Question for the Christians posting.

I mean no disrespect as I was raised Catholic myself but I've started questioning a lot. I have a question that no one's ever been able to answer. If everything that happens is God's will, then why do innocent children die of cancer every day, why are they born with horrific birth defects, why would God want a child to suffer in this way? From a mom who's lived it first hand.

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bijouxbroussard · F

I was raised Catholic, too. I left the church for several reasons. I was taught a certain doctrine, by fallible human beings, that to anyone with a brain seemed contradictory and inconsistent. When I questioned what I was taught, I was discouraged and even punished. I was told to “read the Bible”, then told that the things spelled out explicitly were not to be taken literally, “we will explain to you what it means”. Again, inconsistent and contradictory. I hung in there for a very long time. I don’t hassle people of faith, among whom are my parents; I figure if it comforts them, that’s a good thing.

indyjoe · 56-60, M

@bijouxbroussard It's not just the teachings...Christianity itself is contradictory. All Christians claim that Christianity is the one true religion set up by the one true God. These same people claim God is perfect, infallible, and makes no mistakes; yet why then is Christianity so divided? You have the Catholics and Protestants, and then each one of them are divided into many different denominations with different beliefs and each either claiming that they are the only right ones or just can't agree with each other (and that doesn't even include all of the non-denominational off shoots that have and continue to pop up). Sounds like it's a human flaw and error to me and not something that was set up by the one true and steadfast God.