Barbara Kingsolver Quotes

Whenever there is a catastrophe, some religious people inevitably ask, 'Why didn't God do something? Where was God when all those people died?'

I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good.

I've been an atheist since I was nine years old. And my mom is really religious, so we have a strange relationship. But if my mother was right, what would be the reason that the gods could let anything bad happen in the world?

I'll say God seems to have a kind of laid-back management style I'm not crazy about. I'm pretty much anti-death. God looks by all accounts to be pro-death. I'm not seeing how we can get together on this issue, he and I.

If there's a God in heaven, what's he waiting for? If He can't hear the children, then he must see the war.

If, as you believe there is an Almighty, Omnipresent, Omniscient God, who created the earth or universe, please let me know, first of all, as to why he created this world. This world which is full of woe and grief, and countless miseries, where not even one person lives in peace....Where is God? What is He doing? Is He getting a diseased pleasure out of it? A Nero! A Genghis Khan! Down with Him!

Just take one step at a time, trusting that God still has a plan for you, and He will make the best out of your situation.

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.

Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve human liberty - by ceasing to exist.

If I had to imagine omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent power in the universe that chose to make my mother suffer, I don't know how I would make that make sense in the universe.

I do not believe that God has imposed suffering upon anyone to punish them or to teach them a lesson.

I know for certain that God does not make mistakes, but he does make miracles. I am one. You are, too.

If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.

God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored.

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

We often represent God to ourselves as being able to draw from non-being a world without sorrows, faults, dangers - a world in which there is no damage, no breakage. This is a conceptual fantasy and makes it impossible to solve the problem of evil.

I believe with all my heart that God is not done with America yet.

The ways of the Lord are different from the ways of man. Man's ways remove people from office or business when they grow old or become disabled. But man's ways are not and never will be the Lord's ways.

'Preacher' - what it's saying is not just blasphemy and good, fun violence. It's asking, 'Where is God?' If he is there, what's he doing?

God do everything for a reason.

Comfort, or revelation: God owes us one of these, but surely not both.

Be sure they sleep not whom God needs.

God doesn't break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.

God takes what the enemy meant for your bad and turns it for your good! It wasn't a set back but a set up! Wait and see what God is getting ready to do for you!

... when we are hurt it is important to remember that God Himself has allowed it for a purpose.