Richard W. Reese

The Blame It on God Mentality: a Spiritual Dumbness of God's Love and Holiness Richard W. Reese

God is blamed for natural disasters (called acts of God), airplane crashes, car accidents, heart attacks, strokes, diseases, injuries, and deaths. Why is that? Because in the Bible God is blamed for the wickedness against humankind. Nevertheless, those scriptures are errors in translation caused by the Bible translators. You see, God inspired men to write the Bible, but He did not inspire the translators to translate the Bible. This is why there is confusion in the Bible about a holy and loving God involved in wickedness, which is contrary to His holy nature. God is love and holy, there is no darkness in Him, and only good things come from God (Lev. 11:44; James 1:17; 1 John 1:5; 4:16). This nine-chapter book discusses scriptures that contradict the love and holiness of God such as God destroyed the world with a flood, destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; He sent plagues on Egypt and curses on people. God killed the firstborn of David and Bathsheba, He tested Job's faith with vicious attacks from satan, and so forth. You will find other useful discussions that will improve your spiritual life such as the rapture, the Tribulation, tithes and offerings, prayers, faith and love, water baptism, divine protection, the curses for disobedience, how to "test the spirit" to avoid evil spirits in your life, and thorough discussions of humankind's major "trouble maker" - the sinful nature. Some discussions are controversial because it goes against theological teaching. In the end, however, you will read the Bible in a different light and have a better understanding of God's Word and His holy nature.