Posted by beardedlady on June 5, 2002, at 13:44:10
There was a song on the radio with this line, and my husband and I had an argument it. (He's an athiest; I'm an agnostic.) I just wanted to know what others think.
I say that if this were the case, what would explain suicide or death from illness? Or immense suffering, even? Because if we could "take it," we wouldn't kill ourselves, right? If we could "take" cancer, we wouldn't die from it, right?
Why would a god "give" a child abusive parents? Why would a god "give" someone Leukemia? And what is the purpose of believing that? Can't we get cancer from cancer cells, rather than god? Can't we get abuse from bad people, rather than from god?
I don't like anything about that line. I can't see how it works logically--even if you believe that god gives you all the good and bad stuff in your life.
Okay. Discuss.
beardy : )>
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