Why does society reward bad people?

[Deserter3]

The world is literally run by billionaire pedophiles that prevent you from buying land, building a family, and being free.

[egan3141]

Because the "elites" convinced the masses that they have no power. In the old days, if someone was beyond corrupt, someone or some group of people would kill them. Now, the masses believe they have no power and just accept whatever is in front of them. They might hate it, they might scream about it online, but they won't do anything meaningful.

You could say it all comes back to laziness. The masses are too lazy to risk their happiness to stop "evil". They would rather save time and money supporting these evil people than find people that aren't evil to support. I bet even you do it. Do you continue to pay for netflix, shop at amazon or walmart, use youtube, etc. By using their product, you are making them money. By making them money, you are supporting them. (Outside of a few exceptions per year, I don't touch any of those major corporations. I'm beginning to question even this corporation (gag))

[lightbulb27]

its more that successful people and their stress, are still human and can make abuses. I don't think all do.

our country rewards those whom are smart, lie effectively (like musk), creative, somewhat narcissistic.

those are the stocks you buy... you are the one rewarding them!

[Sal_Monella]

Yes, it does, because ordinary people are too complacent to do anything about it. News flash. Your favorite president is doing something about it.

[Deserter3]

How so?

[Sal_Monella]

Take a look at his actions, policies and executive orders. Look it up yourself. You are too old to be spoon fed.

[Deserter3]

Site your sources like an adult

[Sal_Monella]

The sources are all around us. Anywhere you go on the Internet and you will find it. While I'm at it, what are your sources of air and water?

[Deserter3]

You better watch it old man

[Sal_Monella]

What do you want me to watch?

[Chthou95]

Why does life you mean. And it's just part of reality. Life is not a Disney movie where the villain always loses and the good guy always win

[Deserter3]

Didn't answer the question and nobody asked for it to be Disney, just for it to not be Hell :D

[Chthou95]

What kind of answer do you expect

[Deserter3]

An actual one, not "That just the way it be, hyuck hyuck."

[Chthou95]

Well what else does it really come down to? Can you figure out?

[Anonymous]

Because God allows Satan influence over this world. Man is evil by nature and easily seduced by Satan.

[Deserter3]

We're made in God's image, not Satan's

[Opinion Owner]

Yes God's image, not God's spirit. When we are filled with holy spirit we are more compelled to do God's will.

[Deserter3]

Eh, that seems like a reach to define God's image as merely looking like him, like I doubt that was the point of the quote

[Opinion Owner]

What quote? "Man is evil by nature"? He is. The point of the quote is to show how we NEED God. We are sinful by nature. God is without sin. We cannot go to heaven because we will NEVER be worthy of it. This is why Jesus died. He took or sins upon him. We will never be worthy of God. It's God's grace that allows us to get into heaven.
The point of all of this is to understand we have free will. We can choose sin, we can choose Satan, we can reject God. God does not force us to love or worship him. He wants us to CHOOSE him.

[Deserter3]

He could just make us good and we don't deserve hell cause we're imperfect

[Opinion Owner]

You're absolutely right! You have just verbalized what philosophers have discussed for over 2000 years. In regards to Christianity. And about the only thing I can say to that is, how many universes have you or i created? So what gives us the right to question God's methods? Why? If God wants us all in heaven, then why put us all through some test that so many are sure to fail?
I personally don't believe hell is some lake of fire. I believe hell is nothing more than the absence of God. Because what the Bible shows over and over again what God does is out of love. This is why I love this bit by George Carlin
https://youtu.be/QZ8hefESt7c?si=-jXKto5jI9rKXBwD
I also question whether hell is permanent. From what I understand in Islam it isn't. From what I understand in Islam EVERYONE eventually gets to heaven.
Here's what I've learned in my 50 years. On this planet. God's message was simple "LOVE"! Matthew 22: 37-39. In essence love God and love eachother. If everyone did that we be living a near heaven on earth.

[Deserter3]

If we're so special to him we should be permitted to, the truth has no reason to hide. Hell being the absense of God would render him not omnipresent. I don't know, the nature of God is complex

[Opinion Owner]

I try to think of God as kind of a parent-child relationship with us. God is omnipotent. He created us, not the other way around. A parent doesn't ask a child what they thinks or how to raise them. The parent KNOWS what's best for them. But at the same point a parent cannot force a child to love him. Nor does a parent discipline a child to hurt him. A parent always operates from a position of love.

When I said "absence of God" I simply meant his spirit (the holy spirit) I meant that those that do not choose God he's ALLOWING them their eternity (if it is eternity) without his spirit, his love, his respite from all things that are NOT of God. He's not punishing them. He's just giving them what they wanted, what they chose. And eternity without him
Anyways this is just my musings. It's my way of trying to understand how a God that seems to an unending depth of love finally gives up on you.