Atheists are the happiest people. --- On Tue, 11/30/10, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Ed Leafe <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Steve Johnson drops pass, blames God > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 12:29 PM > On Nov 30, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Dan > Covill wrote: > > >> Really? So if one of your kids has cancer > and is miraculously healed, > >> you wouldn't thank God? > > > > No, I wouldn't, same as I wouldn't blame God for his > having cancer in > > the first place. In my view, there are no > miracles, no 'miracle cures', > > and no 'old man in the sky' looking over it all. > We're on our own here. > > > I saw an interview with the parents of a > child who survived an accident that killed around 20 other > children. All the mother could do was keep thanking God for > looking out for her son. It struck me as odd that it never > occurred to her that God could have just as easily looked > out for the other kids, too, but chose to let them die. It > didn't seem any different to me than if a gunman had taken > 21 kids and then shot 20 of them to death, with the parents > of the 21st praising the gunman for not killing their child, > too. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
