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Post by OldSamVimes on Jun 8, 2017 21:10:21 GMT
Gee, why doesn't God give us all the mountains but take away all the valleys???
Think about your question for a moment.
Your question assumes there is a God, you're asking 'Why doesn't He stop suffering?'
Well, if 'God' exists then any suffering here is only temporary in nature, since the existence of God generally includes the existence of some kind of afterlife.
You might as well ask 'Why does God let anyone get afraid on a roller-coaster'?
Next to eternity, the worst suffering here only lasts for fractions of a second (comparatively).
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Post by gadreel on Jun 8, 2017 21:39:33 GMT
Why doesn't He intercede to help starving people and whatnot? Because it is simply a part of the universe as it is set up, any deeper questioning would be why does an infinite entity do the things it does and why can I as a finite entity not be privy to that information. |
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Post by blade on Jun 8, 2017 21:45:58 GMT
Why doesn't He intercede to help starving people and whatnot? Why don't people intervene? Why do people allow suffering? |
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jun 8, 2017 22:13:58 GMT
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Post by gadreel on Jun 8, 2017 22:23:45 GMT
I would not bother, Blade is clearly a five star idiot. |
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Post by progressiveelement on Jun 8, 2017 22:50:56 GMT
Why doesn't He intercede to help starving people and whatnot? Why don't people intervene? Why do people allow suffering? Because people aren't gods. 😉 |
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Post by captainbryce on Jun 9, 2017 0:02:40 GMT
Why doesn't He intercede to help starving people and whatnot? Why don't people intervene? Why do people allow suffering? Because people are generally selfish *ssholes who don't give a sh*t about nameless foreigners! What's "God's" excuse? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2017 0:05:18 GMT
Why doesn't He intercede to help starving people and whatnot? Why don't people intervene? Why do people allow suffering? Because people are part of God's creation and part of the problem. As we're part of the design, it cannot be incumbent upon us to fix the design of the entity which created us. Especially as our nature guarantees that we will suffer, because it's an evolutionary survival mechanism. |
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jun 9, 2017 0:10:33 GMT
Why don't people intervene? Why do people allow suffering? Because people are part of God's creation and part of the problem. As we're part of the design, it cannot be incumbent upon us to fix the design of the entity which created us. Especially as our nature guarantees that we will suffer, because it's an evolutionary survival mechanism. It's not like what he's saying is even entirely true, there's tons of charities and humanitarian organizations out there. Blade obviously isn't sharpest knife in the draw (no pun intended), but now I'm starting to suspect he's had a severe brain hemorrhage. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2017 0:12:39 GMT
Why doesn't He intercede to help starving people and whatnot? He's too busy helping professional sports stars to have a good game. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2017 0:15:02 GMT
Why doesn't He intercede to help starving people and whatnot? Why don't people intervene? Why do people allow suffering? People do attempt to prevent suffering. But people are limited in their power to prevent suffering. And of course, people are limited in their benevolence and thus their desire to prevent suffering. And people are limited in their presence, and cannot be everywhere to prevent all suffering. And even in their knowledge of the suffering to be prevented. Is this also true of the god you believe in? |
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Post by blade on Jun 9, 2017 1:25:47 GMT
Why don't people intervene? Why do people allow suffering? Because people are generally selfish *ssholes who don't give a sh*t about nameless foreigners! What's "God's" excuse? Why so much hostility for someone you don't believe exists? |
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Post by captainbryce on Jun 9, 2017 2:28:19 GMT
Because people are generally selfish *ssholes who don't give a sh*t about nameless foreigners! What's "God's" excuse? Why so much hostility for someone you don't believe exists? My hostility isn't towards the make believe entity, but towards the people who you compared it to (many of whom act in the mythical entity's name). Why so much deflection from the question? |
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Post by blade on Jun 9, 2017 2:33:02 GMT
Why so much hostility for someone you don't believe exists? My hostility isn't towards the make believe entity, but towards the people who you compared it to (many of whom act in the mythical entity's name). Why so much deflection from the question? Then why are you hostile toward people? |
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Post by gadreel on Jun 9, 2017 2:53:34 GMT
My hostility isn't towards the make believe entity, but towards the people who you compared it to (many of whom act in the mythical entity's name). Why so much deflection from the question? Then why are you hostile toward people? Could this guy be any stupider? |
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Post by theoncomingstorm on Jun 9, 2017 3:41:08 GMT
Then why are you hostile toward people? Could this guy be any stupider? As sad and unbelievable as it seems, the answer is yes. He soon will be. Just as soon as you think he's hit absolute bottom in stupidity, he outstupids himself. |
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Post by captainbryce on Jun 9, 2017 4:14:39 GMT
Then why are you hostile toward people? Could this guy be any stupider? My heart says no, but sadly my brain says yes. |
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Post by captainbryce on Jun 9, 2017 4:16:48 GMT
My hostility isn't towards the make believe entity, but towards the people who you compared it to (many of whom act in the mythical entity's name). Why so much deflection from the question? Then why are you hostile toward people? Because I don't believe they deserve anything less. The only thing necessary for evil to prosper is for good men to stand by and do nothing. |
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Post by blade on Jun 9, 2017 6:01:03 GMT
Then why are you hostile toward people? Because I don't believe they deserve anything less. The only thing necessary for evil to prosper is for good men to stand by and do nothing.If you dont want to answer next time just say so.  |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 9, 2017 7:21:15 GMT
I would not bother, Blade is clearly a five star idiot. No, you're a five star idiot. Clearly. And you're clearly not a Christian either, |
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