valerie wrote:Well, this is my opinion and it's worth a whole lot to me....
That's what I love to hear and read, it takes more people like that who will stand strong by their opinions, regardless of the degrading and inflammatory remarks of others who misinterpret and seek conflict. in Western world we have something called liberty of expression and we can disagree with one another without the personal shoving match as done by some people who's mission is to bash people with bold opinions, because probably in their countries they are used to a culture where such opinions can get them in trouble.Then make themselves credible victims once the person they attacked calls them out. Typical. If debates and discussions were limited to the topics and not those attacks, we would not have this kind of situation here. Those who cannot handle bold opinions should ignore and skip through, those who can handle back and forth heated debates regardless of who is right or wrong, all the best.
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God says 'revenge is mine'. God is to be loved and feared. He is the father. So
just as your father that you love, you may punish you when you do something
wrong, our Father in Heaven can punish us, if He so chooses to do so.
Sure, but do you also think sometimes, why would a LOVING God not punish those who need punished, why should the whole world be plunged into a pandemic ? Why should innocent die ? Why not go after evil people ? Well sometimes I believe there is contradiction, God loves ALL equal and forgives those who believe and who ask for it,
If God was about revenge and punishment, then why are there so many evil people in the world who get it easy and some innocent GOOD people have it hard ? Isn't that all about the "FREE WILL" part ? As far as the punishment and all, isn't that something that is reserved during the final judgment ? Otherwise humans are left FREE to sin or to obey, FREE WILL. Do you believe that God created this world pandemic? I would say that this is quite different to the other plagues you referred to. The virus started in one country, it was not taken seriously and due to travel in and out, it has started spreading around the world, it became a pandemic because of many countries not being ready for one or taking proper step to seal and quarantine EARLY and take drastic measures as it was the case in China. I do agree with you God can do and undo anything, but clearly by what is happening around the world, there are things that are human created. This pandemic could have been avoided, I am confident on that.
Pedophiles, murderers, serial killers, some of the worst criminals in the world are probably still alive now - whilst innocent people lose loved ones to this virus.
We'll all be judged one day, not now, now so for now we have free will on our actions. I think of it this way, God created a base platform that is life.....Humans created pollution, industrialisation, technology, and most other things.
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Who put the organism in the bat thousands of years ago that one day would be
released upon earth in people as the coronavirus? Did free will do that? Did
evolution do that? Did God do that? Did the devil do that? Perhaps more
importantly is who allowed the organism to be released?
Science and studies show that this virus was in the wild, it would never have become a pandemic had it remained there. Humans facilitated its proliferation through illegal markets in many countries. If God wanted to punish us all he would have created something in the air or an event that would shake the whole world. This pandemic ? This virus ? It could have been much better contained. No matter who put the virus in bats or whatever animals, had humans left those animals in the wild where they belong, we would not be having this discussion - and for those who claim I know better all the time, this is not my OPINION, I never claim to have, this is SCIENCE, I go by science and medicine,
The world had ALL the warnings about this virus - whether it was revealed late or not, this could have been contained and prevented. This pandemic was facilitated through world travel.
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Never under estimate God. God can punish His children and God has punished
His children time and time again.
I believe the punishment will come later, one day, unless they repent, in the proper way. The reason I feel this way is because of what is going on around the world. You see the rich, the greedy, the selfish evil people have it easy and make all the good money and success, whilst you see many good people with good hearts struggle, get diseases and live in poverty no matter how hard they try. What about the hard criminals who commit serial crimes time and time again, do you think everyone gets caught ? No, you have scammers and fraud artists, organised crime individuals earning a boat load of money and getting away with it whilst most people have to work everyday.
Where is the punishment ? According to scripture our judgment will come, and no matter how bad or how many sins, it can all be wiped if we repented and asked for forgiveness, isn't that what the scriptures teach ? No arguments that God CAN do anything, but I believe we were meant to go through turmoil in this life, and firmly believe that God does not punish evil on this planet, at least not for now anyway, or don't you think we would be living in a different situation altogether ?
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I do believe we'll see a vaccine for this awful virus, this year. I do hope so.
I don't know that God put the virus upon us. I don't know that God will save
us from it. I am sure of one thing, God can do whatever He wants. That's
why He is God.
Trial for a vaccine will begin later this year hopefully by September, according to the big pharmas, mass vaccination would likely be in Q1-2021. In my opinion I would not be optimistic for that timeline, but no doubt there will be a vaccine, the timeline for a vaccine to become available is 12 to 18 months according to the Pharmas.
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