(August 29, 2012 at 2:56 pm)Jeffonthenet Wrote: I could respond a few ways. It could be, as Augustine supposed, that no one is innocent.
Oh, gag me! What is more innocent than an infant?
Quote:It could also be that since life is entirely a gift, no one has the right to complain to God about suffering as they should rather thank Him for creating them and giving them life and breath.
Oh, bullshit! If life is such "a gift", why do so many people kill themselves? And frankly, I would rather be dead than be a quadriplegic. Being dead is not necessarily bad and being alive is not necessarily good.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
