God is only responsible of His own actions. Humans are responsible of their own actions.
I fully agree.
Why would all powerful be responsible of actions that are done by some other beings? No logical reason to think so.
I fully agree. There is nothing logical about what the atheist in the OP claimed is logical.
Why on earth would God be responsible for the choices and actions of humans?
Why would it be God's job or duty to deal with those?
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If you mean, God allows evil people exist this short moment, I can agree that God is responsible for that. But, do you really think God should not allow people to be free? And do you think God should end the life of evil people instantly and not give them a chance?
No, I don't think that God is responsible for evil people since those are choices those people make.
I don't think that God should end their lives. I think the justice system is responsible to decide what to do with them when they commit crimes.
I believe they should get the appropriate prison sentence but in some cases the death penalty is warranted. According to the Baha'i Faith teachings, if they get the death penalty God will not impose a second penalty upon them, and I think that means that if they get life in prison God will punish them after they die and are judged by God.
It is unfortunate that some people are evil and do bad things. But, I don't think it is a problem, because it doesn't last forever, and it can't destroy anyone's soul.
But what about these verses?
Matthew 16:24-26 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
The way I interpret those verses Jesus was saying to deny our selfish desires, things we want that are not of God, and to follow in His Way. For whoever will live for self shall lose his eternal life, but whoever will sacrifice his life for the sake of Jesus and God shall gain eternal life. It is the soul that gets eternal life, not the body.
So if we live for self and the worldly things we gain the world but we lose our soul in the sense that we lose eternal life.
And those who are righteous, can after this have eternal life, where all suffering is compensated. Therefore, even if someone would be innocent and suffer without just reason, it is compensated to him, which shows God bears His responsibility for allowing people to have this lesson. And I think He would be good, even if He would not do so.
I believe that people who suffer through no fault of their own will be compensated in the afterlife, but I am not sure what will happen to people who brought on their own suffering. I don't think their compensation will be as much as for those who were not responsible for their own suffering.
I never thought of it that way, as showing that God bears His responsibility for allowing people to have this lesson, but that is a very good way of looking at it. Indirectly, God is responsible for all suffering since God created a world in which He knew people would suffer,
I do not think I brought on my own suffering, and the numerous counselors and psychologists I have seen over a number of years agree that what happened was not my fault. For anyone who has suffered, especially for people like me who have suffered a lot for most of their lives, there is the following passage, and there are probably similar verses in the Bible:
“O My servants! Sorrow not if, in these days and on this earthly plane, things contrary to your wishes have been ordained and manifested by God, for days of blissful joy, of heavenly delight, are assuredly in store for you. Worlds, holy and spiritually glorious, will be unveiled to your eyes. You are destined by Him, in this world and hereafter, to partake of their benefits, to share in their joys, and to obtain a portion of their sustaining grace. To each and every one of them you will, no doubt, attain.”
Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 329