RE: How does religion explain birth defects?
November 10, 2010 at 5:42 pm
(This post was last modified: November 10, 2010 at 5:45 pm by Rayaan.)
Well, some people are born with physical abnormalities because it was simply God's will. And there might be a good reason for why He made them like that. It doesn't always have to be because of humanity's sins or as a test of our faith. He can fashion His creatures in any way He wants to make them, such as this, this, this, and this, for example. And this. There are much more medical oddities that I've seen and I look at all of them as creations of God.
Sometimes I even find them fascinating because their bodies are so strange and unique (as compared to regular human beings).
When an atheist sees people like that, he thinks to himself, "There we go, that's another reason for God's non-existence." But when a believer sees people like that, he feels more thankful to God for not having those problems himself. Then he thinks about all the other healthy and normal people in the world as opposed to the abnormal ones, whereas an atheist would only concentrate on the negative aspects to prove that God doesn't exist, and not take into account how much people are being born everyday without any problems.
I think God made evil and suffering to make us reflect on the good things 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, etc. And these polar qualities exist to make us more aware of the dual nature of life. That's why we shouldn't expect everything to be perfect all the time. So, the problem of evil is not a very strong argument for the non-existence of God.
Sometimes I even find them fascinating because their bodies are so strange and unique (as compared to regular human beings).
When an atheist sees people like that, he thinks to himself, "There we go, that's another reason for God's non-existence." But when a believer sees people like that, he feels more thankful to God for not having those problems himself. Then he thinks about all the other healthy and normal people in the world as opposed to the abnormal ones, whereas an atheist would only concentrate on the negative aspects to prove that God doesn't exist, and not take into account how much people are being born everyday without any problems.
I think God made evil and suffering to make us reflect on the good things 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, etc. And these polar qualities exist to make us more aware of the dual nature of life. That's why we shouldn't expect everything to be perfect all the time. So, the problem of evil is not a very strong argument for the non-existence of God.
