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To: RoosterRedux

“A father teaches his children about the dangers of life, but ultimately, he has to let them grow up and make their own decisions.”

That’s because we as human fathers don’t have the powers you claim “father God” has.

If you had an adult son who was ruining his life doing drugs and you had the power to wave a magic wand and stop him from doing that you wouldn’t do it? You’d let him wreck his life and probably kill himself and just watch him, when you could easily save him? Really?


168 posted on 12/09/2025 8:19:53 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: aquila48
Wave a magic wand? Really?

Are you saying that God should lock people in their basements if they are going to destroy their lives? Really?

You are asking childish questions.

169 posted on 12/09/2025 8:27:12 AM PST by RoosterRedux (“Critical thinking is hard; that’s why most people just jump to conclusions.”—Jung (paraphrased))
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To: aquila48
If you had an adult son who was ruining his life doing drugs and you had the power to wave a magic wand and stop him from doing that you wouldn’t do it? You’d let him wreck his life and probably kill himself and just watch him, when you could easily save him? Really?

It's an interesting question. The only chink in the argument is a presupposition that one has a right to being saved from your chosen destruction. Maybe a tough one, even between humans, because it pits the potential fault or guilt of the parent against the real fault of the son.

176 posted on 12/09/2025 8:43:33 AM PST by aspasia
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To: aquila48
...when you could easily save him?

It appears you used SAVE when the more proper word would be CONTROL.

192 posted on 12/09/2025 3:17:03 PM PST by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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