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[stoo_5986]

www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/haiti_48_hours_later.html

It's basically a photographic journal of the aftermath, I just included 2 pics but there are many more. Check it out, The pictures are excellent, and by excellent I don't mean the images themselves, but the devastation they reveal. It's the uncensored tragedy the news stations and

Comments

[blk_letter_day]

why does every stupid person say where is God now whenever a tragedy befalls?
that's the most uneducated remark i've ever read.

[stoo_5986]

To start, I do not believe God is ever present bc I do not believe that God exists.

Tragedies occur every day, on personal and global scales. I ask the question all the time, not just in this specific case.

Is it "uneducated" to point out the fact that a supposed omnipotent, omniscient deity allows for this to happen? When it is in fact within its power to stop it from occurring?
I understand that the world needs suffering in order to understand joy, but to what degree? Why does God allow for suffering in epic proportions?

I'm just looking for more justification than "everything happens for a reason."...the most bullshit cop-out philosophy of all time. So if you have an answer, feel free to provide rather than simply insult my question!

I am sincerely looking for some explanation from a believer, how can anyone put full faith into a God that allows for such disaster?

[take_my_hand302]

Deity is suppose to stop suffering. Isn't that the poorest country in that area of the globe that now got a global recognition that it needs help. "Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention."- John Doe off Seven

yeh its a movie but it describes my point. granted he was a crazy fuckin guy but its true.

[blk_letter_day]

in no way is God responsible for saving anything but our souls, and he did that.

[blk_letter_day]

the planet is too highly overpopulated. there needs to be no cure for aids, and more genocides need to take place in order for the human race to continue to survive.
are you telling me that you have never known something bad was going to happen to a friend, but thought they needed to learn a lesson and grow from it?
so you said nothing?
God helps those who help themselves.
tragedy needs to befall.
life is about overcoming hardships and coming out a stronger better person with a higher understanding. try to look at the big picture

[blk_letter_day]

its in your power to go take a homeless person off the street and put them in your house, bt do you do it?
don't think so.
rethink your argument and study more theology and learn more about God before making judgements on the All-Mighty

[forbes08]

haha your dum

[blk_letter_day]

who's dumb? me? because i guarantee you that my intelligence far outstrips that of your exponentially.

[prettylush93]

What a Christian outlook!