Sunday, November 01, 2009

Réflexions à haute voix

How could one believe in an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent benevolent God,
...if one were a victim of a brutal raped?
...if one were a parent of a child who was brutally raped?
...if one were one of the 800 million people on earth suffering from chronic malnutrition?
...if one were to be executed in Auschwitz during WWII or the Holocaust?
...if one were a parent/child/sufferer of a rare incurable debilitating or life-threatening disorder?
...if one were a victim of genocide, ethnic cleansing, human trafficking, poverty, or apartheid, or orphan of HIV/AIDS parents?
...if one were a domestic helper or a child unwarrantedly abused?
...if one were a victim of natural a disaster?
And even if one were not any of these...?

“When beggars die there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.”
William Shakespeare (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)

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