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Originally Posted by Pudding
My 17 year old nephew died a few months ago, he had Muscular Dystrophy, he had absolutely no choices whatsoever. A friend of mine who was only 30 died a couple of weeks ago riddled with cancer, he never smoked, was a fitness instructor and one of the nicest guys you could ever meet, he just got married and a baby girl, he had absolutely no choices whatsoever.
If God does exist, then he's a sick and twisted b@st@rd who gets his jollies from watching the good die young.
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Good enough points (and condolences to you for your losses) though I think the belief is ... oh dear I'll Google it (first site I found)...
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God pronounced judgement and punishment upon His creatures ....... Adam's curse brought death, weeds, decay and drudgery into the whole creation.
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So it's Adam's fault?? Lol. Err ...or Humankind as a whole that caused the problems - and there are plenty of other situations where suffering occurs to people who aren't deserving of it (although who is?) - rape, abuse, violence.
I tried googling this as I was curious what the general belief is on it and struggled to find anything particularly 'helpful', aside of the suggestion that
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...death is not a personal punishment, but the inheritance of the brokenness of original sin. Neither is death a personal punishment to the bereaved.
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So... I don't know. But I still think humankind is largely responsible as whole, not individually, for many (not all) of the illnesses and problems in the world