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To: garbanzo
But nothing this boy did himself is the cause of his cancer...why would a benevolent deity punish him for something Adam and Eve supposedly did?

The punishment all unsaved man will receive is precisely because of the havoc our sin wreaked upon the earth. God's order was ruined by man's sin, and things like cancer are the result of a good creation gone awry. Yes, God does punish people on earth (1Tim 5:24), but every bad thing that happens to people should not be taken as direct judgement from God (John 9:1-5; Job).

324 posted on 12/21/2001 4:28:53 PM PST by Egg
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To: Egg
But God does little to alievate suffering - why for example didn't God supernaturally cure the kid's cancer as opposed to having a moral dilemma on whether or not he should have sex?
326 posted on 12/21/2001 4:31:35 PM PST by garbanzo
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