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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.

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"God does not make mistakes..." [View all] 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