How could a loving, just, and powerful God allow a tragedy like the coronavirus pandemic? Doesn’t he care that innocent people are suffering and dying? It seems unjust. If God exists, isn't he strong enough to stop this madness?
I once was quite skeptical about faith matters and did not accept these ideas right away. It took time, interaction, reflection, and analysis. But exposure to this reasoning was a necessary start. Maybe this can get you thinking.
Stay safe. And inquisitive
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UMMM the Judaic G0D is not a man nor form, it's an Essence describing the most finite expression of creation and our purpose (direction) within.
That's why there's messengers of G0d (that essence said to reflect and manifest that nature) in order to help guide us through troubling times whether natural or man made. This virus is both.
So were you not given instructions on how to behave which made you share resources and help each other through this time?
Anti religion Communist China never got that memo when they purposely allowed their infected to be weapons of mass destruction and travel throughout the globe.
Did you not have biotech companies networking through the tedious year long work of the servant who gathered that network?
Did you not have viral remedies spoken by the Oracle, years before your need?
Did you not have choices to sacrifice your bad habits and social playgrounds for just a year in order to come out of this troubling time?
Did you not have choices to vote competant mayors and Governors in who are people first & not political party affiliation over the citizens?
Were you not warned about Progressive Liberalism being the new more palatable term for Communist per late 1950- early 60's speeches saying their intent to change the label here in the states because the label of Communism had negative connotations.
1996 Heaven Org page describing the mission, for no particular reason or sequence it described why socialism fails humanity and why to stay away from that Philosophy. Did anyone ever ask why that was out of place there in the misdion statement, to note it as a warning?
WARNINGS do people no good without a platform and validation that the platform brings, so they listen and receive those messages others try to keep you from hearing. The Pope (just a prop)which has never steered humanity in the right direction has a platform, a useless one, but somehow the more rational practicle problem solvers and sucessful foresight Jews are not allowed equal rights to "returning" the platform (Mikdash) that gave you the Wisdom and peaceful times of Solomon. THE 3RD TEMPLE IS PREPARED TO START, just ask who brought together all the Temple building orgs, and ask them about the already prepared materials for the Temple. Waiting for peace (some which is happening now) we are almost at that point, as Moshiach awaits the Building in his name in the Holy city in his name.
And you complain where is G0d-it can't be reflected nor manifested if you have no source of inspiration in this world that reflects that Essence we call G0d. Build the MIKdash.
Biblical Sources for statements:
Isaiah 42:8 we can't pray to any image of anything physical- Exodus 20:3-7 and Deuteronomy 5:8-10
God is not a man nor form-(Isaiah 2:22, 14:13, I Samuel 15:29, Numbers 23:19, and Hosea 11:9, Deuteronomy 4:11-12 and the 13 major principles of the Jewish faith based on the Rambam's teaching of "ain lo demus haguf ve'ayno guf" -- that Hashem has no physical form.)
The Gemarah (Baba Batra 75) Tells us Jerusalem is named after G0D and is the place commemorating his name(description)& essence.
In Sefer D’varim (12:5, 11, 14, 18, 21; 14:23,24, 25; 15:20; 16:2, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16; 17:8, 10; 18:6; 26:2; 31:11).the place that I will choose to place My Name(the messenger of God shares this name and reflects this Essence). That is referring to YeruShalem because Sifri identifies the place which Hashem will choose (12:18) as “Yerushalayim”.
Shalem means completeness/wholeness thus describing the Essence to be all we could and should be aka evolve/progress.
YeruShalem would carry the name. (1 Kings 11:36 &
in dead sea scrolls: Words of the Archangel Michael scroll 4Q529, 6Q23)