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[W:233]Praise The Lord

Dragonfly

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I know a woman who posted a crap-ton of "praise the lord" statements on Facebook because her brother's cancer was declared to be in remission.
What followed after her post was dozens of similar "praise the lord" type comments, and "prayers do work" type posts.

Not one single person, not one bothered to mention or thank:

Anyone in the entire medical world
Anyone in the entire pharmaceutical world for the chemo drugs
None of his personal doctors and nurses
Nobody in the scientific world at all

Because obviously the ONLY reason his cancer is in remission is ............
 
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Dragonfly said:
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Because obviously the ONLY reason his cancer is in remission is ............
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If one believes in Providence, then all things point to God.
And the fact is no one knows why one person's cancer is in remission and another's not.
 
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Dragonfly said:
I know a woman who posted a crap-ton of "praise the lord" statements on Facebook because her brother's cancer was declared to be in remission.
What followed after her post was dozens of similar "praise the lord" type comments, and "prayers do work" type posts.

Not one single person, not one bothered to mention or thank:

Anyone in the entire medical world
Anyone in the entire pharmaceutical world for the chemo drugs
None of his personal doctors and nurses
Nobody in the scientific world at all

Because obviously the ONLY reason his cancer is in remission is ............
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Thank God for people doing the right thing whether they give credit to God for their good or not.
 
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Dragonfly said:
I know a woman who posted a crap-ton of "praise the lord" statements on Facebook because her brother's cancer was declared to be in remission.
What followed after her post was dozens of similar "praise the lord" type comments, and "prayers do work" type posts.

Not one single person, not one bothered to mention or thank:

Anyone in the entire medical world
Anyone in the entire pharmaceutical world for the chemo drugs
None of his personal doctors and nurses
Nobody in the scientific world at all

Because obviously the ONLY reason his cancer is in remission is ............
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...or blame that lord for giving her brother cancer in the first place. Maybe the good lord was just ****ing with him. :lol:
 
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marke said:
Thank God for people doing the right thing whether they give credit to God for their good or not.
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Why does god give children cancer?
 
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Faith is believing in things we cannot see or understand. Nothing wrong with praying for healing. However, being thankful means giving credit to all involved. Starting with God is fine, but as pointed out in the OP, the others involved should be also.

Jmo
 
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Blue Dog said:
Faith is believing in things we cannot see or understand. Nothing wrong with praying for healing. However, being thankful means giving credit to all involved. Starting with God is fine, but as pointed out in the OP, the others involved should be also.

Jmo
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But the others actually do the job.
 
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zyzygy said:
Why does god give children cancer?
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Dragonfly said:
Why did God "create":

cancer
polio
diabetes
small pox
alzheimers
tuberculosis
ebola
AIDS/HIV
influenza

...
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hehe...maybe you'll get the chance to ask him. Though I expect if you do, you might forget the question... hehe
 
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Dragonfly said:
Why did God "create":

cancer
polio
diabetes
small pox
alzheimers
tuberculosis
ebola
AIDS/HIV
influenza

...
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Why did god make **** stank, for that matter?
 
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Dragonfly said:
I know a woman who posted a crap-ton of "praise the lord" statements on Facebook because her brother's cancer was declared to be in remission.
What followed after her post was dozens of similar "praise the lord" type comments, and "prayers do work" type posts.

Not one single person, not one bothered to mention or thank:

Anyone in the entire medical world
Anyone in the entire pharmaceutical world for the chemo drugs
None of his personal doctors and nurses
Nobody in the scientific world at all

Because obviously the ONLY reason his cancer is in remission is ............
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Don't forget...her god also gave her the cancer.
 
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Dragonfly said:
Why did God "create":

cancer
polio
diabetes
small pox
alzheimers
tuberculosis
ebola
AIDS/HIV
influenza

...
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God had nothing to do with it...sin and imperfection has everything to do with it...human imperfection and death did not exist in the beginning, when man and woman were first created..sin “entered into the world” when they deliberately disobeyed their Creator...

That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned" Romans 5:12
 
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zyzygy said:
Why does god give children cancer?
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For His own reasons God allowed man to sin and bring bad things into the world, including sickness and death.
 
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Angel said:
If one believes in Providence, then all things point to God.
And the fact is no one knows why one person's cancer is in remission and another's not.
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Yet.

