God gave us free will. Those horrible things that happen to people are done at the hand of other humans. There's a part in the bible where people want a leader because other people have leaders so God appointed the position sure, that is our choice. Hitler and Stalin had their power because humans wanted them to.. humans put them there.. humans supported those and their evil. The reason he says to obey is because it's better than doing something stupid and immoral and losing your soul. There's lots of parts that also say this life is nothing compared to what comes next, so dealing with the pain and suffering is minuscule compared to dealing with it eternally. :)
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Thanks protestandrebel. I understand that God gave us leaders. You are referring to 1 Samuel 8:22. As far as I could tell, this applied to Israel, not to the whole world. The rest of the world had leaders, and Israel wanted to be like them, instead of letting God be their leader. I just find it difficult to look at all the evil around me and think, "God must be in control." I would think that if He were, then there wouldn't be so much evil. We have free will, but at what point does He put a stop to it? These are the things I think about.
Yes it was for Israel, so I don't know if He ever wanted us to have leaders or he gave them because it's what we want. I'm a christian anarchist, and honestly I find they go hand in hand. :) There have been times he put a stop to it and still got called evil. Noahs ark, he let the"good" family survive while killing the "bad" people, gets called evil. Or how when He first created humans we were perfect and not sinful, and he told us not the eat the forbidden fruits. He didn't want us to live in sin like this, but He gets called evil for making that rule to prevent it because it was 'real free will'... So they way I see it, we chose this life, and it is short. We will all suffer, and many things will not seem fair, but God offers us all salvation so we don't have to live like this forever. That's how he puts a stop to it. :) I think about them too, you're not alone.
Well, it's nice to meet you. I am an anarchist, as well. This has been a recent revelation, but I think it was merely that, a revelation. I think I was always an anarchist, I just didn't know it until someone pointed it out to me. Something else I think about, those found in Christ are adopted into the family of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel.
Likewise! And that's great. I already held anarchist beliefs (like taxation is theft) and all I had to do was let go of the lies I had been told my whole life. But I had my revelation when I was around 14. And that I haven't thought about much, but I'll add it to my list. ;)
Thanks for the add. I will add back. It's always refreshing to meet people that see things similarly to me. Unfortunately, I don't find many people online, muchless in person.