(May 30, 2014 at 2:58 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(May 29, 2014 at 7:48 pm)k2490 Wrote: then it went into---"How can you not believe that you were not here for a purpose? all the time you could have died or when "so and so" told me her brother pushed her out of a car on the free way during rush hour and she rolled to safety? I believe everyone is here for a reason and won't die until that is fulfilled."
By that token, history's greatest murderers were also here for a purpose, and the purpose of those they killed must have been to be victims. One can certainly look back at the path they followed in their life but it's insane to conclude that there's only one path that could possibly have led to the present moment. Had your friend been killed in the car incident, she wouldn't be here to say "how special I am that I wasn't killed - God must want me for some purpose".
this is something I didn't really think about,and it does make an interesting point. the fact that by her saying this she's also saying mass murdered have a purpose too and as you said those killed to have their purpose be victims...kind of puts the "benevolent god" thing into question.
