Butterscotch
War Child
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I hear it all the time. Religious people with a lot of earthly goods who always say they are 'blessed.'
I have some questions. Does this mean those of us without so much wealth or goods are not 'blessed'? Does this mean God gave them the stuff because he likes them best? I don't believe that, but maybe they do?
Why is it, also, that some of the greediest, most crooked businessmen in the world have so much, while so many good people have so little? Are they "blessed?" Why would they be, instead of a poor, nicer person?
I know there are some justifications like that God is 'testing' you if you're having a hard life, so does that mean if I pass the 'test' I too will be 'blessed?' Since I haven't been, does that mean I failed? Did the greedy businessmen pass? Or was it only the well off religious people? I am at a loss on this one.
Do any of you have any ideas or philisophical reasoning on this?
I have some questions. Does this mean those of us without so much wealth or goods are not 'blessed'? Does this mean God gave them the stuff because he likes them best? I don't believe that, but maybe they do?
Why is it, also, that some of the greediest, most crooked businessmen in the world have so much, while so many good people have so little? Are they "blessed?" Why would they be, instead of a poor, nicer person?
I know there are some justifications like that God is 'testing' you if you're having a hard life, so does that mean if I pass the 'test' I too will be 'blessed?' Since I haven't been, does that mean I failed? Did the greedy businessmen pass? Or was it only the well off religious people? I am at a loss on this one.
Do any of you have any ideas or philisophical reasoning on this?