It's hard to imagine the horrors life imposed on us before modern medicine.
I had a kidney stone once. I was certain I was going to die. I also suffer from gout. That is a condition where the liver doesn't process uric acid effectively and the stuff ends up crystallizing in your feet. It's like having shards of glass inside the affected member. Thank goodness for modern medicine which dissolves the crystals. Other medicines dull the pain and still others reduce uric acid in the blood so you don't get the attacks in the first place.
But even in the present, what of people in 3rd-world countries? What of wild animals?
Life is very cruel with the only relief being that which we make for ourselves. What kind of a sick and twisted God would create such a reality for the living, feeling creatures it creates? Certainly not one worthy of anything but utter contempt.
I had a kidney stone once. I was certain I was going to die. I also suffer from gout. That is a condition where the liver doesn't process uric acid effectively and the stuff ends up crystallizing in your feet. It's like having shards of glass inside the affected member. Thank goodness for modern medicine which dissolves the crystals. Other medicines dull the pain and still others reduce uric acid in the blood so you don't get the attacks in the first place.
But even in the present, what of people in 3rd-world countries? What of wild animals?
Life is very cruel with the only relief being that which we make for ourselves. What kind of a sick and twisted God would create such a reality for the living, feeling creatures it creates? Certainly not one worthy of anything but utter contempt.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
