Why do problems exist?

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Brandon777

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Kinda a deep question I know. I don't think any of our answers will suffice to completely answer this. But we can try right?
 
Nawo

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Problems do not exist. You just think they do.
 
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Brandon777

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You might have to explain that one. I've never heard that angle before ;)
 
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dmdave17

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Your question is very broad. It is hard to know exactly what kinds of "problems" you are talking about. The quick answer is that God allows "problems" to affect our lives in order to strengthen us, humble us, and bring us closer to Him. Anything beyond that would require a more narrow definition of "problems".
 
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Brandon777

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Is that the complete answer? Or could you expound on those things by answering how those three things happen? I seek for wisdom.
 
Nawo

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dmdave17 said:
The quick answer is that God allows "problems" to affect our lives in order to strengthen us, humble us, and bring us closer to Him.
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God put fossils underground to test our faith. LOL
 
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Brandon777

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That video really helped me. Thanks
 
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Steve4U

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I had a close friend in a wheelchair. We were running a bible study together. He prayed "Thank you Lord for all our problems." I was not mature enough. On the way home I told him "Charlie, I can't agree with your prayer".

Now I know better. This is the way God made it. It's just exactly like dmdave77 said.
 
Digital_Angel_316

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* Suffering exists

* Suffering has a cause

* Suffering is caused by:
* our reaction to flesh (senses and mind) - ID
* our desire and craving to satisfy the flesh and the mind -- materialism,
worldliness, sensory pleasures, temporal pleasures, emotion -- EGO
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* THE GOOD NEWS:

* Suffering can be avoided or overcome by understanding these simple causes of suffering,
and coming to a knowledge of the path of Right Living which is denial of self, love of godly
principles put into the mind and action, and the love of others just as Jesus stated. It is --
THE WAY.



[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qylM9qVeGfc[/video]
 
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rodogg

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Digital_Angel_316 said:
* Suffering exists

* Suffering has a cause

* Suffering is caused by:
* our reaction to flesh (senses and mind) - ID
* our desire and craving to satisfy the flesh and the mind -- materialism,
worldliness, sensory pleasures, temporal pleasures, emotion -- EGO
​
* THE GOOD NEWS:

* Suffering can be avoided or overcome by understanding these simple causes of suffering,
and coming to a knowledge of the path of Right Living which is denial of self, love of godly
principles put into the mind and action, and the love of others just as Jesus stated. It is --
THE WAY.



[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qylM9qVeGfc[/video]
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So you believe if we live right, denying the self and living like Jesus, we will avoid suffering?
 
Nawo

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jimmydiggs said:
Trolling is unneccesary.
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It was a statement that followed the same way of thinking of that of the person of whom I quoted. It was meant to show the ridiculousness of his logic in a fun way. Nawo hates explaining herself.
 
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rodogg

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Nawo said:
It was a statement that followed the same way of thinking of that of the person of whom I quoted. It was meant to show the ridiculousness of his logic in a fun way. Nawo hates explaining herself.
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His logic wasn't ridiculous in any way. :) It's very true.
 
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jimmydiggs

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Nawo said:
It was a statement that followed the same way of thinking of that of the person of whom I quoted. It was meant to show the ridiculousness of his logic in a fun way. Nawo hates explaining herself.
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Brandon777

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Steve4U said:
I had a close friend in a wheelchair. We were running a bible study together. He prayed "Thank you Lord for all our problems." I was not mature enough. On the way home I told him "Charlie, I can't agree with your prayer".

Now I know better. This is the way God made it. It's just exactly like dmdave77 said.
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I'd still like a how to that.
 
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yaright

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Brandon777 said:
Kinda a deep question I know. I don't think any of our answers will suffice to completely answer this. But we can try right?
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I believe the answer to your question is answered in the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve turned away from the Word of God to do what seemed right to them. Satan used an inflection to deceive in the sense that we certainly are like gods who surely do not die. We cannot see this type of death. What many do not see is that Adam and Eve died into sin and this was the type of death God spoke of. In the flesh we are tempted this same way, and when we chose sin, we died into sin. This was and is the reason Jesus was sent, that we might be saved from the place we chose to go....
 
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Brandon777

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yaright said:
I believe the answer to your question is answered in the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve turned away from the Word of God to do what seemed right to them. Satan used an inflection to deceive in the sense that we certainly are like gods who surely do not die. We cannot see this type of death. What many do not see is that Adam and Eve died into sin and this was the type of death God spoke of. In the flesh we are tempted this same way, and when we chose sin, we died into sin. This was and is the reason Jesus was sent, that we might be saved from the place we chose to go....
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good answer.
 
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