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"God does not make mistakes..." (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2024 OP
So God might put breast cancer in you would that be a mistake? Walleye Feb 2024 #1
No, it's all part of God's plan for you. Don't question the Lord! comradebillyboy Feb 2024 #3
Someone who says God doesn't make mistakes never visited the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. TheBlackAdder Feb 2024 #22
Or had to have knee replacement surgery. The knee is a poor design Walleye Feb 2024 #26
Also in human body, putting amusement park right next to sewage plant is not good design. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #46
Eh, at least they're being consistent when they take this stance. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2024 #2
Nope, not at all. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #7
THIS malaise Feb 2024 #13
Well said! ms liberty Feb 2024 #14
Agree republianmushroom Feb 2024 #29
God protect us from idiots like this woman who presume to speak for him/her. sop Feb 2024 #33
Bingo! You win DU for the day! paleotn Feb 2024 #37
It's amazing that religious people can just toss off these absurdities that they KNOW are absurd... Girard442 Feb 2024 #4
Hey, Human race; enigmania Feb 2024 #5
No, but evolution made a mistake in HER case. Goodheart Feb 2024 #6
It is entirely possible that irrational idiots Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #8
She's proof that a few monkeys came out of the tree head-first...... lastlib Feb 2024 #17
Hey, Sandy! PJMcK Feb 2024 #9
ED isn't a mistake, near/farsightedness isn't a mistake, let's go on ck4829 Feb 2024 #10
So ... when someone is born homosexual, that's not a mistake that needs to be "corrected" ?? eppur_se_muova Feb 2024 #11
In christian theology, the god of this world is satan and hes not perfect. The Karadeniz Feb 2024 #12
Burn down the hospitals and be done with it NickB79 Feb 2024 #15
If God controls every outcome, then we don't have free will. Shermann Feb 2024 #16
If one believes in an all-powerful God, that is correct. God has approved/allowed this. keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 #19
Sounds like the ancient Greeks. grumpyduck Feb 2024 #44
Also, why pray, either way? Sky Jewels Feb 2024 #31
We always thank God for touchdowns but we never blame him for fumbles underpants Feb 2024 #18
It's called survivorship bias Shermann Feb 2024 #20
Even when I was a kid gab13by13 Feb 2024 #21
I guess the holocaust was part of God's plan? Chainfire Feb 2024 #23
Or, better yet, throw the idea of gods Sky Jewels Feb 2024 #34
And when he gives a child cancer, he means it dalton99a Feb 2024 #24
But humans DO make mistakes PatSeg Feb 2024 #25
She's using the fundy Christian version of Inshallah. paleotn Feb 2024 #35
Yes PatSeg Feb 2024 #40
If nothing can be done about anything because God's Plan, why are you in public life? bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #27
Jebus! What an ignorant piece of shit. paleotn Feb 2024 #28
They always toss aside the Jesus stuff and... JHB Feb 2024 #30
Yeah, that Sermon on the Mount is a bunch of liberal crap! Shermann Feb 2024 #47
Wipe that grin off your face, lady! MineralMan Feb 2024 #32
Her God is Trump and he is a rapist. Emile Feb 2024 #36
So she's a rape apologist? sakabatou Feb 2024 #38
I wonder how she feels about this song.......... I know how I feel, it is awesome lol Takket Feb 2024 #39
So self assured and and so stupid. jalan48 Feb 2024 #41
I am so sick of elected officials TxGuitar Feb 2024 #42
Congress shall make no law jayschool2013 Feb 2024 #43
Her Existence Proves The Opposite ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #45
pathological religiosity mike_c Feb 2024 #48

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
22. Someone who says God doesn't make mistakes never visited the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:00 PM
Feb 2024

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
46. Also in human body, putting amusement park right next to sewage plant is not good design. . . . nt
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 02:08 PM
Feb 2024

Voltaire2

(15,377 posts)
7. Nope, not at all.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 09:59 AM
Feb 2024

If getting raped by a human is ‘god’s plan’, then so is getting an abortion.
It’s all nonsense.

sop

(18,653 posts)
33. God protect us from idiots like this woman who presume to speak for him/her.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:33 PM
Feb 2024

Proverbs: "Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand."

Girard442

(6,887 posts)
4. It's amazing that religious people can just toss off these absurdities that they KNOW are absurd...
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 09:56 AM
Feb 2024

...and look at you with a shit-eating grin like they just discovered ultimate wisdom and want to share it with you.

Stupid, crazy, and evil.

Voltaire2

(15,377 posts)
8. It is entirely possible that irrational idiots
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 10:01 AM
Feb 2024

Have a better chance of propagating their genes that rational intelligent people.

lastlib

(28,286 posts)
17. She's proof that a few monkeys came out of the tree head-first......
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 10:45 AM
Feb 2024

---on a rock.....

PJMcK

(25,050 posts)
9. Hey, Sandy!
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 10:01 AM
Feb 2024

What are you talking about?!

