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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]so the babies who starve to death in Somalia do so to teach us a lesson? And we worship the being doing this? If that's the best explanation, then your God sounds pretty evil [/quote]

I am not the OP but I want to respond to this.

You presume that God is the cause of starving babies rather than the wicked, evil, and ungodly actions of the Somalis themselves.  [b]The Somalis are pirates -- sea-thieves, among other things.  God has plainly stated in the bible that if you obey God's commandments you will have life. If you don't:
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[i]But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away...I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land [/i] --Deuteronomy 30:17

[i]therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live[/i]

God gives all people a choice.  The Somalis have chosen to be evil and to do evil.  And notice God says to choose life so [i]that thy seed may live[/i].  Your seed is your babies.  It clearly says the babies will die also.  Babies grow up to be adults doing the same evil things their parents did.

[i]I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days [/i] --Deuteronomy 30:19

Choose Jesus, choose Life.  It's a choice.  It does not make God evil that he judges and holds people accountable for their actions. 
Although all this was directed to the Israelites, it pertains to all nations.

You seem to think the Somalis are these innocent people when they are not.  They are slave traders:

[i]The terrorist organization [Al-Shabaab] also enslaved an indeterminate number of young girls and exploited them in sexual servitude. [/i]
Source: US Dept. of State, '2019 Trafficking in Persons Report: Somalia'

All the outrage in America is directed at statues of long dead slave owners but hardly anything is said about the Somalis who are engaging in slavery in the 21st century!  And you somehow think these Somalis are innocent? That God does not see their wicked deeds the stench of which rises up to the throne of heaven itself?

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Are you seriously blaming famine and death of children on the actions of pirates who happen to share a country with them?

You are either a horrible monster, incredibly stupid, or both.  There is no hell, but if there were, you would be headed straight for it.[/quote]

DP but it makes a lot more sense than blaming God. [/quote]

Because God is blameless?  People believe he is all powerful and responsible for all the good things that happen.  Why not the bad, as well?
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