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John Fante

(3,479 posts)
49. He can do all that but can't stop a measly pandemic?
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 04:28 PM
Mar 2020

Maybe he goofs on seeing us suffer.

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Because there is no such thing as divinity. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #1
👆This. dbonds Mar 2020 #14
I am sure edhopper Mar 2020 #2
If you drop a brick on your foot, guillaumeb Mar 2020 #17
Is that Aquinas? edhopper Mar 2020 #20
An even more famous theologian. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #45
Mother Earth tried to warn us about pollution , we did not listen pwb Mar 2020 #3
It's Nature's Way Cartoonist Mar 2020 #5
Back when music had a message and purpose. pwb Mar 2020 #8
It still does...you just have to know where to listen. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #9
If I could roll my eyes back any further... Act_of_Reparation Apr 2020 #61
It's punishment for electing the orange dumbass. cos dem Mar 2020 #4
Do we blame the father of a man who kills his neighbor? Doodley Mar 2020 #6
And this is one good response to this ages old "argument". eom guillaumeb Mar 2020 #16
What aboput the free will of the neighbor? edhopper Mar 2020 #21
That is what happens when people are free to make good or bad choices. Some Doodley Mar 2020 #33
so God wants free will edhopper Mar 2020 #34
Without freedom of thought and freedom of action, we would not be human. We would Doodley Mar 2020 #42
the idea that humans actually have free will edhopper Mar 2020 #44
Okay, so don't ever judge Trump and the decisions he makes, if you don't think he Doodley Mar 2020 #47
He is a psychologically sick man edhopper Mar 2020 #48
is this father the omnipotent omniscient omnipresent creator of the universe? Voltaire2 Mar 2020 #25
No, it isn't the same father. That is how analogies work. Do you have evidence Doodley Mar 2020 #32
Then it's a horrible analogy. trotsky Apr 2020 #67
I'm an atheist. I don't have a God and never claimed I do. However, I believe that Doodley Apr 2020 #71
It was your analogy. It sucked. trotsky Apr 2020 #75
I don't have to defend anything just because you don't like it. And where's the "bad place" for me? Doodley Apr 2020 #79
It was pointed out to you by two different people how your analogy failed. trotsky Apr 2020 #80
I want a father who protects his children from danger. John Fante Mar 2020 #36
I agree. What exactly does he do? And is it really hard to wave your arms around and Doodley Mar 2020 #43
He can do all that but can't stop a measly pandemic? John Fante Mar 2020 #49
So does the invisible sky daddy intervene in the lives of humans or doesn't he? Major Nikon Mar 2020 #57
A loop hole in a poem..so saith the poem,,, safeinOhio Mar 2020 #7
Yahweh is a whiny little bitch. It's in the Bible. So no doubt we did something to set him off again malchickiwick Mar 2020 #10
Isn't that a lot like asking why He created humans, Backseat Driver Mar 2020 #11
Wait until swarms of locusts start spreading it. CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #12
I don't suppose we will hear any televangelists say cojoel Mar 2020 #13
An old argument, and the proponents of this never tire of raising it. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #15
Not an answer Cartoonist Mar 2020 #18
Why do you require an explanation? Without the bad actions of humans Doodley Mar 2020 #35
I know there isn't an explanation. Cartoonist Mar 2020 #37
With that, I agree. Doodley Mar 2020 #40
Your question is actually an assumption of the motivation of the Creator. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #46
What you're selling. Cartoonist Mar 2020 #54
I am not selling anything. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #55
so humans are just an accidental feature of evolution. Voltaire2 Mar 2020 #27
Here's the best part Major Nikon Mar 2020 #58
If that is your misreading of my comment, guillaumeb Apr 2020 #65
so your gods intervened in evolution to create humans but can't intervene in evolution to stop Voltaire2 Apr 2020 #69
You've answered nothing. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2020 #64
And you build on that same old argument. guillaumeb Apr 2020 #66
So if Ford designed a car that killed 2% of its passengers... Act_of_Reparation Apr 2020 #73
Your premise is faulty, unless you can demonstrate that Ford, or an agency, guillaumeb Apr 2020 #74
The elephant BlueTexasMan Mar 2020 #19
In science edhopper Mar 2020 #23
Billy Graham's daughter checks in. Cartoonist Mar 2020 #22
Put your shades on before you click that link. Iggo Mar 2020 #24
Holy crap! You weren't kidding. FiveGoodMen Apr 2020 #78
It's nature. elleng Mar 2020 #26
Fine Cartoonist Mar 2020 #29
Thanks for saying it explicitly. elleng Mar 2020 #31
The belief in nature and the belief in a God are not mutually exclusive. Doodley Mar 2020 #39
I see them as being different. Cartoonist Mar 2020 #56
Did God create nature? Act_of_Reparation Apr 2020 #63
To get to the other side, Loki Liesmith Mar 2020 #28
Now, Newest Reality Mar 2020 #52
Why, it's to punish... somebody... for... something? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #30
Evolution, of course. Igel Mar 2020 #38
Good story. Well said. Doodley Mar 2020 #41
... Major Nikon Mar 2020 #59
11th Grade Science Project.. can't wait until God matures! n/t JustFiveMoreMinutes Mar 2020 #50
She's really really pissed. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #51
My wife says that God is just culling the herd. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2020 #53
Sounds like a dick move. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2020 #62
that would make your wife's god, once again, a mass murderer. Voltaire2 Apr 2020 #70
Don't forget The Flood. I agree with the next post -- God's a prick sometimes, especially LastLiberal in PalmSprings Apr 2020 #72
I guess he should have worried more about bats and less about shellfish. AtheistCrusader Mar 2020 #60
Very simple.. Permanut Apr 2020 #68
The bigger picture is worse! FiveGoodMen Apr 2020 #76
God needs to entertain himself sometimes too. Kablooie Apr 2020 #77
+ Cartoonist Apr 2020 #81
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