God admitted a mistake in creating humans. Ever heard of the Flood? God decided to kill the humans to erase the mistake. The mistake was compounded when god let Noah and his family survive thus perpetuating the sins that upset god in the first place.

God makes mistakes.

There’s your Sunday School lesson for the day, you ignoramus.

ck4829

(37,769 posts)
10. ED isn't a mistake, near/farsightedness isn't a mistake, let's go on
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 10:03 AM
Feb 2024

Is that who should be billed for the hospital bills and the child support?

eppur_se_muova

(41,967 posts)
11. So ... when someone is born homosexual, that's not a mistake that needs to be "corrected" ??
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 10:09 AM
Feb 2024

Glad to see she's trying to be consistent.

Of course, she'll just say that homosexuality is a choice .... like, um, rape.

Karadeniz

(24,746 posts)
12. In christian theology, the god of this world is satan and hes not perfect. The
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 10:21 AM
Feb 2024

perfect source and begetter of souls is beyond this world.

Shermann

(9,062 posts)
16. If God controls every outcome, then we don't have free will.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 10:29 AM
Feb 2024

That's fine, but it makes sending people to Hell for their actions sort of a dick move.

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
19. If one believes in an all-powerful God, that is correct. God has approved/allowed this.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 10:51 AM
Feb 2024

If one believes in an all-powerful God, that is correct. God has approved/allowed this.

We do not have free will.

We only have allowed will.

God has the power to 'change men's hearts' and has been given credit for doing so.

God has allowed/approved rape and school killings.

grumpyduck

(6,672 posts)
44. Sounds like the ancient Greeks.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 01:18 PM
Feb 2024

The gods control everything. When the shit hits the fan, they show up in a deus ex machina to fix it.

 

Sky Jewels

(9,148 posts)
31. Also, why pray, either way?
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:32 PM
Feb 2024

If God has a grand plan, no prayers will change anything.
If humans have free will, no prayers will change anything.

In short, God is an asshole all around. I'm glad that POS doesn't actually exist.

Shermann

(9,062 posts)
20. It's called survivorship bias
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 11:09 AM
Feb 2024

Survivorship bias is a cognitive shortcut that occurs when a successful subgroup is mistaken as the entire group, due to the invisibility of the failure subgroup.

gab13by13

(32,354 posts)
21. Even when I was a kid
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 11:42 AM
Feb 2024

and someone told me about "predestination" I didn't think it made sense.

Predestination is a cop out, it makes no sense because it negates my free will, negates my common sense. When I peed on that electric fence when I was a kid, it wasn't God's plan for me to do that, it was my own stupid mistake, I take ownership of what I did, I don't use God for an excuse.

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
23. I guess the holocaust was part of God's plan?
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:10 PM
Feb 2024

When God sends rapist to do his will, it is time to find a new god.

 

Sky Jewels

(9,148 posts)
34. Or, better yet, throw the idea of gods
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:35 PM
Feb 2024

into the trash with belief in the Tooth Fairy and the Great Pumpkin, etc.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
25. But humans DO make mistakes
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:15 PM
Feb 2024

Guess she missed the part about "free will".

What a truly stupid thing to say.

paleotn

(22,230 posts)
35. She's using the fundy Christian version of Inshallah.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:35 PM
Feb 2024

Arabic for god willing. A tenant of Islam as well as Christian fundigelicalism. They're dumb enough to believe everything that happens is as god wills it. Thus, god willed that 3K+ would die horribly on 9-11, and 6M Jews would be murdered in the 1940's, and....... See where this is leading?

She's a fucking moron who isn't qualified to run a bake sale much less be a member of state government.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
40. Yes
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:50 PM
Feb 2024

When they don't have a reasonable answer, they respond cheerily with a "It's God's will" or the more common one, "The Bible says". Almost always with a huge empty smile on their face. Of course, if you question the validity of the bible verse, they have an answer for that as well. Probably something like not questioning the way of the Lord.

Apparently ignorance really IS bliss for such people and religion is their drug of choice.

bucolic_frolic

(55,180 posts)
27. If nothing can be done about anything because God's Plan, why are you in public life?
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:26 PM
Feb 2024

Go home and crawl under a rug. What a stupid outlook to have on life and the world.

paleotn

(22,230 posts)
28. Jebus! What an ignorant piece of shit.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:27 PM
Feb 2024

I'll say it again. Religion might very well be the end of us all.

JHB

(38,223 posts)
30. They always toss aside the Jesus stuff and...
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:31 PM
Feb 2024

...virtually masturbate to the wrathful and smite-y bits.

TxGuitar

(4,340 posts)
42. I am so sick of elected officials
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:56 PM
Feb 2024

Thinking that they were elected because of their personal beliefs. You were elected to serve ALL of the people, regardless of your personal beliefs. How did we get so far down this rabbit hole. I don't give a single f about your personal beliefs.

jayschool2013

(2,611 posts)
43. Congress shall make no law
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 12:58 PM
Feb 2024

respecting an establishment of religion ..." It's just as clear as the Second Amendment language around militias and muskets in the home, but the GOP seems not to care or read very well.

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