I think God has a plan for us, we are not random and chaotic unless we make it so.
In the first Book of the Bible, Genesis, when God created the world, "All God made was good."
God formed order out of the chaos. God gave us the gift of life to keep the beauty and order He made, and to make a better world.
God gave man free will and man does not always do what is right to keep God's orderly plan. Man is here to keep repairing the world of disease, poverty, war, loneliness, by helping the orphan, the widow, the homeless person, the victims from the destruction of natural disasters-to bring about peace. To stop crime and hatred for all men are made in the image of God.
It is said ,'kindness is contagious'. Help someone and they will hopefully help someone else and bring about the order needed. If there is chaos, we bring it upon ourselves.
hmm, interesting. you know, i've never been entirely certain when it comes to the subject of God. i have a few theories on this beings' existence, one of my favorites being that God is a story that we as humans have created to keep ourselves in check. in a way, this God character is a way of keeping a certain amount of order in this society, as well as a way of maintaining a level of comfort, for many find comfort in knowing that everything they do has a bigger purpose in the grand scheme of things. there is no guarantee that someone will be good just by you telling them to be, so it's easier to scare them into thinking bad things may happen if they don't. not gonna lie, some people probably need that. but i think "because God said so" is a poor excuse to want to do some good. i believe that we should choose to be good for ourselves, and because we believe it is the right thing. (though, i realize my argument is very backwards, for i just finished saying i believe that we have created God. so, in a sense, those who believe are doing good for independent reasons.)
ReplyDeletenow, in response to your actual argument, i don't really think that things happen for a reason. sure, there is the logical "cause and effect" idea, for there is a reason for me responding to this argument. (ex: this response is in effect to your argument, your argument being the cause.) also, there's the smartass response of, "well, i made it happen, so i'm the reason." but i don't think this God thing has anything to do with it. if anything, it's more like the concept that i heard from a friend (who read it in a book) that we exist in every single second of time that we're alive. so in that sense, you could say we sort of have a plan. but none of this God stuff. (not dissin' God, just makin' an argument.)