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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Catholic.  I had a full term stillborn child.  Was that God's plan? I don't believe it was.  I think we live in a broken world where bad things happen to all people, and you yourself being "good" or "bad" has nothing to do with it.  I don't believe God causes bad things to happen.

In the wake of my stillbirth, I believe God used other people to comfort me, heal me, and love me.

That doesn't mean I wasn't furious with God.  I was.  And I think God understands and forgives me for that.

I don't know how or why God answers or doesn't answer prayer.  I prayed for a healthy child.  After I lost that child, I realized maybe I was treating God like some kind of Santa Claus- be good and God will give you good things.  I don't think it works that way.  I think God gives us strength, grace, and wisdom when we ask for it to help us deal with life's hardships and devastations.

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Perhaps the next step is to consider that you and your friends and family were giving you the help and strength you needed at that unhappy point in your life.  God was not needed and was  not responsible for the bad or the good elements.  [/quote]

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