What a beauty "AVATAR" was! Did not expect that at all. Should clean house in all categories... Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" was extraordinary as a "typical southern, hard edge, nurturing mom". Not a bad flick either.

Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Many people wonder why Haiti suffers so much. Please read on and see the Scriptural answer to the above title.
To find out why God allows suffering, we need to think back to the time when suffering began. When Satan led Adam and Eve into disobeying Jehovah, an important question was raised. Satan did not call into question Jehovah’s power. Even Satan knows that there is no limit to Jehovah’s power. Rather, Satan questioned Jehovah’s right to rule. By calling God a liar who withholds good from his subjects, Satan charged that Jehovah is a bad ruler. (Genesis 3:2-5) Satan implied that mankind would be better off without God’s rulership. This was an attack on Jehovah’s sovereignty, his right to rule.

Adam and Eve rebelled against Jehovah. In effect, they said: “We do not need Jehovah as our Ruler. We can decide for ourselves what is right and what is wrong.” How could Jehovah settle that issue? How could he teach all intelligent creatures that the rebels were wrong and that his way truly is best? Someone might say that God should simply have destroyed the rebels and made a fresh start. But Jehovah had stated his purpose to fill the earth with the offspring of Adam and Eve, and he wanted them to live in an earthly paradise. (Genesis 1:28) Jehovah always fulfills his purposes. (Isaiah 55:10, 11) Besides that, getting rid of the rebels in Eden would not have answered the question that had been raised regarding Jehovah’s right to rule.

Let us consider an illustration. Imagine that a teacher is telling his students how to solve a difficult problem. A clever but rebellious student claims that the teacher’s way of solving the problem is wrong. Implying that the teacher is not capable, this rebel insists that he knows a much better way to solve the problem. Some students think that he is right, and they also become rebellious. What should the teacher do? If he throws the rebels out of the class, what will be the effect on the other students? Will they not believe that their fellow student and those who joined him are right? All the other students in the class might lose respect for the teacher, thinking that he is afraid of being proved wrong. But suppose that the teacher allows the rebel to show the class how he would solve the problem.

Jehovah has done something similar to what the teacher does. Remember that the rebels in Eden were not the only ones involved. Millions of angels were watching. (Job 38:7; Daniel 7:10) How Jehovah handled the rebellion would greatly affect all those angels and eventually all intelligent creation. So, what has Jehovah done? He has allowed Satan to show how he would rule mankind. God has also allowed humans to govern themselves under Satan’s guidance.

The teacher in our illustration knows that the rebel and the students on his side are wrong. But he also knows that allowing them the opportunity to try to prove their point will benefit the whole class. When the rebels fail, all honest students will see that the teacher is the only one qualified to lead the class. They will understand why the teacher thereafter removes any rebels from the class. Similarly, Jehovah knows that all honesthearted humans and angels will benefit from seeing that Satan and his fellow rebels have failed and that humans cannot govern themselves. Like Jeremiah of old, they will learn this vital truth: “I well know, O Jehovah, that to earthling man his way does not belong. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step.”—Jeremiah 10:23

Source of this information: Book, "What Does the Bible Really Teach?" - Published by Jehovah's Witnesses.

The above information helps us to understand why God allowed the tragedy in Haiti, as is the case in other parts of the world. God was NOT the cause of it, he allowed it due to the reasons given above. God really cares about what happened and will end suffering at his own appointed time; a time that it is BEST to do so. (Revelation 21:3 - 5)

Best regards,

Simeon

Simeon's post is spam delivered straight from the Watchtower.

Now...back to our movie....

O Simeon,
Why did god allow you to happen? This is a tragedy that no one--not even Jehovah can adequately explain.
Ravensfan Anon

Jehovah's Witnesses are much less fun when they spam on the Internet. I would much rather have them come to my door so that I can invite them in, seeming to be interested, and then see if I can beat my previous time record to gross them out so much that they run screaming for the door.

Simeon's post makes good sense. I dont agree with the Jehovah's Witnesses believing that one needs works to get to heaven, but works do reflect faith.

Clay,

Would it surprise you to learn that:

"Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Bible condemns the mixing of religions on the basis that there can only be one truth from God. They believe that only their religion represents true Christianity, and that all other religions fail to meet all the requirements set by God and will be destroyed,] and therefore reject interfaith and ecumenical movements."

In other words, Simeon rejects your offer of fellowship entirely, unless you see it his way. Good luck!