nemesis wrote:
> Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote:
>> Tell me how, in any way shape or form, a 2 year old getting cancer and
>> dying painfully fits into any plan to make the rest of the world a
>> better place.
> 
> A painful departure always creates a change of heart to those who stay.  It may
> also happen to those truly faithful, in which case I see it as provation.

Yes, so ... When a grief-stricken father falls off the deep end, enters 
a crowded shopping mall and starts picking off random people with his 
hunting rifle, this makes the world much better? Lets say the father in 
this case was very faithful, believed in God and believed the Bible is 
literal truth. His becomes delusional in his grief, refuses psychiatric 
help, relying only on church and scripture, and hears the voice of God 
saying his child contracted cancer because of all of the evil in the 
world, and he has now been chosen to eradicate that evil. He truly 
believes God is talking to him. God instructs him on which people are 
evildoers. He picks them off and shoots them each and every one at God's 
instruction. The man was truly faithful, believed in God, but was 
delusional, causing the death of several people. One of whom was on 
their way to creating a community outreach program to help impoverished 
children in the inner city, who because of this man will never reach 
this goal. How does that make the world a better place?

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