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Why did god create diseases?

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Why did god create diseases?
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RE: Why did god create diseases?
April 2, 2014 at 4:42 pm
The view that's been pointed out to me relatively recently, which was kind of eye opening, is that the God of the Bible is a classic abuser. He tells you you're worthless, and that only he could possibly love you. If you reject him, he'll hurt you. If you try to love him, but aren't good enough, he'll hurt you. Christianity really is Stockholm Syndrome combined with shared psychotic disorder.
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RE: Why did god create diseases?
April 2, 2014 at 4:50 pm
(April 2, 2014 at 1:06 pm)tor Wrote: Especially hereditary ones. I'm sure certain people would like to say something Wink Shades

Cancer and depression in particular.

And if God is omniscient and loves us, why does he/she/it/they allow us to sin and catch these horrific pathogens?
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RE: Why did god create diseases?
April 2, 2014 at 5:08 pm
(April 2, 2014 at 3:01 pm)tor Wrote: So why did god create flawed species and cancer?

Flawed beats indifferent
In the greater scheme of things, given overpopulation, for example, population control is a good thing. Promoting human longevity above all else is flawed.
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#24
RE: Why did god create diseases?
April 2, 2014 at 5:09 pm (This post was last modified: April 2, 2014 at 5:09 pm by tor.)
Why doesn't he kill us instantly then?
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RE: Why did god create diseases?
April 2, 2014 at 5:14 pm
(April 2, 2014 at 5:09 pm)tor Wrote: Why doesn't he kill us instantly then?

As the saying goes.... he works in mysterious ways.. its his will.. and other crap that is fed to christians..
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RE: Why did god create diseases?
April 2, 2014 at 5:14 pm
It's just the way of all things. We'll be worm food just like the dinosaurs soon enough.
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RE: Why did god create diseases?
April 2, 2014 at 5:43 pm
(April 2, 2014 at 5:09 pm)tor Wrote: Why doesn't he kill us instantly then?
He's gracious and longsuffering, putting up with our crap until everyone who's going to be saved has been born and saved. After that, look out.
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RE: Why did god create diseases?
April 2, 2014 at 5:45 pm
(April 2, 2014 at 5:43 pm)alpha male Wrote:
(April 2, 2014 at 5:09 pm)tor Wrote: Why doesn't he kill us instantly then?
He's gracious and longsuffering, putting up with our crap until everyone who's going to be saved has been born and saved. After that, look out.

So he's not killing us instantly because it's too nice?
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RE: Why did god create diseases?
April 2, 2014 at 5:48 pm
(April 2, 2014 at 5:43 pm)alpha male Wrote:
(April 2, 2014 at 5:09 pm)tor Wrote: Why doesn't he kill us instantly then?
He's gracious and longsuffering, putting up with our crap until everyone who's going to be saved has been born and saved. After that, look out.

When is this gonna happen? I got shit to do here...
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RE: Why did god create diseases?
April 3, 2014 at 6:05 am
(April 2, 2014 at 5:08 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Flawed beats indifferent
In the greater scheme of things, given overpopulation, for example, population control is a good thing. Promoting human longevity above all else is flawed.

Okay, I do have to object to this one, given that there's a much kinder way to deal with population control if you're god, and that's just to make humans less fertile.

The design you're positing is actually more cruel, where instead of just making it so we don't have so many kids to tax the environment, god instead creates death dealing microbes to cull the population at the top.
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