Comments on: Suffering God http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/03/05/suffering-god/ The daily...weekly...occasional journal by someone you don't know. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: CelticBear’s Musings » Blog Archive » They were BOTH framed. http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/03/05/suffering-god/comment-page-1/#comment-12361 CelticBear’s Musings » Blog Archive » They were BOTH framed. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:58:26 +0000 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/03/05/suffering-god/#comment-12361 [...] the existence of the Christian god. (Or any loving, caring, merciful, involved god.) Here: Suffering God, here: God is a Bad Parent and Pet Owner, and here: Extent of Suffering In Our World Makes the [...] [...] the existence of the Christian god. (Or any loving, caring, merciful, involved god.) Here: Suffering God, here: God is a Bad Parent and Pet Owner, and here: Extent of Suffering In Our World Makes the [...]

]]> By: jennifer http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/03/05/suffering-god/comment-page-1/#comment-5830 jennifer Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:46:58 +0000 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/03/05/suffering-god/#comment-5830 Too true. Too true.

]]> By: CelticBear http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/03/05/suffering-god/comment-page-1/#comment-5829 CelticBear Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:31:56 +0000 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/03/05/suffering-god/#comment-5829 Indeed! In fact, just this last weekend I heard a minister quote from the NT, Jesus saying anything you want, ask in prayer and you shall have it. Of course, he qualified it by saying it should not be for selfish things like cars and money...but ignoring the fact that Jesus never qualified the statement, is praying for the return of a limb selfish? If not for one's self, for a child? For a stranger? It's interesting that the only things prayer seems to cure, are conditions that are capable of receding or going into remission or can be cured through medicine or natural measures. Never ever ever anything permanent like amputations, disfiguring skin conditions (e.g. horrible burn wounds,) massive mental development conditions, cerebral palsy, etc. Evidently prayers for curing remissionable(sp) cancer is not selfish and god feels compelled to heal now and then, but a child's arm or a spouse's 3rd degree burns are selfish and those people are just S.O.L. Guess it's better to be faithful and have cancer than to have something more visible and permanent. Indeed!

In fact, just this last weekend I heard a minister quote from the NT, Jesus saying anything you want, ask in prayer and you shall have it.
Of course, he qualified it by saying it should not be for selfish things like cars and money…but ignoring the fact that Jesus never qualified the statement, is praying for the return of a limb selfish? If not for one’s self, for a child? For a stranger?

It’s interesting that the only things prayer seems to cure, are conditions that are capable of receding or going into remission or can be cured through medicine or natural measures. Never ever ever anything permanent like amputations, disfiguring skin conditions (e.g. horrible burn wounds,) massive mental development conditions, cerebral palsy, etc.

Evidently prayers for curing remissionable(sp) cancer is not selfish and god feels compelled to heal now and then, but a child’s arm or a spouse’s 3rd degree burns are selfish and those people are just S.O.L. Guess it’s better to be faithful and have cancer than to have something more visible and permanent.

]]> By: jennifer http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/03/05/suffering-god/comment-page-1/#comment-5828 jennifer Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:31:50 +0000 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/03/05/suffering-god/#comment-5828 I thought so too. I still think the "amputee test" is the best at quantifying the issue. An entire segment of the population, not one single solitary case of regeneration. Regardless of faith, regardless of prayer, regardless of anything. Sums it up for me. I thought so too. I still think the “amputee test” is the best at quantifying the issue. An entire segment of the population, not one single solitary case of regeneration. Regardless of faith, regardless of prayer, regardless of anything. Sums it up for me.

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