Different in degree or kind; language (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Saturday, December 27, 2014, 19:03 (3406 days ago) @ David Turell


> > Tony: As has become fairly typical, at the end of the day you have resorted to the old trope of "what about the children?" to try and disprove god, as if it would be some kind of merciful kindness to prolong someones life if that life would have been filled with pain, misery, and suffering for both them and those they loved, or as if whats in store here and now is so much better than what is in store later.
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>David: I don't get the point of this statement of yours. I have reached a faith in God from a totally different viewpoint than yours. I see no difference in the endpoint for the two of us. You prefer our approach, I prefer mine. The God/prayer studies were an interesting attempt, but in the long run God remains concealed.--The "What about the death of a child?" argument is so old and so often used that becomes something of a sore spot. Even DHW has used it in the past. It's used so often the witnesses even published literature about it. That is what I mean that it is a trope, overdone, cliche. "For the children..."-http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThinkOfTheChildren
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WouldHurtAChild

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.