But one day we will. God irrelevant.
 
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Elvira said:
God had nothing to do with it...sin and imperfection has everything to do with it...human imperfection and death did not exist in the beginning, when man and woman were first created..sin “entered into the world” when they deliberately disobeyed their Creator...

That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned" Romans 5:12
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So if you get a disease you are at fault for sinning.....

One day you will die of a disease. It will not matter if you sin or not it is going to happen. Deal with it.
 
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Tim the plumber said:

So if you get a disease you are at fault for sinning.....

One day you will die of a disease. It will not matter if you sin or not it is going to happen. Deal with it.
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Sin is in our genes, much like a disease...we cannot avoid it...when imperfection entered the picture, so did defects, like disease...

We have a scripture we focus on each day...today's just happens to fit in with this discussion...

God saw everything he had made, and look! it was very good.​—Gen. 1:31.

Jehovah is an awe-inspiring Creator. Everything he creates meets the highest standards. (Jer. 10:12) As is evident in creation, Jehovah lovingly set boundaries. He made both natural laws and moral laws to ensure that everything functions harmoniously. (Ps. 19:7-9) Hence, all things in the universe have an assigned place and function according to their role in God’s purpose. Jehovah sets the standard for how his creation should work together. Thus, the law of gravity holds the atmosphere close to the earth, regulates tides and oceans, and contributes to the physical order essential to life on earth. All creation, including humans, moves and functions within these boundaries. Clearly, the order in creation testifies that God has a purpose for earth and mankind.—Rev. 4:11
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https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2018/10/26
 
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marke said:
For His own reasons God allowed man to sin and bring bad things into the world, including sickness and death.
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The reason was disobedience...He warned Adam and Eve what would happen on the day they sinned...they would begin the dying process and pass that on to their offspring...
 
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Tim the plumber said:
Yet.

But one day we will. God irrelevant.
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Humans often suffer “because time and unexpected events overtake them"...Ecclesiastes 9:11
 
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Dragonfly said:
I know a woman who posted a crap-ton of "praise the lord" statements on Facebook because her brother's cancer was declared to be in remission.
What followed after her post was dozens of similar "praise the lord" type comments, and "prayers do work" type posts.

Not one single person, not one bothered to mention or thank:

Anyone in the entire medical world
Anyone in the entire pharmaceutical world for the chemo drugs
None of his personal doctors and nurses
Nobody in the scientific world at all

Because obviously the ONLY reason his cancer is in remission is ............
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Praise the lord if someone gets better, and blame the doctor when they don't
 
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Tim the plumber said:
Yet.

But one day we will. God irrelevant.
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And that's called "faith." You've just replaced one faith with another, replaced the religion of supernaturalism with the religion of naturalism, faith in infallibilism with faith in fallibilism.
Accordingly, your judgment of irrelevancy is itself irrelevant.
 
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Dragonfly said:
I know a woman who posted a crap-ton of "praise the lord" statements on Facebook because her brother's cancer was declared to be in remission.
What followed after her post was dozens of similar "praise the lord" type comments, and "prayers do work" type posts.

Not one single person, not one bothered to mention or thank:

Anyone in the entire medical world
Anyone in the entire pharmaceutical world for the chemo drugs
None of his personal doctors and nurses
Nobody in the scientific world at all

Because obviously the ONLY reason his cancer is in remission is ............
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Well, according to her religious belief, while all those things you mentioned all play a key role in cancer remission, the ultimate 'role-player' is God.

Your religious belief just happens to be different than her's...
 
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gfm7175 said:
Well, according to her religious belief, while all those things you mentioned all play a key role in cancer remission, the ultimate 'role-player' is God.

Your religious belief just happens to be different than her's...
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Aw, that's no fun. :)
 
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Angel said:
And that's called "faith." You've just replaced one faith with another, replaced the religion of supernaturalism with the religion of naturalism, faith in infallibilism with faith in fallibilism.
Accordingly, your judgment of irrelevancy is itself irrelevant.
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One approach to thinking, that of avoiding it, religion, has been replaced by the approach of starting by admitting I don't know but would like to. That is scientific enquiry.

Faith has been abandoned. Confidence has replaced it.
 
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