emilynghiem
Constitutionalist / Universalist
God it seems kills pretty indiscriminately. When he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and flooded the earth he killed countless babies. Clearly these babies had to be evil. If God is love then why would he hate and hate for what seems like no good reason such as he hatred for Esau?
Just because we don't know the "karma" behind the situation
doesn't mean there's not a reason, a "cause and effect" which is what the laws of karma mean.
When a huge area of land has to be burned out, in order to contain a wildfire to keep it from spreading,
to us it may look like a bunch of "random" grass, trees, etc. are getting burned and destroyed.
For for God's knowledge to contain all events in the world, that means "counting" every
one of those blades of grass, and every tree that burned.
LUKE 12: 6-7 Fearing God Alone
…6"Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. 7"Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
Matthew 10:29-30
29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.31Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
As for your questions about why would God hate:
[FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The greater the injustice persecution or suffering one experiences THAT IS FORGIVEN,
then the greater the rewards and blessings that come in to life that outweigh those ills.
These things can happen for different reasons
* to clear out karma from the past that is working its way out of the system
* to teach from, by comparison, with what happens if we forgive ills and wrongs, where they can
still be healed forgiven and corrected, VS. what happens if we DON'T forgive and the ills repeat by retribution taken against each other, or by passing down these emotions/reactions by conscience to future generations.[/FONT]
Just because we aren't conscious of what the benefit or reasons are,
doesn't mean they happen for "no reason"
The point of all this is to learn by comparing and contrasting,
cause and effect, and what can we improve upon based on the past.
If God needs us to know something, God will make that clear.
If it doesn't matter which blade of grass or which drop of water,
or how many, just because we don't know all these specific details, doesn't mean they don't exist.