jessse

Yeah, I understand what you're both saying, but according to LDS doctrine, you can't really blame something like the nation's economy going down the tubes on the removal a Ten Commandments monument from a courthouse lawn can you? If this were the case then he obviously doesn't apply this rule equally: just look at the wildfires last month in California, right after Propostion 8 passed. If my sister is right about his ways, then maybe he was punishing Californians for the passage of the proposition.

In LDS doctrine, does got mete out punishment on Earth, or does it only come in the afterlife? I know that old-school God practiced tough love, but how does he do it now? Although I'm now an atheist, I attended seminary throughout high school and I seem to remember being taught that people are only judged and get their rewards or punishments in the afterlife. The reason I'm asking is that on my sister's blog she said that she was disappointed that god was being "taken out of everything" and that the current state of the country is a result of that. Thanks in advance.