Monday, November 24, 2014

A Touch of Humor - Giving Thanks

Are there things we should not give thanks for? When does giving thanks become self-serving?
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  1. kc bobNovember 27, 2014 at 11:47 AM

    Always love how we are instructed to give thanks in everything but not for everything. I do wonder why some feel a need to give thanks for bad things like cancer. Perhaps they think that God allowed cancer so they need to thank him for it? Perverted theology in my mind.

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    1. Mike Erich the Mad TheologianNovember 28, 2014 at 8:05 PM

      I do believe God brings bad things into our lives to serve His purpose. But I do not believe we are required to give thanks for them. Trust Him through them, but not thank Him for them.

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    2. kc bobNovember 29, 2014 at 8:08 AM

      God does something and we do not give thanks for what he does? I do not find that principle in the scriptures. I mean really, if one believes that God has given them cancer or ebola then why not be thankful for the disease that God has caused them to have? I could at least see the consistency in that position.

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    3. kc bobNovember 29, 2014 at 8:11 AM

      And if one believes that God has given them cancer or the flu then why see a doctor? Such a person would have to see themselves fighting God by taking medicine or doing chemo.

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    4. Mike Erich the Mad TheologianNovember 29, 2014 at 10:49 PM

      I have asked before and I will ask again where do these things come from? Cancer and ebola are obviously not the direct result of human choices. I believe that God uses these things though they are in themselves evil to bring about a moral improvement in our lives. I do not think it is wrong to fight them because fighting evil in the context of trusting in God is one of the lessons we have learn. But if these things do not serve God's purpose why do they exit at all. Is there some force higher then God that mandates they exist. (For further information see the other thread.)

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  2. kc bobNovember 30, 2014 at 7:45 AM

    "I believe that God uses these things though they are in themselves evil to bring about a moral improvement in our lives."

    On that we agree.

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