See below... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : As an example, if there is a God, and He/She/It has a PLAN for all of this, how is it that all these atheists aren't part of it? Were they created by someone/something else? What exactly is this "else?" And this is saying nothing about stuff like plagues, floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters. If you're an atheist, you get to look at these things and say, "That's a real pity, but shit happens." If you're a Believer, you have to say, "That's a real pity, including the fact that God made it happen. But it's not our place to question WHY He/She/It made it happen." If you're a believer you "have to say......"? Why would that be? It's just as easy to say the plan was set in motion, and all bets are off. Maybe that's a distinction you don't care to make , because it might poke a hole in some stereotype you hold for believers. Bingo. Good grief, believers question "God's plan" all the time.
