Where did you hear this "suffocating in their own blood" from?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:46 pmIf I were God I wouldn't create viruses, and if people are to die, they should die by less horrible means than suffocating in their own blood.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:21 pmCan I ask a question, Gary?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 6:09 am After reading about some of the horror stories going on in New York and other places in the world from COVID-19 right now--people drowning in their own blood-filled lungs, medical personnel getting sick while trying to help others--it really makes me wonder what kind of "god" presides over such horror? Is there really a God at all? And if there were, would it not be a God of evil? I was once an atheist because I thought the world was too messed up to be run by a God. Later I was willing to switch to agnosticism because I thought maybe the world is not such an evil place after all. But now I see so much suffering and horror that It really makes me want to go back to being an atheist or else it makes me think God must be evil. I can't believe in a God who allows so much suffering.
What do you suppose God "should have" done, that He has not? In other words, if you were God (and say you were a good God too) how would you be likely to arrange things so that they would be different from the present situation?
Or to put it another way, IF God has somehow failed to be compassionate in this situation, what would proper compassion look like?
Did you check for its validity?
And, how is that death any more horrible than dying in a car accident, dying of cancer, dying of a heart attack, dying of a bullet, dying of a bomb, or from dying of just about any other reason, besides while asleep?
And, just MAYBE a very compassionate thing for the rest of humanity is some non human created thing wiping out a few human beings BEFORE they over-populate their one and only home and destroy that to an unlivable existence, in which ALL human beings, and other animals, die a 'horrible' death?
Just some thing to think about.
Why do people only consider themselves in relation to 'compassion'?
Humans only came about/evolved because of the way the Universe IS.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:46 pm If I were God I would make the universe more hospitable to humans
Is the infinite Universe not big enough for 'you', human beings?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:46 pm if there is to be overpopulation and therefore more space is needed.
How much more do 'you', human beings, want?
Are you ever satisfied with what you have? Or, do you ALWAYS want MORE?
Again, are 'you', human beings, not capable of dreaming up, inventing, and creating modes of travel to explore?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:46 pm If I were God I would make the Sun last forever instead of supernova at some point. The list goes on and is a VERY long one.
Is the infinite Universe, again, not big enough for 'you'?
Are 'you' not capable of travelling, or are 'you' to scared to travel, out from your current home, earth, and start exploring your own backyard, the Universe, before that one sun, of countless other suns, just does what it naturally does, that is; evolves and changes?
What happened to that curiosity and exploration your fore parents used to have?
Also, why do you put only human beings at the very front of any and all considerations?
God certainly does not do this and would certainly do such a thing.