So, if I was omnipotent (the quality of having unlimited power) I would heal people of mental and physical illnesses. I would fill with joy and euphoria every sad, lonely, depressed, and miserable person. I would heal all infirmities and mental illness. I would give pedophiles and sexual deviants a healthy sexuality so that they don't feel inclined to commit acts that harm themselves or others. I would heal all people of drug, sexual, or other addictions
I would enlighten all people to know the truth. I would speak clear messages to people that seek me so that they could write down word-for-word my instructions (So there would be no confusion). I would elect world leaders who were the most wise and compassionate people on earth, and I would guide their every decision so that they knew what was best for the people.
Would we have a better world if that was done?
I would let no one be tortured for all eternity in hell. I find that people who do evil are often suffering a lot. No one wakes up in the morning and says "I'm feeling so good today, I want to go kill a bunch of people". Consequently, I feel compassion for such people already and dread the idea of them suffering forever. Either heal them, transform them, or put them out of their misery.
I'm reading a book by Allan Kardec "The Spirit's book". It's a great read if you haven't read it. He interacts with spirits and they answer all his questions about spirits. They claim that the Spirit existed before it was incarnated and that this body is just one temporary outfit. They tell him that every spirit will be purified and made perfect eventually, but for some it will take many thousands of years and many lifetimes.
I have to agree that this belief is far more just, compassionate, merciful, and rational than the belief that people will be tortured forever and ever because of what they did or believed in this brief life (which is one-second compared to eternity....why punish someone eternally because of what they did with one-second, especially when you consider that they were blind, confused, unenlightened, and naturally inclined to sin).
Please answer the poll if you could. Please be honest about it. I'm asking what is the most compassionate approach. You might firmly believe that eternal torture is what is in store for unbelievers, but do you truly find that to be the most compassionate approach?
God gave us life and for that we can never be grateful enough.
The causes of most of the suffering of man is his own wrong choices. People are given freedom of choice. If we chose to love each other wouldn't that make our world a thousand times better? If we chose peace instead of war and sharing instead of greed where would be our suffering?
God made the world a temporary abode but He gave us guidance on how to live and if we followed it we would have a paradise on earth.
So when I had chosen a bad lifestyle I suffered. If one eats poison he gets sick. I became so mentally deranged from my own choices in life that I tried suicide 6 times. But it was my fault!
When I found Baha'u'llah and tried to follow a His Teachings my life has been filled with joy, happiness and meaning for 40 years. My marriage to another Bahá'í will be 40 years in 2018.
It's a matter of the choices we make that determine our happiness and God's guidance is always available if we want it but if we refuse to take the medicine the doctor prescribes then we can't blame the doctor. We have only ourselves to blame.
