Soldato
A friend of a friend's wife has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
It sucks.
It's horrible.
They have asked for prayers for a miracle. They want a miracle from god to cure the cancer.
Why would a benign, loving god cause cancer in someone and then choose to cure them - for a laugh ? To watch them suffer ? Oh, enough people pray - I'll change my mind and cure them. WHY ?
I simply cannot understand how people can keep a faith that allows a god to be such a total b*****d and still be prayed to and asked for a cure.
This is a god that (according to belief) created the world, as part of that creation (s)he created worms with a life-cycle that involves causing blindness in innocent children - for a laugh ? (s)he killed their only son to 'forgive us our sins' - why not just say sorry.
This post is not a troll - I want to understand the christian viewpoint, how can they continue to have a faith in a god like this ?
I hate the idea of this woman having to deal with the weeks/months ahead, talking to her young children about what is happening to her. It all seems so desperately tragic.
It sucks.
It's horrible.
They have asked for prayers for a miracle. They want a miracle from god to cure the cancer.
Why would a benign, loving god cause cancer in someone and then choose to cure them - for a laugh ? To watch them suffer ? Oh, enough people pray - I'll change my mind and cure them. WHY ?
I simply cannot understand how people can keep a faith that allows a god to be such a total b*****d and still be prayed to and asked for a cure.
This is a god that (according to belief) created the world, as part of that creation (s)he created worms with a life-cycle that involves causing blindness in innocent children - for a laugh ? (s)he killed their only son to 'forgive us our sins' - why not just say sorry.
This post is not a troll - I want to understand the christian viewpoint, how can they continue to have a faith in a god like this ?
I hate the idea of this woman having to deal with the weeks/months ahead, talking to her young children about what is happening to her. It all seems so desperately tragic.