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Sometimes people say they are Christians but act as if they are mad at God. What are some things you have observed that have caused you to be mad at God?
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The presence of suffering, my own suffering, or things I don’t understand but think I do
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Children afflicted with horrible illnesses such as cancer, the horrors of war, the mass extinction of many species of wildlife due to poaching and man’s greed and depravity, the ravages of drug and alcohol addiction.
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There are a number of things over the years that have caused me to be mad at God for a while. Many times it is my own unmet expectations. This can take the form of prayers that are yet unanswered (taking too long). Being allowed to seemingly go through a very difficult situation “alone” has been a cause also. God choosing to be silent and my prayers seeming to go nowhere can do that too. Knowing that I am doing my very best and yet God still seems distant can quickly cause me to become mad at Him. Feeling forsaken or not heard is a frequent for me. I don’t like to feel as though God is teasing me, stringing me along, or playing/toying with me. When I feel like a powerless pawn in some sort of cosmic game, I become very mad! There are other things but this will give you a general idea of triggers.
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Difficulties at work can cause me great worry. In my personal life, when things haven’t worked out as I thought they should when I did all I could… I have wondered where God was.
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I have been mad at God when I see “Christians” sinning and sinning, and it seems like everything good happens to them even though they are waist deep in sin. Hard to not say to yourself, “Well, maybe if I stopped watching my Ps and Qs, things may go right for me too then.