentlemen finish last. I just celebrated my 10th wedding anniversary and I'll put my marriage up against any in Hollywood.

Not always. Sometimes a Billy Graham lives to see his mid-80's while the child molester catches a shiv in the shower room. Sometimes the monsters seem to 'get away with it', sometimes they get an M1-A1 Abrams rolling through their living room.

But even when it does seem unjust, if you look at life from God's perspective the church bus rolling off the cliff doesn't sound so bad. Those people just started their eternity in the presence of someone they adore, never feeling pain or suffering or shame ever again. And even if the rapist does live to be 90, so what? Ninety years of indulgence on earth will quickly pale in comparison to an eternity of suffering in hell.

I don't disagree at all that JB could use a strong male figure in his life (besides Jesus) -- someone who's been there and done that; who will pat him on the back when he succeeds and help him up when he falls; who will laugh and have a good time with him; who will be there with encouragment and a hug when he needs it. Believing in God doesn't mean you don't need a father anymore. On the contrary, fathers and father-figures are vital to a young man's spiritual growth and maturity into adulthood.

It's just a matter of perspective, really. With either perspective, a teen needs a father-figure to teach him how to be successful as a man. The kind of father-figure JB needs in his life is going to teach him how to look at life through God's eyes, and see the dangers of this world coming before they sneak up and bite him when he least expects it.

 

you are talking about God. where as I am not a God I am an editor and I do the stopping and splicing and i get paid good money for it. so dont let god infringe on my abilities

 

Thank ya Hasbeens