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A 14 year-old pregnant girl was buried alive by her boyfriend... (Original Post) truebrit71 Jun 2015 OP
Their god punished her for the sin of sex Warpy Jun 2015 #1
Sometimes I really, really don't care that much for God's will. BlueJazz Jun 2015 #2
Far from me the idea of defending religion, but.. Yorktown Jun 2015 #3
No. My point was more along the lines of... truebrit71 Jun 2015 #5
Oh! Him (She/It)? Yorktown Jun 2015 #6
Maybe it happened on Sunday needledriver Jun 2015 #7
Is it me being suspicious, or are you demeaning god? Yorktown Jun 2015 #8
What, wait - there's more? needledriver Jun 2015 #9
Well, after all frogmarch Jun 2015 #4

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
1. Their god punished her for the sin of sex
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 03:48 PM
Jun 2015

something her boyfriend was exempted from since he's not the one with the pregnancy.

Awful story. The worst part is that it's not terribly unusual, although young girls are usually dead when they're put into those shallow graves.

 

Yorktown

(2,884 posts)
3. Far from me the idea of defending religion, but..
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 06:56 PM
Jun 2015

..was this done in the name of it?

The motive could the social future of the boy in a traditionalistic society

An extreme form of contraception by people with primitive social values?

(Religion playing an indirect role as helping set these social values)

 

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)
5. No. My point was more along the lines of...
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 07:22 PM
Jun 2015

... where was the omnipotent, all-powerful, all-knowing, loving god to prevent this from happening in the first place....

 

Yorktown

(2,884 posts)
6. Oh! Him (She/It)?
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 07:32 PM
Jun 2015

Can't you give the guy a break?


Can't expect the chap to be on the job 24/7/365/billions of years non stop, you know?

Not reasonable and all that.


 

needledriver

(836 posts)
7. Maybe it happened on Sunday
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 08:07 PM
Jun 2015

when He was "resting", because nothing says "omnipotent" like needing a day off after creating one crappy little solar system.

 

Yorktown

(2,884 posts)
8. Is it me being suspicious, or are you demeaning god?
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 08:09 PM
Jun 2015

A crappy little solar system?

(He) created 10^22 crappy little solar systems.

Show some respect.

 

needledriver

(836 posts)
9. What, wait - there's more?
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 11:21 PM
Jun 2015

I thought Earth was the center of everything and all the stars and stuff travel in epicycles.

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