This is another version of "god works in mysterious ways",
you cant possibly understand him.
" God doesn't let babys get run over by lava flows...or drunk guys get into car accidents...this is the world he set up for us to live in...."
Your sounding like a Deist now.
He set this up...and then just took off.
".benevolence I said earlier was in the after life....stop thinking small...an innocent baby that dies is a horrible event but compared to an eternity in the love of God presence????"
This doesn't gel. I should be able to kill christians at will,
an no christian should get upset because its not really death
at all.... because you see.... I just sent them to the afterlife.
Where they can by loved by God for all eternity.
We know this is not the case.
They would scream bloody murder, and try to get me executed.
WHY??? Didn't I just do them a favor?
HUGE double standard here.
Either life HERE ON EARTH has value and god is not benevolent because
he stands idly by and lets innocent babies die,
or it doesnt have enough value to worry about innocent babies
being killed, since there is an afterlife, and therefore we cant hold god accountable.
peace
axeman
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You unfortunately are not God so to even try to comprehend how or why he acts is impossible. God doesn't let babys get run over by lava flows...or drunk guys get into car accidents...this is the world he set up for us to live in....benevolence I said earlier was in the after life....stop thinking small...an innocent baby that dies is a horrible event but compared to an eternity in the love of God presence????? Jesus often spoke of how we were too consumed with this life and if we only knew the rewards of the heavens we wouldn't be so concerned about our earthly life.....but that is what makes us human i guess....we were given this gift to live on this marvelous earth for a very short time, and in return, we spend eternity in the light of God...again though, since you do not believe in God it is very hard for you to understand this concept and where i am coming from.