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Norman Humann · January 21, 2015 at 6:19 pm

(January 21, 2015 at 4:57 pm)Lek Wrote: Who says that God isn't helping people in other countries? Every day there's people there helping the needy.

That's a pretty cool god you got there. Doing none of the work and taking all of the credit. Got himself a sweet deal.

**Esquilax** · January 21, 2015 at 6:28 pm

(January 21, 2015 at 6:19 pm)Xeno Wrote: That's a pretty cool god you got there. Doing none of the work and taking all of the credit. Got himself a sweet deal.

You have just described the history of the christian religion, in its entirety.

Thumpalumpacus · January 21, 2015 at 7:28 pm

(January 21, 2015 at 3:31 pm)Esquilax Wrote:
(January 21, 2015 at 3:21 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Might surprise you to learn that plenty of atheists think that abortions sought by minors should have parental involvement in that decision as well.

Imagine his shock when he learns that this involvement generally extends to a comprehensive sexual education designed to prevent ever getting to the stage where an abortion is necessary. It's no coincidence that the rate of abortions among populations that teach abstinence only education is so high, nor that a similar correlation can be drawn between religious conservatism and higher rates of abortions and teen pregnancy too. GC can point out his perceived inconsistencies all he likes, but there's the real inconsistency; the chances of ever being in an underage abortion situation, as a parent, is reduced if that parent is an atheist simply by dint of atheists being more inclined to proper sex education.

Indeed. And I'm convinced that American Christians are so dead-set against sex ed precisely because once a woman controls her body, she has declared independence. And they detest that.

Michael Schubert · January 21, 2015 at 7:53 pm

Her parents, as the child's legal guardians, should have done something. Isn't that the law everywhere. The parents are the legal guardians and have authority over issues like the child's health.

**Esquilax** · January 21, 2015 at 8:08 pm

(January 21, 2015 at 7:53 pm)Michael Schubert Wrote: Her parents, as the child's legal guardians, should have done something. Isn't that the law everywhere. The parents are the legal guardians and have authority over issues like the child's health.

They did do something: they stopped their child from taking chemo, against her best interests, and sent her to some charlatans to do some nebulous kind of "healing" to her, possibly because she mentioned Jesus, possibly because they're credulous buffoons with no understanding of medicine but enough arrogance to think they know everything. The point is, they abused their authority and now, as is so usual when the religious eschew science for their faith, someone is dead.

**Silver** · January 21, 2015 at 8:11 pm

And of course they are still going to believe in god, claiming it was his will that their girl was taken. What fucking idiots. Some people seriously should not be allowed to breed.

Thumpalumpacus · January 21, 2015 at 9:15 pm

(January 21, 2015 at 4:32 pm)Xeno Wrote:
(January 21, 2015 at 4:30 pm)Nope Wrote: If you are a Christian, don't you ask yourself what the point is? What is the point of this girl dying when she had medical care available to her? Why would you god appear to her and tell her to use alternative medicine which won't help her?

I think it's time for another Predict The Answer.
Which will it be? God works in mysterious ways? You don't understand the glory of god? Or maybe something about the undeniably wonderful afterlife?

I'm going to give my write-in vote to "cancer is a gift". I'd like to thank member Drich for what I know is the winning answer.

**Jacob(smooth)** · (This post was last modified: January 22, 2015 at 3:26 am by Jacob(smooth).)

Nah, it'll be

"God wills good things for those who love him, but we live in a fallen world thanks to mankind's sin. Disease and death only entered the world AFTER the fall, they're not God's work but the consequence of our disobedience. If we want free will we have to accept the broader consequences of our disobedience to god"

Right drich?

Thumpalumpacus · January 22, 2015 at 3:25 am

That sonofabitch is giving out the answers to others?!

**Jacob(smooth)** · January 22, 2015 at 3:55 am

(January 22, 2015 at 3:25 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: That sonofabitch is giving out the answers to others?!

I'm still close enough to having been a Christian that the stock answers automatically pop into my head.

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