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Steve Abbott's avatar

There is no celestial Santa Claus. God works mainly through us. If children are starving in Afghanistan and elsewhere, who, really, is to blame?

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Mike S's avatar

Well, children have been starving in Afghanistan for eons, but, presently, the United States of America is to blame for freezing monetary assets that could be used to purchase food.

btw: The God of the Protestants is not dependent upon human activity. "He" is all powerful.

Except when "He" is not, which, appears to be a fairly frequent occurrence.

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Susan Lorraine Knox's avatar

It's so weird that after all this time, some people think they can tell "God" what to do. The truest thing I ever heard about "Him" doncha love the capitalization?) is: If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.

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daria (MID)'s avatar

Well, a "Her" god would not see people starve and suffer constant deprivation. /s

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Mike S's avatar

I really don't see anything wrong with saying:

What IF all the planet of humanity is an outcome of our own choices every day? And, those choices have consequences?

No need to imagine that anything else is driving the boat to alleviate my responsibility for my actions.

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MLRGRMI's avatar

I canтАЩt get the heart to work Mike, but I like your comment. The World exists with all the answers to our questions and all the material for our care. But we still have choice. And some glitch in our algorithm seems to always want to F*** it up.

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Virginia Witmer's avatar

We are тАЬonly human.тАЭ Knowing history and trying to improve our current bit of it is our assignment for our fellow beings and all on the planet. The gods laugh. Wisdom of the Greeks.

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Barbara D. Reed's avatar

Michele-try going to the top of the page and clicking on the incomplete circle w/ the arrow @ the end to the left of the search bar-that refreshes the page-it usually works for me.

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daria (MID)'s avatar

I don't see anything wrong with it either. I do not believe in a sky daddy or mommy. I'll put a "/s" after my comment so my comment is better understood.

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Jeanne Stevens's avatar

Thanks for this Susan. I am constantly reminded of this.

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MadRussian12A's avatar

Hahaa...let's get off this god s---. The only use I have for "god" is when I'm pissed and express my frustration by uttering "GOTTDAMMIT!!" afterwhich I proceed to fix what I may have screwed up.

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