Welcome back.

I said this in a different topic also, which is that God causes evil and suffering in this world to make us reflect on the good things in our life as well, because without any suffering in the world, we won't be able to truly appreciate the good things in life. There are opposite things in the world just like there is night and day, love and hate, ugly and beauty, hot and cold, happiness and sadness, and so on. These polar qualities exist to make us more aware of the dual nature of life. However, some people tend to focus more on the negative things in life which re-inforces their disbelief in God even more.

In Islam, it is also believed that God's forgiveness is greater on you when you are suffering from things like sickness, cancer, injury, natural disaster, etc.

(June 22, 2011 at 4:28 pm)Rayaan Wrote: Welcome back.

I said this in a different topic also, which is that God causes evil and suffering in this world to make us reflect on the good things in our life as well, because without any suffering in the world, we won't be able to truly appreciate the good things in life. There are opposite things in the world just like there is night and day, love and hate, ugly and beauty, hot and cold, happiness and sadness, and so on. These polar qualities exist to make us more aware of the dual nature of life. However, some people tend to focus more on the negative things in life which re-inforces their disbelief in God even more.

In Islam, it is also believed that God's forgiveness is greater on you when you are suffering from things like sickness, cancer, injury, natural disaster, etc.

Holy bullshit Rayaan! In all probability, God doesn't exist.
If he/she or it does, I don't share your worship of him/her/it.
Of course we can know good things in life, equally we experience bad things too. Equaly true, opposites exist...it's how we humans express our experiences. These things have nothing to do with superstition, they are just aspects of living a life.
And I don't give a tuppeny fuck about how you claim your improbable god chooses to grant forgiveness. Your imaginary god is as much a twat as the xtian imaginary one.

Rayaan, that was a shit answer spewed out of the assend of religion.

Now that I think of it, just as Rumor was a creature all ears and mouths, Religion can be characterized as all ass and back hair-just fugly.

To the OP, I am really sorry your partner is ill, and very happy to hear that s/he is atheist in the face of it. My mother, on her death bed (pancreatic cancer), though she was Catholic her whole life, when asked whether she wanted a priest to give her last rites, said, "It's worthless. I KNOW there is no god now." She died that day, free.

(June 22, 2011 at 4:27 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

(June 22, 2011 at 3:41 pm)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote:

(June 22, 2011 at 3:14 pm)bozo Wrote:

(June 22, 2011 at 1:36 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Eventually one of them will show up with a whole cesspool full of holy horseshit which he will pretend is an answer to your questions.

cue tackattack!

Don't be silly: Stalter will get here first.

That would be my guess, too.

I choose tack, cause his is top grade holy bullshit/horseshit....shit by any name you choose!

(June 22, 2011 at 4:04 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: Now, now children, be nice. It's a sign of dickery if you're gonna snipe at our members when they've not posted in the thread. For all you know, they've not read it.

I meant what I said entirely as a compliment to Statler's speed at responding to random threads in the Christianity forum

Tacky takes too much time observing the situation to get there first.

This was a thread on Christianity, so Rayaan was right out.

Fr0d0 hasn't posted in a while So my otherwise first guess wasn't available.

Naturally leaving Statler as the next most likely Christian to post in this thread

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(June 22, 2011 at 6:10 pm)bozo Wrote: I choose tack, cause his is top grade holy bullshit/horseshit....shit by any name you choose!

If I choose 'Orangutan': will you eat it?

(June 23, 2011 at 4:11 am)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: Naturally leaving Statler as the next most likely Christian to post in this thread

That was a good guess but your prediction was WRONG.

Sometimes I do reply in threads on Christianity, especially when the same questions can be asked to a Muslim, or if the topic has similarities to Islam.

(June 23, 2011 at 4:56 am)Rayaan Wrote:

(June 23, 2011 at 4:11 am)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: Naturally leaving Statler as the next most likely Christian to post in this thread

That was a good guess but your prediction was WRONG.

Sometimes I do reply in threads on Christianity, especially when the same questions can be asked to a Muslim, or if the topic has similarities to Islam.

I just didn't expect you to run in and post on a nonchristian issue

Statler should come second then

(June 23, 2011 at 4:59 am)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: I just didn't expect you to run in and post on a nonchristian Christian issue

I believe that's what you wanted to say, right?

(June 23, 2011 at 5:06 am)Rayaan Wrote:

(June 23, 2011 at 4:59 am)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: I just didn't expect you to run in and post on a nonchristian Christian issue

I believe that's what you wanted to say, right?

I'm posting while asleep! Give me some freaking credit here!

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You're posting while asleep? Wow, that's a miracle then. But I think you're also hurting your brain at the same time (well, not like I actually care).