Many xians say that the children that were slaughtered in Sodom, Egypt (10th plague), Jericho, etc... were going to be bad their entire lives so god was justified in killing them. Is there any real difference between god killing a baby and "allowing" a baby to die? God is omnipotent and omniscient. It doesn't take any effort for him to be aware of every single atom in the universe.
For example, assume I'm on a platform with 100 babies next to a shark tank. I pick up 20 babies and throw them in to make a point to the onlookers below that they'd better listen to me. Then I sit there and watch as 20 more babies crawl slowly over to the edge and tumble into the tank. And I weep a tear for the bad decisions they made. Does that make sense to anyone?
2006-12-07 06:22:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If babies aren't responsible, why did god slaughter so many thousands or millions of them?
2006-12-07 06:31:42 · update #1
I know it makes no sense, but people who believe in god have to reconcile the "fact" that he is omnipotent. If is right there with that baby and can prevent that baby's death yet chooses no to, I say he's repsonsible. If I sit and watch a child walk up to an exposed wire that is right next to me and I watch that child slowly stick the wire in their mouth and bite down on it, am I not to blame for that child's death?
2006-12-07 07:24:37 · update #2
Well, I am sure that , unless your believe that God really slaughters people, you would have to chalk all of this up to the stupidity of man.
Lets get modern. A Child isw walking down the street, maybe 6 years old, in Faluja, Iraq. A bomb explodes, a child dies.
Did God slaughter this child, nope. Some person did. Gos had nothing to do with this unless you really believe in pre-ordained destiny...then he did. So, why would God do that? Who knows...only God.
So take your pick and pick your poison. But...God is not likely to be out there picking off babies who are evil or destined to be bad as you put it.. After all, why then would he have missed Hitler, Pol Pok, Stalin, etc, etc, etc,etc,etc,etc.....makes no discernable sense.
2006-12-07 06:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by tk 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-24 21:19:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know what He was thinking. Maybe He was saving them from themselves. The bible says kids aren't responsible for actions before the age of knowing so it is safe to assume they are in Heaven with the Lord.
God knows everything and we don't.
God ways are not our ways and his thoughts are not our thoughts. It is accepting that though I don't see the good that He does.
2006-12-07 06:29:42 · answer #3 · answered by bess 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