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Doodley

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42. Without freedom of thought and freedom of action, we would not be human. We would

Sun Mar 29, 2020, 03:58 PM

Mar 2020

be machines. It isn't so much about what God wants, assuming there is a God, it's about humans making choices that have consequences.

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Why did God create the coronavirus? [View all] Cartoonist Mar 2020 OP

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

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