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I like the old scientific theorem that says the simplest answers are usually the most accurate. When it comes to how much god intervenes in this world, I have found the theorem which has the least work arounds, and that is he does very little, if anything. At church I hear personal faith promoting stories every week, how god found my keys or cured me from an illness. But while I’m listening I think about the countless times he ignores the pleading of a child who is getting beat, or a christian city getting slaughtered. History is full of examples of god not helping his servants, Christ, the apostles, countless saints, Joseph Smith etc. So why would he find my keys and forget the real issues? I feel he doesn’t, the person prayed to find their keys and then found them, gave god the credit, and had a self induced spiritual experience, to be shared in church.
So the question is, what does he do? I’m not sure. I believe he created this world, turned it on and sits back. It’s the only explanation that works in all cases. It explains why my 21 year old daughter has leukemia, why kids are still born, why people have ADHD. We like to believe it all has some higher purpose, gods in charge so take comfort. But what if that is just some thing humans made up to deal with the chaos of the world? Does god make the suffering to merely teach us a lesson? What about the people who get off so easily in this life? And if he doesn’t cause suffering or prevents it, just what does he do?
I’ve stopped praying for the simple reason I don’t believe he takes any action. Sorry, this may not be the answer you were looking for, I’m not trying to be negative, I’m just want a unifying answer.
