Posted by JahL on April 24, 2001, at 14:48:21
In reply to Re: Pertaining to the Creator? » Ted, posted by dougb on April 24, 2001, at 13:06:48
> > I cannot understand why any god would destroy peoples' lives with any mental illness.> ---God does not destroy peoples lives, people only reap what they sow, maybe in a past life, some of us were members of the inquisition (or ?) and are working out our trespasses in this lifetime?
Hi Doug.
Here in England our national football (soccer) manager was fired from his job for suggesting handicapped people were paying for sins perpetrated in a past life, & rightly so. It is an absurd suggestion & deeply insulting to anyone suffering with illness right now. I know you mean well & I admire the strength of yr faith in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, but you're way off base (IMO).
>religious narrow-mindedness, self-serving theology and lack of understanding
Pot, kettle.
Rgds,
J.
(BTW-I'm not interested in a discussion on theology-it's not something I regard as legitimate.)
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