I asked this question yesterday, but I did not get many responses. I thought it was a pretty interesting question, so I will ask it again:
“God has a reason for everything.” This is a phrase that we hear a lot from Christians.
A few months ago, in the City I live in, three small children died when the home they were living in burned down. On the news, you could see the mother of the children outside fighting to get past the firemen so that she could get in to save her babies. The firemen had to keep her back because they knew that if she went in she would die too. The autopsy report showed that the children died from burns.
Don’t get me wrong, I do not think that any God did this. But if you are going to say that “God does everything for a reason” in any situation, you are automatically saying that God did that to those children and their mother. So tell me what reason could he possibly have for that? Try not to use any clichés like “God works in mysterious ways.” So, maybe some things do just happen by chance… If so, I wonder how God decides when he will intervene and when he will leave things to chance. I mean, he seems to help a lot of people with their finances, landing a job, history exams, etc. What about burning children?
2007-05-10
05:51:06
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Biggus Dickus
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