If you have witnessed what I have, and insist that life is always worth it no matter how badly you are suffering, then I can only say that your religious superstitions are getting in the way of your humanity, re:compassion. I do not deny the existence of God (it is, however, given the utter lack of evidence, extremely unlikely), but I have seen absolutely no evidence of God’s love or mercy for anyone or anything, either in my life nor in studying human history. If he exists, he’s not terribly interested in human suffering. The “playing God” cop-out is for those too weak or credulous to realize that we are in charge of our own fate; and must deal with life accordingly. No one else is going to do it for us. I suppose you would argue that Dr.s are “playing God” every time they save someone’s life using modern medicine. Are automobile designers “playing God” when they design newer, safer vehicles? Am I “playing God” when I decide to have (or not have) chemotherapy or surgery to remove cancer? I suppose we should just all let nature take it’s course if we become ill or injured, so as not to offend God’s sense of propriety?
Okay then, you have fun with your secular humanist-moral relativist-Darwinist-liberal belief that that which is beyond your comprehension does not exist and make your intellect your God.
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