Why am I so angry with God?
22nd October 2005
Someone stumbled onto my blog through trying to find reasons or justification for the question that you read in the title of this post. Among the sites that came out through that search was this post written a few months ago in response to an article with a similar title. I am not sure if the post helped with finding the answer to the question. At the time I wrote the article, there were much talk about whether or not God brought on the devastation that was the Indian Ocean Tsumanis.
The recent tragedies in the gulf and elsewhere have sparked further such talk. So, why do people get so agitated at God when things go wrong? Why do people direct their anger at the Almighty? Why do we get angry at all? My counsellor used to tell me that anger is a defence mechanism. It is an angel that protects our inner child so that we are not hurt again.
Is this what is going on when people blame God for bad things that happen to them or for the bad things that they see happening around the world? Why do they hurt? Why do they get angry? Is it a quest for a sense of order, a sense of stability, for comfort? Why do they get angry?
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