How can a god, that apparently loves everyone, allow this kind of thing to happen?

[John V]

Which is it, John? Since you would compromise on this, it must mean you don't care about these lives either.

I don't think you understand the meaning of compromise.

You can't have it both ways. Either it's murder or it's not murder.

One murder is better than a million and one murders. Compromise.

What I think is that this decision is up to the family who faces such a terrible scenario. It's not up to you or me to make such a decision for them.

People are calling me a dick regarding what I think I would do with my own family.

And given that, I don't think making the decision to have such a child is evil, although I made a bet with myself after my last post that you would try to twist my words this way (and I win!). It's not up to me to judge what other intelligent people do with their own bodies.

You're of course welcome to this clarification, but my interpretation was not a twist of your words. They're there for all to see.

Many such children never get old enough to know what hope is. They're babies in terrible pain until they die. That's all they'll ever know of life- pain. You clearly think it's OK for abortion to happen under such a circumstance. Me, too. But it isn't up to either one of us.

No, I do not clearly think abortion is OK in such a circumstance. Again, that's a compromise position.

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That's a terrible defense for an omnipotent god.

No one is saying that god should babysit, but why would a god who is responsible for the existence of everything allow little children that have done nothing to deserve it to suffer? If god allows it, it either must be necessary, or god is cruel. What necessity does such suffering provide?

The suffering of the baby affects a lot of other people as well. It could be necessary for them.