Why+Won't+God+Save+Us?

The world is comprised of the wealthy, the average and the poor. There are extremes in the two ends of this spectrum; microsoft and ikea owners being one representation, little Mohammed Mahandra in Somalia being another. The question is: Why are there such extremes?Why is it that such poverty can be inflicted upon some that are no more deserving of such pain than others. The luck that you must ultimately possess in order to read this is something we rarely appreciate, and the purpose of this page is not to diminish the ideal of God, nor to question his existence, but allow you to come to a couple of realisations, the first of these being to maximise our own realisation of our wealth, be it in comparison with those in relative or absolute need.

Poverty leads to suffering, a flaw with the theory of a benevolent god that has been voiced by unbelievers for centuries. The questioning as to how God can allow such things is not unknown, and so we shall not ponder on such things. There are combacks too, and so the debate is no longer one worth having. Instead, let's throw out a couple of statistics just to get you in that questioning frame of mind. Ok, so how does that link back to poverty, and ultimately god? Well let's face it a life expectancy in that kind of shape isn't down to a successful NHS is it? Try establishing a government in a war torn country lacking in money or prosperity, or hope. Try building a family when your kids disappear to go and fight before they have hit double figures. It's a bit of a shock to the system isn't it? No matter how old you are if you live in Britain odds are you eat. Odds are you don't fear armed gunmen popping around. Odds are you have everything you need to be happy. This page isn't trying to get you to give money to oxfam or whatever. I'm not playing on your guilt, i could, but where would it get me. You would go and play minesweeper, that doesn't question your values does it? I want you to just think that actually, in Britain, in Europe, America, those established countries, you should be happy. Maybe you're in a little debt, maybe your sky license has just been revoked, hell, maybe you have just lost your job. Sounds crap, but at the end of the day, the need that you are in is not remotely comparable with that of my fictional character Mohammed Mahandra who is living in Somalia. He is dead, so are we all, but he probably won't make 12. You, you have all the potential you could hope for. i know that when you left school you wanted a mansion, and a loving member of the opposite sex to care for you and to fulfill your sexual desires. Well, didn't quite work out, but until you're struggling to find clean water, keep warm, and have relationships of any kind for fear of death, then i'll care. Until that day, you have a computer, and that confirms that you still have a fight to give. Be you atheist or religious it matters not. The UK is great. The western northern hemisphere is great. You live in it. Be thankful, not to God, just be aware that there are people who have it much much worse.
 * Life Expectancy in Somalia is less than fifty.
 * In the UK it will have reached 85 by 2010
 * Over 25% of the world's population is unemployed
 * Most women in africa are unable to read