RE: Prayer
January 10, 2018 at 4:34 pm
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2018 at 4:35 pm by purplepurpose.)
(January 10, 2018 at 4:31 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:(January 10, 2018 at 4:14 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: Why God let's babies suffer when He has endless power, meaning He can easily bring glory to himself and his followers by curing babies from horrible diseases? If babies don't get attention from God, who would?
Well, the usual answer tends to be something like "That baby touched and changed the hearts of all those who knew him/her, so even though their short life was tragic, it served a larger purpose. And now they're in heaven, so yay."
Of course, to an atheist, it comes across as "I decided to create a life, make it suffer for a time, and then snuff it out a short time later in order to teach other people a lesson." Because, without the flowery language, that's what the scenario is. Which makes me (and many others) wonder "What the fuck is wrong with you?" with regards to both this god and those that defend it.
Atlas pointed it out well "Take it or leave it".
