Why doesn't God keep bad things from happening to people...?
There are horrible things that happen in this world: s mall things, g iant things, u nseen things, sneaky things, p ublicized things, politically twisted things, emotionally traumatic things... There is some gruesome stuff out there... In fact, it seems that there are always new, sad and horrifying stories to find if we look into our own lives, or the lives of those around us, or the lives of those far from us, or just turn on the news... If we look for it, it's really easy to find and see the brokenness of this world. The same is true of good things too, (let us not forget this!) but these are much more palatable, and much easier to attribute positively to a loving God. The presence of good seems to be what we subconsciously long for (this is a great concept to dig further into later!). When we see something that goes against goodness (hurt/brokenness/pain), we look for someone to blame. It is easy to throw this blame on God, because He...