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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do good things happen to bad people?

The truth is that it is less important what happens to us than what happens within us. When something bad happens to me, I don't blame God. I reach to Him for comfort and guidance. (Likewise, I don't blame Him when I do bad things or when people who seem bad IMHO seem to be getting undeserved rewards from society.) I also see the bad things as opportunity for emotional and spiritual growth. Someone I thought was a friend did a bad thing to me. I am still dealing with the effects, but I also opened my eyes to more subtle things that harmed me spiritually, professionally, and even financially that I chose to do as a consequence of our friendship.

I meet very few religious people who obsess about why bad things happen to good people. Most understand that God gave humans free will. Hitler used his to cause harm. Mother Teresa used hers to heal.[/quote]

Really, those are the choices?   Mother teresa and Hitler?  What was God thinking?[/quote]

Being intentionally obtuse doesn't make you seem clever. Obviously most of us will never equal the evil actions of Hitler or the good ones of Mother Teresa. We can, however chose which one to emulate. If you dislike the above analogy consider the saying often attributed to Native Americans as shared by George Bernard Shaw

“A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.” 
? George Bernard Shaw

God wants me to feed the good dog the most and lends me His strength to continue to endeavor to do so. He sheds His Grace on me to forgive the times I fed the evil dog more.[/quote]

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