Marcus Cole in Babylon 5 had a line that stuck with me:
I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, ‘wouldn’t it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?’ So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.
Smh, that’s because he needed to test you, obviously. Why did an all-knowing god need to test you? Uhh… stop thinking about it and just fear him already.
There are entire libraries full of books written by true believers trying to understand why bad things happen to good people.
I’ve not read any of those books, but I do know that the arguments are more complicated than, he just wants to fuck with us.
The truth is even more complicated, what with life being a confusing mix of cause and effect and random happenstance.none of it having any meaning beyond what we assign it.
Some people would rather write libraries worth of books than confront that truth. Which is sad in a way.
But remember God has a plan. So does he plan for me to commit sin and thus his punishment is in itself planned, which just seems mean and unnecessary… Or did I go against his plan when I sinned and now has to punish me, and if that is the case he seems quite fallible.
So god is either mean or fallible, which to me seems like a god not worth worshipping.
I am probably just overthinking this and need sleep.
I don’t think you’re overthinking it, if an all powerful and all knowing god exists, I don’t see how it could be good. And I certainly wouldn’t want to worship it.
Same thing with big accidents, the one survivor thanks god for a miraculous rescue but nobody acknowledges the implied “god watched the other 50 people on that bus die brutally and didn’t care”
The implicit assumption is that they must have done something to deserve it. And if that’s not the case, pick any one from the list of other excuses Christians come up with to justify their beliefs in the wake of tragedy:
God needed their souls in heaven for a higher purpose.
It was their time.
God took them as a test of our faith.
They’re in a better place now.
It was the work of the devil that caused the accident.
Yeah. Also interesting how god doesn’t get any blame for making her sick.
Never understood that. If God made you sick and it was part of his plan to cure you, then what was the point of making you sick in the first place!?
Just to fuck with you apparently.
Marcus Cole in Babylon 5 had a line that stuck with me:
That’s one of my favorite quotes, so thanks for reminding me. Also, I may have to watch some B5 this weekend.
Smh, that’s because he needed to test you, obviously. Why did an all-knowing god need to test you? Uhh… stop thinking about it and just fear him already.
There are entire libraries full of books written by true believers trying to understand why bad things happen to good people.
I’ve not read any of those books, but I do know that the arguments are more complicated than, he just wants to fuck with us.
The truth is even more complicated, what with life being a confusing mix of cause and effect and random happenstance.none of it having any meaning beyond what we assign it.
Some people would rather write libraries worth of books than confront that truth. Which is sad in a way.
We all know it’s actually just because God sucks at statistics.
Well, you still experienced pain whilst you were sick, so maybe to punish you. Not that I believe in god at all, just what someone might say.
Yeah I get what you mean. I hear that a lot too.
But remember God has a plan. So does he plan for me to commit sin and thus his punishment is in itself planned, which just seems mean and unnecessary… Or did I go against his plan when I sinned and now has to punish me, and if that is the case he seems quite fallible.
So god is either mean or fallible, which to me seems like a god not worth worshipping.
I am probably just overthinking this and need sleep.
I don’t think you’re overthinking it, if an all powerful and all knowing god exists, I don’t see how it could be good. And I certainly wouldn’t want to worship it.
Same thing with big accidents, the one survivor thanks god for a miraculous rescue but nobody acknowledges the implied “god watched the other 50 people on that bus die brutally and didn’t care”
The implicit assumption is that they must have done something to deserve it. And if that’s not the case, pick any one from the list of other excuses Christians come up with to justify their beliefs in the wake of tragedy:
God needed their souls in heaven for a higher purpose.
It was their time.
God took them as a test of our faith.
They’re in a better place now.
It was the work of the devil that caused the accident.
Now they’re reunited with (other dead loved one).
It is all part of god’s plan.
God works in mysterious ways.
I’d prefer it if God could keep me out of his “plans” to “test” other people’s faith, thanks very much.
What a shit excuse those are and how insulting to people’s lives and deaths.
Privatize the profits, socialize the losses, just like in late stage capitalism.
Imagine if baseball players pointed at the sky after striking out with the bases loaded to end the inning
“Your completely blew it at the end!”
“Nah uh… that was God’s plan.”
“Let’s go talk about your contact.”