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"Why didn't God save him, you may ask..."
Not really, as I was more interested in why your God chose to create this planet and allow millions of innocent children to suffer as a result.
I've never seen anybody explain this in a way other than "it is what it is" basically. You have done the same.
I've read The Bible by the way (well, the Old Testament anyway... The New Testament didn't have the enough theatrics to keep me entertained). I couldn't find the answers to why innocent children suffer as a consequence of simply being born... Which chapter and verse will provide that answer?
There was a programme about Sandhurst on several years ago where one training officer described that (wording changed due to i) lack of miliarty knowledge and ii) years since it was on but to give the gist of it) everyone ends up praying in the trenches.
If religion is used to provide reasonable comfort to the innocent child, as opposed to delusional hope or telling them they suffer because they hadn't said enough prayers, what is the harm? They may even become a morally stronger person, more charitable/kinder person because of it. Just means that roads are slightly busier on a Sunday morning and at other points in the week/year.
Don't blame God for innocent children suffering, they are the worlds children and there is no reason why mankind should allow it.
The way the world is birth/life means pain, disease, sorrow and death for each of us. We are told these are the fruits of sin and we know, whether believers or not, that love, kindness, compassion, understanding, forgiveness and truth are the ways to overcome sin. And I'd add humour to that because it is uniquely human. But the greatest of these is love..
Can’t believe god can’t even zap diabetes better.
A Mars bar is literally more powerful than god.
Do you reckon that plenty of people with faith believe the text that TBG posted? I don't, i know plenty of people with faith and most of them haven't a clue about what they purportedly believe . Generally, they're a bit of a contradiction, but decent people. The one thing i do envy about those with faith, is the belief that a loved one is in a 'better place' once they have died, and the fact that they believe that they'll be together again. That must bring plenty of comfort.
This is what I genuinely struggle with. People can pick and choose what parts they believe from The Bible, yet it's supposedly God's words and therefore the ultimate truth.
I'm not having a go at people for choosing religion as a comfort... I'm not a complete t**t. What I am is resentful of a large percentage of religious people turning their eyes away from some of the facts that they don't wish to face because it doesn't suit their argument.
I think that's fair.
Whatever happened to truthpaste?
I don't blame him, I don't believe in him.
Once again, the answer I'm getting for 'why does God allow innocent children to suffer?' is "it is what it is" with a dose of it's not God's faults it's humanity's fault.
Please explain how it's mankind's fault for a baby dying of leukemia (for example)?
Hypothetically, how could mankind prevent it from ever happening - if we had the chance?