Guardian Angels

I believe more in good karma

Does that explain why many little children suffer terrible fates Barmyoldbat?

Good things happen to good people Paddyann. I've always thought a white feather was an angel nearby. Also the power of positive thinking is incredible.

So bad things only happen to bad people do they, WidRoses?

There's no rhyme or reason to the thinking on this thread...

Are we still in the Middle Ages by any chance?

There doesn't need to be rhyme or reason. You are allowed not to believe in guardian angels. Others are allowed to believe.
Maybe it is just a mental placebo, but it doesn't do any harm.

We had a lot of white feathers floating around then I discovered that the feather cushions from John Lewis were shedding.

The power of positive thought is a good thing; however, I cannot believe that the angels, if they exist, would ignore small children who suffer.

In my son's house, it's because one of the cats has caught a bird.

Not sure if I have a guardian angel but I would like to be one, when my time comes, for my daughters and grandchildren.

My husband didn't have one when his car crashed, the drug dealers involved must have because they survived?

If little ones knew they needed to ask for help from angels when they were being abused the abuse would stop?

I do believe in earth Angels, people who come into your life when times are dark and they give you love and support

I think of guardian angels as people who come to the rescue at times of great need. Being rescued at the age of eight when cut off by the tide early one morning when on holiday in France. They were complete strangers who appeared on a deserted beach. i didn't think of them as being spiritual beings. sadly i was too shocked to thank them at the time.

Yes, I believe in Guardian angels, and there are people who are just as good living on earth too. Unfortunately there are also sadists and cruel people as well.

If I have a guardian angel, he must be Lucifer.

My late MIL always claimed to have a guardian angel. She said he/it spoke to her when she was staying in a hotel in Portsmouth. She checked out and left the city on the last train. That night the city was bombed and the hotel flattened. I have never bothered to check this out it was her story. Sometimes though people do seemingly unreasonable things that turn out to be right- why is another question.

interesting mix of opinions,I didn't anything less.So of you do/dont believe in guardian angels ,do you ever ask for help from PARKING ANGELS thats something I thought was totally ridiculous when a friend told me ,now whenever we 're entering a car park that looks full to capacity I ask please parking angel help us find a space and it ALWAYS works,in just the spot we want too .I know some of you will say I'm a complete fruitcake but give it a try ...lol

expect anything else !

Jalima thats the age old question though ,if theres a GOD why does he let children suffer..or does he have more faith in humanity to look after them in his name than we deserve

If everbody has a guardian angel, then why does it allow children to suffer and die?
Just think of the horrible deaths that some people endure and ask yourself where was a guardian angel then?
This belief in angels has nothing to do with belief in God/a creator, they are entirely different things.
A belief in a personal guardian angel is only any use or comfort until something bad happens to you, and nobody ( including an angel) steps up to help you.So, it may give you a (false) sense of security which is pleasant ( until it ceases to be pleasant.)
Are we not all much too old to give credence to this strange idea that either all have a guardian angel ( in which case we know all too well that a lot of them need to be sacked for sleeping on the job) or that only the good have one....see earlier comment in brackets, or that ( massive ego trip this one) only a few of the chosen, including ourselves have one.

paddyann that's right, if there is a God why would he allow children to suffer?

But aren't God and angels part of the same belief system?

paddyann for you:

The Rev Richard Coles, who written a book called the Lives of the Improbable Saints, outlined the roles of some of the less famous saints. Talking to Sarah Montague he described how to pray to the patron saint of car parking, Mother Cabrini: "Mother Cabrini, Mother Cabrini, please find a space for my parking machiney."

I may try it

I'm not sure I believe in guardian angels, or any other sort of angels come to that. But I do believe that things happen for a reason, sometimes to test us, sometimes not, and I also believe that people come into our lives for a reason too.

Just worked out why some people suffer so badly, it's all those people keeping the angels busy finding them parking spaces. Stop it now! The world might become a better place (or not)

Does God allow children to suffer or do we but choose to blame God ?

Annie does God influence people to behave in a humanitarian, selfless, loving and kind way towards their fellow humans, or do we choose to give God the credit?

And yet, strangely enough I've never heard of anyone blaming God for man's inhumanity to man...