Does Everything Happen for a Reason? (Part 3) What accounts for many seemingly unexplainable things that occur?

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Fate

Definition: An inevitable and often adverse outcome. Fatalism is the belief that all events are determined by the divine will or by some force greater than man, that every event must take place as it does because it has been predetermined. 

Not a Bible word or teaching.

Let's face it, there are a lot of 'unexplainable' things that happen in this world. From the CNN Web Page (Noverber 2015) under 'World News' here are a few of the headlines: 

• China issues smog alert as climate summit gets underway
• Paris suspect believed in Syria 
• U.S. Embassy has 'credible reports of imminent attack' in Kabul
• 'Blackface': Dutch holiday tradition or racism?
• Pope visits conflict-zone mosque
• Australian surfers missing in Mexico
• 2 Israeli teens convicted of murdering Palestinian Boy
• What is it like to live in China's most polluted City?

...and that's not all of them. And why are these things sometimes unexplained? I think back on how I react to a shocking news story, and really, I think, "How can people do that to each other?" Because, those kinds of terrible acts, and that kind of cruelty, is just unthinkable in my mind, yet, people, terrorist, are out there thinking up ways to do cruelty to others. Quite honestly, it blows my mind! Look at the list above. I shake my head in puzzlement as I wonder, 'how much worse is it going to get?", and of course, there are always the innocent that fall victim to this terror.

Keeping in mind the definition of what FATE is, and that it is NOT a Bible teaching, let's find out what the Bible has to say about the question: What accounts for many seemingly unexplainable things that occur?

Ecclesiastes 9:11: "Time and unexpected 

events ("chance," NE, RS, Bible Versions)

 befall them all." 

Simply put, NOT due to any foreseeing of a person's life, but due to CHANCE he may become a victim of unfortunate circumstances. Simply put, that is what accounts for many seemingly unexplainable things that occur, CHANCE, not Fate, NOT God's purpose, just CHANCE.

But what about humans? Do humans bear responsibility for much of the hardship suffered by themselves and others of humankind? What do you think?

Let's tackle that question together next. Stay tuned...

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In the meantime, here is some additional information for you to consider.

What Can the Bible Teach Us? 

CHAPTER ELEVEN 

Why So Much Suffering?

Paragraph 8 touches on today's topic

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