How do religious people explain child mortality?

neocon said:
Anyone who's religious care to explain child mortality?


"Despite progress over the past two decades, in 2018 alone, an estimated 6.2 million children and young adolescents under age 15 died, mostly from preventable causes."

I keep meaning to ask the people that come knocking at my door wanting to read a Bible passage.
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The answer to that would be Satan.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I explained this above, follow God and you go to heaven and won't suffer anymore.
Satan is the one doing all the damage on the planet, he is The Lord Of This World and only God can get you out of it.

(from my Bible lessons in the early 70s)

You're searching for your mind don't know where to start
Can't find the key to fit the lock on your heart
You think you know but you are never quite sure
Your soul is ill but you will not find a cure yeah

Your world was made for you by someone above
But you chose evil ways instead of love
You made me master of the world where you exist
The soul I took from you was not even missed yeah

Lord of this world
Evil possessor
Lord of this world
He's your confessor now

You think you're innocent you've nothing to fear
You don't know me you say, but isn't it clear?
You turn to me in all your worldly greed and pride
But will you turn to me when it's your turn to die, yeah
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Exactly.....
 
neocon said:
Anyone who's religious care to explain child mortality?


"Despite progress over the past two decades, in 2018 alone, an estimated 6.2 million children and young adolescents under age 15 died, mostly from preventable causes."

I keep meaning to ask the people that come knocking at my door wanting to read a Bible passage.
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A time-limited period of absolute free will, where human beings will govern themselves and the results of human governance will be undeniable.

Because humans chose to go their own way and thus the consequences had to be explored.

The direct attribution of child morality or any other death to "divine will" is a mistake.

This is explains as a "hands-off" period where we're simply left completely to our own devices. If kids die it's because we either are powerless to prevent it or choose not to prevent it. A bit of both.

That doesn't disprove the existence of a God who is watching and waiting.

The idea that God doesn't exist unless he continually intervenes in human affairs is somewhat a false dichotomy. Think of "Star Trek" for a second. Didn't they have a protocol that they wouldn't interfere in the development of other species, if those species were not aware of life on other worlds but their own? Don't quote me, I'm not a massive Trek fan :p But it's a vaguely similar (or just analogous) principle.

So if the idea was plausible for a future human society (the Federation), why is the idea not plausible for God?
 
FoxEye said:
A time-limited period of absolute free will, where human beings will govern themselves and the results of human governance will be undeniable.

Because humans chose to go their own way and thus the consequences had to be explored.

The direct attribution of child morality or any other death to "divine will" is a mistake.

This is explains as a "hands-off" period where we're simply left completely to our own devices. If kids die it's because we either are powerless to prevent it or choose not to prevent it. A bit of both.

That doesn't disprove the existence of a God who is watching and waiting.

The idea that God doesn't exist unless he continually intervenes in human affairs is somewhat a false dichotomy. Think of "Star Trek" for a second. Didn't they have a protocol that they wouldn't interfere in the development of other species, if those species were not aware of life on other worlds but their own? Don't quote me, I'm not a massive Trek fan :p But it's a vaguely similar (or just analogous) principle.

So if the idea was plausible for a future human society (the Federation), why is the idea not plausible for God?
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Ok I see what you mean, but this is not what Christian's or any religion actually believes though.
 
They have no answer as to why their god presumably 'created' mosquito's which specifically target babies & very young children who die by the thousands every day
 
neocon said:
I like the point that Dawkins makes in his latest book. The religious books that tell of Jesus were written 30 years after his death. That said they aren't going to be very accurate. People can't even agree on the 911 story.
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It's actually more like 80 years, not a single one of the biblical authors ever saw jesus personally, that's why they all contradict each other so dramatically, the theory that he never even existed has a very good foundation indeed
 
I think religious belief can be a good thing. It brings comfort, structure and a sense of accountability that likely wouldn't be present without it. I'm not sure it matters if God, or whoever you believe in, exists in a physical sense, so long as it exists in your mind. That said, I don't think anyone has the right to force, or attempt to force others to believe as they do. Nor should religious groups have special privileges, and they certainly should not be allowed special political influence, such as/was the case with Bishops in the house of Lords for example. Religious belief is fine as a personal choice and comfort. The trouble starts when we try to impose our own interpretation of whatever Higher Power may exist on others.

I'm not sure why any higher power is obligated to ensure that children survive infancy. Or that the fact they don't is evidence that no such power exists. It assumes that such a power is under some obligation to us to ensure that nothing bad ever happens to us. I'm not sure it is, given how determined we are to destroy ourselves.
 
Usher said:
You mean you can't tell the difference as to why your god kills babies & toddlers who never even get a chance to grow up
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I wasn't aware this was happening. Can you show me statistics for children personally killed by God during the last 50 years? How was this determined? Does the coroner simply tick a box that says 'Killed by God', or is some kind of diagnostic process involved?
 
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