Floods explanation here
Droughts explanation here
Crocodiles explanation here
Disease explanation here
This is all happening here in one country, Australia, and only on the east coast. If we look further, there are ice storms and blizzards in the USA, earthquakes in China and Japan, volcanoes in the Philippines, famine in Ethiopia and wars all over the place.
I can't answer why God has not answered the prayers of many in relation to these tragedies and yet he does answer prayer. Why some and not others? I don't know. All I know is that (according to the Bible) :
God does not cause or allow needless suffering;
Satan is the prince of this world;
this world is not our home;
our earthly life is only temporary and we will all die one day and (unless we opt for suicide)
we do not choose the manner of our death.
Suffering in this life is not proof that there is no God
Turn the clock back 2000 years and some of Jesus larger group of disciples (not the 12) left him when the going got tough. Jesus and Peter are talking about the loss of faith of these disciples:
From this time on, many of his disciples turned back. They no longer followed him. "You don't want to leave also, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve. Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, who can we go to? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God." Then Jesus replied, "Didn't I choose you, the 12 disciples?
John 6:69-70
That's it then. Who else can we go to?
A man made statue, an astrologer, a shaman, a dead ancestor, a dead prophet,
or
a living God who promises better things ahead,
who has overcome death,
who never breaks a promise
and who has shown us that he knows suffering 1st hand and
through his suffering and death has shown us how much he loves us?
I've made my choice.
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