God and the immune system

[Ryantology]

Cheers for that. I like the combination of bullshit, with a tiny bit of real science used in completely the wrong way. Classic stuff.

The earth absorbed all the water from the Flood. It didn't rain before that, but biology still was possible because the earth was covered in a thick, drenching mist. Light travels faster in one direction, which is why all those stars seem far away but are really right here. Our genetics are corrupted and that's why we don't live 900 years. Adam and Eve spent 12 billion years in Eden before they ate apples.

[FreeTony]

Ah yes, the religious method.

1. Conclusion
2. Scramble to the outer reaches of the internet to find something to support 1, bonus points if it's a quote from a 16th century Theistic scientist, or just entirely made up.
3. Fingers go in ears.

[Coffee Jesus]

My guess is that the lunatic fringe will come with something like: "Who are you to question god?" They got away with that shit for so many centuries that the habit is hard to break.

We aren't questioning whether he should have done it that way, but whether he would have done it that way if he really existed.

[DarkHorse]

I'd also love to hear the replies to this one. I don't see how a "loving" god would want anyone to suffer.

[FreeTony]

I'd also love to hear the replies to this one. I don't see how a "loving" god would want anyone to suffer.

Yep. You don't need to give something an immune system unless you plan on introducing diseases. God made everything right, including diseases?

[Faith No More]

My favorite response to these things is the "Why should god just make everything easy?" nonsense, which is a roundabout way of trying to justify suffering by claiming that there are benefits from it. The problem is that if god is omnipotent, he could give us any such benefits without the suffering, and we're left to conclude that god made suffering exist for suffering's sake, probably because he's a sadist.