A Thought: On the Respective Responsibilities of God and Mankind

I've seen...too many posts and pictures and blogs asking God why He allows such terrible things to happen in the world, why children starve, poverty runs rampant, why people are hurt to satisfy the wants of others.  I ask, "Why do we?"

My answer to such questions has been to stop relying on God to solve your problems.  We were given a world, the ability to think and reason and the strength to enact change.  When the world declines, we need to spend less time looking up and more time looking inward. This planet is our responsibility and it's time we grew up and took it on.

Faith, in anything, should be part of the strength which moves you to act, to persevere.  It is not meant to be a tool of blame, nor of judgement, nor is it something from which to hide behind when you're scared, hoping the bad things will go away.  There's enough of that in the world.  If you truly want to act in the image of very nearly every major religious or philosophical figure, don't just sit and argue, pointing fingers at those who don't believe as you do, or don't believe in anything.  Do something.

If you worry about starving children, give out some food.  Don't just give to a charity that gives out food.  Make some sandwiches and hand them out.  If you're concerned over the creeping darkness in the world, get out there and spread some light. 

Go out and volunteer.  For every one of the worlds evils, there are a small group of weary people working tirelessly to fight against it.  They could definitely use all the help they can get.

Want to stop people from hurting others?  Start fighting a culture which revels in the misery of others.  Take away the revenue stream that's been built on human suffering.  Put down your reality T.V. and love your fellow Man rather than ridiculing them around the water cooler.  Start holding those in power, those who run the country, run the businesses, who buy and sell laws, not just responsible but accountable. 

Think. Learn. Seek understanding. Reach out. Don't just react. Seek those things which make us the same instead of those which make us different.  There's a LOT more to work with there.