RE: The problem of evil/suffering when it comes to children
February 19, 2016 at 9:10 pm
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2016 at 9:11 pm by Simon Moon.)
Christians believe in a god that sits back and watches things like the atrocity the OP describes, then judges the perpetrator after he or she is dead.
As Tracy Harris says, "if I were in the position to be able to stop it, I would", which is why she (and most other psychologically healthy humans) are more moral than the Christian god.
And what is the best that Christians can offer for explanation? "God's plans are beyond our understanding".
The worst I've heard from Christians over horrible deaths of children like described in the OP is, "Well, god just needed more angels in Heaven". If that's the case, why doesn't the Biblical God character just create more angels?
As Tracy Harris says, "if I were in the position to be able to stop it, I would", which is why she (and most other psychologically healthy humans) are more moral than the Christian god.
And what is the best that Christians can offer for explanation? "God's plans are beyond our understanding".
The worst I've heard from Christians over horrible deaths of children like described in the OP is, "Well, god just needed more angels in Heaven". If that's the case, why doesn't the Biblical God character just create more angels?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
