If The Higher Religious Entity is so good, why does he/she/it do terrible things

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I don't see anything in this thread that seriously takes a swipe at religion.

 

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god answers all prayers. Sometimes, the answer is no.

 

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Some people think questioning God is a negative. That's why I don't believe in organized religion.

 

Well, when the question suggests strongly that the entity was sitting at home and for kicks decided to "damn" the kid for life, most would consider that tone to be negative.

One of my uncles on my father's side was born with downe syndrome. He led a full and happy life -- he didn't know he was "damned." He followed sports, particularly his fave NFL team. He was like a guardian angle to me while I was growing up. When I got old enough we talked sports all the time until I moved away.

And if you believe in the way God often works, the unconditional love many individuals with downe syndrome (or other issues) dish out to the rest of us might be meant to remind us all of how things could be.

Not that we'll ever get there, though.

And you could argue that some individuals with downe syndrome have it better than many of us. They likely don't understand fully how f---ed up this world has become.

 

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Personally, I feel that God allows some bad things to happen as a test (think Job, minus the Leviathan) for all of us. I've always felt that He wants us to reveal, not to Him, but to ourselves what our true character is. Maybe I'm reading WAAAAAAAY too much into Bruce Almighty, but maybe He intends certain bad shit to happen in order for other things in His plans to happen, too.

For example, let's say Bush actually did the right things when concerning Katrina (whatever they may be) instead of leaving large parts of N.O. a wasteland. Maybe a large portion of our population wouldn't be stunned and shaken out of complacency and decide to start taking positive action; making a good difference in the world. I know this is such an idealistic POV, but I don't fool myself into expecting for the best outcome to be the end result. The '04 Red Sox robbed me of that ability. But I hope that is the reason why some things in the world happen the way they do.

Oh, before this gets any further...












This thread will not end well.

 

You're right, I don't know if he enjoys life. I was bothered by the thought that A Higher Religious Entity that preaches love would make someone mentally retarded. For what purpose? And what did the guy do in a previous life to be chosen to be mentally retarded?

 

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So you believe the "mentally retarded" are being punished for something they did in a past life??

Holy fucking shit!

 

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... so not only are they "mentally retarded" - they have damaged or bad souls that are being punished?

 

I don't know if they're being punished for something they may or may not have done in a prior lifetime. It just seems cruel to me that A Higher Religious Entity would have a hand in creating a person who is mentally and physically retarded.

 

Having "bad souls" return in the form of a mentally retarded person seems spiteful. I would think God would rather some spend purgatory (also a controversial issue) as someone with all their faculties, but put in an ironic situation, like a guy with a voracious, irresponsible sexual appetite coming back as a guy who has bad luck with women. Of course, you know, I could be wrong...

 

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I don't know what to tell you, HB. Might help if you spent some time around someone who is mentally handicapped or their parents ... maybe you'd pity them less and admire them even more ...