lizzie
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- Joined
- Oct 22, 2009
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- Political Leaning
- Libertarian
I actually used the word "suffering" and for me it's the innocent child that dies of cancer, the excited new mother that experiences a stillbirth, the guy that can't get relief from his rheumatoid arthritis or the indignity of the person suffering the symptoms of Parkinsons or Huntingdons. For me personally, I can't believe a God would have designed things that way, and if (s)he did, I can't have respect for that.
Well, since I don't really think that God "designed" things either, that isn't anything that I've really been too concerned about. To me, it's a fairly dispassionate concept, and not anything with specific purpose. I tend to look at it more along the lines that we are inspired toward purpose because of what we call God, and not that God is the director of that purpose itself.