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Act_of_Reparation

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4. Take a walk through a pediatric cancer ward...
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 02:07 PM
Apr 2018

...and try to tell yourself all these kids are dying slow, horrible, painful deaths well before their times just so God can teach their parents' some kind of vacuous, fortune-cookie-league lesson in humility.

Your god is not what you think he/she is Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #1
Yes, and is recorded as saying it created both good and evil. MineralMan Apr 2018 #3
So you know the Creator? guillaumeb Apr 2018 #9
Do you have proof or belief?? Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #13
You made a declarative statement. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #16
I made no statement............I asked a question Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #17
You did in #1 guillaumeb Apr 2018 #22
Then why did you not reply to my first one when you had the chance?? Angry Dragon Apr 2018 #25
I did, at 2:04 CST. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #26
You frequently describe The Creator to us, so you must know it, Gil. Mariana Apr 2018 #14
I give my opinion. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #23
No, it's not just your opinion. trotsky Apr 2018 #35
Back to your regular insults again? guillaumeb Apr 2018 #37
If pointing out that you are making yourself look foolish is an insult, then so be it. trotsky Apr 2018 #39
Followed by another insult. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #41
Keep it up, and I'll keep pointing out your hypocrisy. trotsky Apr 2018 #42
Yes, we know your technique. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #44
We? You mean you and your groupies? nt. Mariana Apr 2018 #45
Ive always wanted to meet George Lucas Major Nikon Apr 2018 #19
We have lived in the past, we live today, and will live in the future. MineralMan Apr 2018 #2
True. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #10
Take a walk through a pediatric cancer ward... Act_of_Reparation Apr 2018 #4
I'm sure they'll thank god later for the experience. n/t trotsky Apr 2018 #6
Indeed. A couple who are friends of my wife and I MineralMan Apr 2018 #7
There is Biblical support for that kind of rationalization. Mariana Apr 2018 #18
They were guilty of adultery. So god killed the baby. Major Nikon Apr 2018 #20
God killed the baby slowly and made it suffer. Mariana Apr 2018 #34
Kinda funny how he no longer has anger issues Major Nikon Apr 2018 #36
This writer speaks for no one but themselves. trotsky Apr 2018 #5
I agree. thucythucy Apr 2018 #8
If you do not, find your own way of dealing. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #11
So yeah you're OK with someone defining religion for others if you agree with the definition. trotsky Apr 2018 #12
I am fine with people defining religion for themselves. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #15
Unless they are an atheist Major Nikon Apr 2018 #21
The Trinitarian branch or the Unitarian branch? guillaumeb Apr 2018 #24
Major Nikonian branch Major Nikon Apr 2018 #27
And others, when it suits you. n/t trotsky Apr 2018 #28
A way for the Church edhopper Apr 2018 #29
Your view. Obviously not a universal one. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #30
Yes my opinion edhopper Apr 2018 #31
I post what I find interesting. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #32
True edhopper Apr 2018 #33
Is it wrong to say... uriel1972 Apr 2018 #38
What type of pastry? guillaumeb Apr 2018 #40
Donut... obviously uriel1972 Apr 2018 #43
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