20,000 children starved to death today - where was your god?
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damn good question. the sad thing is, there are people who will answer by saying we should accept this because it's part of their god's plan.
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Some of those 'Poor' might surprise you by saying THEY are the lucky ones. \nHaving nothing, gives one everything to gain...\n\n:)\n\nA note for those that are blinded by faith(ie:threebluespiders):\n According to the bible when the Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years, god fed them by making food fall regularly from the sky (Ex16:4). During the 1980's, several million Ethiopian Christians died slowly and painfully from starvation due to a prolonged drought. god had then the opportunity to make food fall from the sky, as the bible claims he did in the past, so why did he not do that again?\n\nSome will try to free god from responsibility for evil by saying that it was not god but the devil. This may be true but if god is so loving why didn't he simply prevent the devil from doing this? In any case, who created the devil in the first place? Surely it was god.
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WHAT? God killed a load of people? Ive totally gone off him. What a git! Hopefully he learned to practise what he preached, i.e. not to kill people!
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We, in spite our of best efforts, cannot keep God out of anywhere... God is everywhere.  Families are primarily responsible for teaching faith, hope, love and peace ... not schools.  Where was God when those children died?  Holding their hands and crying with them and all the parents over the hardness of our hearts toward one another .. all insisting that our God (or violence, or money,or...) is the RIGHT and ONLY way.
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Look at the bright side.\n\nAt least they are in heaven.\n\nOk. \n\nGod allowed such killing because its a consequence of their own acts. In accordance to free will.\n\nAsking the "why" dosent change anything.\n\nEven today, children die in many ways regardless of wether we know "why" or NOT.\n\nNO other religion too can explain why children die of murder, disastors, etc for certain. Thus, lets judge the "why" after we see the "whole picture" in the afterlife.\n\nI assure you, there, you wont be feeling "why" any more.\n\nWe can ask God one day.
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What planet are you from or are you just brain dead ?. I will only mention one Christian organisation that is world wide , Its Called the Salvation Army, They ( just in case you have not heard of them ) run soup kitchens , drug rehab centres and a host of other things as well like hospitals etc and orphanages . Now I only mention one christian organisation because I don`t want to embarrass you by asking you to name just one from your religion that even come close to the things that the Salvation Army does in the name of helping others . Now you mentally challenged moron I await your reply !!!
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Not real good.  Check my dad's website.  He runs a charity that feeds kids over there.\nmmgrecords.com
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I haven't seen anything in the news about people being burned at the stake.  Where did you get your information?  I would be interested in knowing about this.\n\nBut as far as religion destroying lives, I have to disagree.\n\nAfter I had been involved in a lifestyle of drugs, booze, cigarettes, etc, for a number of years, it was a person praying for me, and my receiving Jesus as my personal Savior that set me free from that life.  If I had NOT turned to Jesus when I did, THAT would have destroyed me.  \n\nBut - wait - you didn't ask about Jesus.  You asked about religion.  But TRUE religion is meeting the needs of others - feeding the hungry, helping Katrina victims, visiting the sick, those in prison, etc, etc.  \n\nWhat I would like to know is, how does THAT destroy somebody's life?
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It was part of God's plan to set in motion the sacrifice of his son as he promised.  People talk about how God gave us freewill, he didn't.  We are all his puppets.  Therefore we cannot be held accountable for our actions
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And I cannot imagine that anyone outside true believers can imagine any of these answers help at all. Children die of horrible diseases in the first year of life, why bother if your answer is that they are going to heaven (of which you have no proof), why not just skip the bit on earth?\n\nAnd the sickest thing is that Christians will say its because someone else has sinned, even the most blind human knows you do not punish someone, particularly the most helpless, because of someone elses transgression.
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The ingredients you find to rationalize your disbelief amuses me! Come on, dude, FLEAS!!!LOL that is your way of proving their's no God!? Weak proof at best. You should go back to the guy who put that into your head and slap him!!!LOL( just kidding, don't do that!) Appendectomies, right? Well I don't remember any of God's prophets killed from a lack of appendix surgeries! Yet God has always healed HIS CHILDREN who love Him. God uses such problems as the appendix to judge grown ups,yet things go wrong, and little children die, but isn't it better that they don't have to go on in this world but rather in a perfect world with their Father? Ohh yea, you believe that's it for the child, no chance, no hope, no love. Your beliefs sentence those children to nothingness and loss. Is that right? The "beef" as you say is in the Bible and you're starving yourself trying to devour the scraps dropped from Darwin's table. But his table is empty by Darwin's own admission. Darwin said "If one could prove that single-celled organisms can split then I am wrong." (I'm paraphrasing) And they can split as your precious science has proven. So why do scientists continue to back Darwin's THEORY? Because they would rather back a lie that they discovered rather than the truth that makes them useless. I'll tell you another miracle of God, friend. The miracle of God changing your heart, and that's the one that's harder than any other, but IT CAN HAPPEN if you'd let it.
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Forsake my God and my children.
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Good point, but there are more things these slimy fools are doing in Africa.  Raping women, killing Christian women and children, burning churches, torturing kids that refuse to memorize their unholy book and more.  Want proof?  Seek it on this link then!
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Yes I know it's so revolting!!\nAnd did you see what some of the people here are writing? \n"How many can this planet support?" ( As if that's an excuse for murder!)\n" Who cares?" ( Who cares? God for one! He's the one who give the beautiful babies to you!) \n"That's not true" ( Unfortunately it is!!)\n\nIt's all so very, very revoltingly sick!!
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I agree with you, I often wonder, in Africa for example where christianity is rising, why the pope still claims contraception is wrong when encouraging it would help stabilize the countries HIV/Aids epidemic and could also help the countries economy in the long run - having less children means the children they have are better fed, they can afford some sort of education as they have a couple of children to send to school. These children once educated could get better jobs and the cycle carries on. \nIf I was living in poverty I wouldn't have so many children as it is selfish - having them just because you want so many and your religion tells you to do so. They can not provide for them and it is cruel to the children who suffer starvation and a slow painful death in the name of religion.
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Yes! I would also send out someone to pick up some food because there are so many disciples today! I love the word of God! The Good News! Jesus died not only for me but you and the rest of the world! Hosanna to the Highest! I would welcome anyone with open arms though!
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god let more people die then satan ever did