So ya gotta riddle me this. God is all knowing and God - well nothin' goes on without God's plan [View all]

and permission. Actually, it goes beyond permission. Whatever goes on, God wants it to happen.

So ----

Joe gets diagnosed with cancer. What are we supposed to do? We're supposed to pray that Joe's cancer goes away. But here's the problem. God wanted Joe to get cancer or else he wouldn't have gotten it.


Now it we get to praying that Joe don't get no more cancer, aren't we also saying that God fucked up by giving Joe the cancer in the first place?

All of this comes to mind because of my cousin in California. She is being evicted for non-payment of rent. She will likely be out on the street by next month. I'm trying to tell her she needs to find another job because she got fired last week. That she needs to go through her stuff and figure out what papers she needs and secure those. Start trying to sell stuff that she won't be able to secure --- and so forth.

"I'm not worried. God will help me out. He always does."

I am tempted to point out my argument above, as it pertains to her present circumstances. But that would do no good. The point is, that this thinking causes people to avoid actually taking actions that would maybe solve some of their problems.