Why does God allow the suffering of little children?

adjective. take it out if it bothers you.

 

Well I was speaking in relation to the thread topic, so the responsibility to do the best we can for "little children" and prevent suffering wherever possible. I was also meaning that we must recognise that this is our responsibility, rather than that of some mythical figure.

 

he created man, though.

 

I thought that was the Power Rangers

 

no they were constantly touching up those little people.

 

Oh, I thought that was god, via priests.

 

I agree - (not so much with the mythical part). From the perspective of a believer - God gave us sex, which is good and necessary - we use it to rape children and create homeless bastards. God gave us Opium - we make heroin. God gives us air and water - we pollute it. God makes it available - we abuse it. Not God's fault.

 

it was a pedo joke.

i wonder who would win in a fight between a horny priest and a power ranger...?

 

Doesn't bothers me. Wasn't a personal attack and more a rhetorical question. Some adjectives it seems, exist to incite passion rather than describe phenomena.

Like sensational headlines.

 

Mine obviously was too.

 

i know it wasn't an attack, just saying

but yeah, i suppose i'd like to accentuate just how awful it is and thus - how much i hate religion.

 

So the emotional distaste here comes from a threat to our conception of good.

How are child rape and murder associated with religion? Children are raped and killed by the nonreligious as well.

 

because the thread asks 'why does god allow the suffering of children?'

and if he created man in his image, and we all must be in awe of this being

i would appreciate it if, amongst many terrible things - whether he could explain why children are raped, sure.

and don't say because man choose to, because i'm not a dog who is willing to chase its own tail.

 

We are devoted to our treasure, in this respect I think god, or good exists for everyone. I find it odd that we can characterize as evil many human behaviors and we don't find much argument in doing so, but to suggest divinity is some kind of absurdness.

I think in general, our appreciation of each other is distorted beyond any real measure. Human beings are the only beings that we hold accountable in this way. The stated reason being we have "free will" or we can make a choice.

I disagree, I think most human behavior displayed is mechanical to every degree that the behavior of other animals are, even though it appears that we are making consciously considered choices. I think that the idea that human beings are unique among animals is a distortion, an arrogance fashioned by a limited appreciation.

 

well, who knows?

nobody as an actual answer, so we are both entitled to believe whatever we choose

you make another interesting point though. would like to continue chatting about it but i need to leave.

 

We surely still have to be someway still ethical to enjoy the rich blessings.

And all I see is that the ethics projects from the earlier suffering to learn FROM.