Larry King asks: "Why doesn't God stop bad things from happening?"

E-mail to Larry King: About your question, “Why doesn’t God stop bad things from happening?”

Larry, “Why dosen’t God step in and stop calamities from happening?”
Obviously, that is not God’s plan. Man was made in God’s image, with a free-will to do whatever.

Think about it, if God were to put a shield all around us to protect us from all harm, etc., what would that make us? –certainly less than human.

Also, it saddens me when your guest celebrity preachers always refuse to deal with the deep and important issues you ask about, such as the Muslim religion, or "Why should I believe? "etc. Their skirting the issues is hardly what Jesus Christ commanded his disciples to do , ...‘to be the light and salt of the earth,’ or to ‘go into all the world, baptizing all nations, teaching them what Christ has commanded.’ (Re; Matt.28:18-20). –dc

Larry King Show, 'Positive Thinking, A Positive YOU!'

May 16, 2009 Positive Thinking, A Positive YOU! (LKL SATURDAY DISCUSSION TREAD) Posted: 01:07 PM ET

Donald Cole, Dover NJ May 16th, 2009 9:48 pm ET:
I was elated when Larry mentioned that these things "are what Christ taught." Larry King beat me to the blog! It sounds a lot better from Larry!

Donald Cole, Dover NJ May 16th, 2009 9:54 pm ET The panel’s belief about ‘reincarnation’ is another topic. But if we aren’t aware of having lived on earth in a past life, what difference would it make?

Donald Cole, Dover NJ May 16th, 2009 10:04 pm ET ‘Reincarnation’, that is living our lives over and over again, until we get it right, –is quite a stretch. The panel turns away from Christ on this one.