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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is how it happened to me. I had always since young adulthood questioned how bad things happened to good people and good things happened to bad people. It’s everywhere. Then my mom got terminal cancer at 60. And it just hit me like a ton of bricks, God is not going to stop this wonderful, faithful woman from dying. Even as she was telling me he had a plan and things happen for a reason. And I just wanted to scream at her “This is not a plan and it’s not happening for some divine reason!!!” I didn’t say that of course.

I decided there were 3 possibilities:

1. God is not omnipotent.
2. God is omnipotent and is just an a-hole.
3. There is no God.

I’m not sure which of the above is true. [/quote]

Thanks for your post, PP.  You may know this, but a similar philosophy to your was stated by Epicurus a long time ago (3rd century BC):

[i]“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”[/i]
― Epicurus[/quote]

PP here. Thank you for sharing and yes that’s how I feel. I’m actually jealous of those comforted by faith. I would love to have that comfort. [/quote]

Epicurus taught that the root of all human neuroses is death denial and the tendency for human beings to assume that death will be horrific and painful, which he claimed causes unnecessary anxiety, selfish self-protective behaviors, and hypocrisy.

Why not go with Epicurus when someone you love is dying? He was so comforting, pp. [b]You all fear death unnecessarily[/b], it is the cause of your anxiety, selfish behaviors, and hypocrisy. God doesn’t cause that- you do. [/quote]

Then why do Christians pray to God to spare death?[/quote]

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