Why does GOD do this?

Just like you cope with death, etc. by looking at scientific facts as a reason for it occurring, other people look at it as God's will for the reason. There really isn't a different, other than the fact that they rely on faith, and you on tangible, scientific data.

What's a difference between a stereotype and a generalization?

Stereotypes are created through a lack of understanding.

Generalizations are based on fact.

Stereotypes are wrong and ignorant.

Generalizations are true and logical.

Titus hit my point exactly

Asking why God killed your friend is like subscribing to a stereotype. It's stupid, illogical, and unprovable. Using that sort of thinking is akin to saying everyone from the Middle East is a towelhead terrorist. Are you that provincial?

I think the whole thing is rather asinine, using God as a way to cope with death. I understand it as a way to ease the pain that some people may feel, especially a child, when a person dies of natural causes. However...that's where it ends for me. How the hell do you describe to a child why "God" has allowed someone so important to them to die in a horrific act, such as a murder or being blown up over-seas, or even suicide. That just opens up a can of worms in a traumatized mind.

'Okay, so it was a bad mans fault, but why wasn't God watching over him? Why did God let him suffer so much pain? Doesn't God want us to be happy? Why did He take him away from me when I still need him in my life? Why did she kill herself? Why didn't God help her see that she was still important to us? Why does God allow people to die in painful ways?

Why?'


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I agree with you on some points, Grav, but faith is faith . . . it's not something you can argue with, generally. If he believes that god decided it was his friend's time to go, then asking why god would do something like that is a perfectly reasonable question.

Asking why God killed your friend is like subscribing to a stereotype.

Not if he believes it.

It's stupid, illogical, and unprovable. Using that sort of thinking is akin to saying everyone from the Middle East is a towelhead terrorist. Are you that provincial?

Again, that statement doesn't prove anything, except that you don't believe God, and you think that anyone believes God is simply "Going to fit in with society". I am sure that he doesn't see God like that.

And bigots don't see it as racism.

I don't see a connection between Religion and Racism. Care to elaborate?