Dear God - Why Did You Let Tommy Die? - Garner Ted Armstrong - August 1976

Garner Ted Armstrong

The letter was written by a young boy named Peter. He had been taught about God - told God would protect, preserve, heal. But his brother, Tommy, was dead. Why? Why does God allow tragedy? Why do innocent babies suffer? Why the caprice of tornado, hurricane or typhoon? Why, if there is a God, does God allow wars, and crime, and automobile accidents? These questions have perplexed theologians for centuries - yet there are answers. When he was hit by the car, my mother prayed to you to let him live, but you wouldn't. My little brother was only two years old," wrote Peter to a newspaper advice counsellor, "and he couldn't have sinned so bad that you had to punish him that way... you could have saved my little brother but you let him die. You broke my mother's heart. How can I love you?" - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library