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rbwinn wrote:
> On Jul 7, 8:08�pm, "Smiler" <Smi...@Joe.King.com> wrote:
>>"rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
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>>Well, all you are doing is saying that God is guilty of
>>murder every time a natural death occurs.
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>>Yet you say your supposed god is responsible
>>every time a baby is born.
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> Well, since you are going to be a prosecutor who is
> going to indict God, you need to know that I am not
> a judge, so take your complaint elsewhere.

Imagine someone who is not a prosecutor.
Imagine someone (like me) who just wants to understand
what you, not God, mean when you refer to "natural deaths".

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I have trouble thinking about "natural deaths" in connection
with God. For humans, calling a death "natural" means no one
did anything to bring it about. But doesn't Gospel assure us
: Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of
: them will fall to the ground apart from the will of
: your Father. [Matthew 10:29]
Insurance companies would probably call a natural death
an "act of God". What might a death that was NOT God's
will be like?

Maybe you could clarify what you mean by "natural death"
in the context of God's activity in the world, whatever
that activity may be.

First, what would you count as a life saved by God?
Spin some scenarios. It doesn't matter (for once) about
evidence that any of these scenarios has ever occurred.
I'm just asking for your opinion.

What would you count as definitely a God-caused death?
Almost as important: what would you count as a death that
was definitely NOT God-caused? Some possibilities:
Drowning in Noah's flood? Drowning in any other flood?
A lightning strike? A lightning strike from an empty sky?
Cancer that did not receive a prayed-for miraculous remission?
Execution by church members doing God's will?

Assuming that you choose to clarify what you are trying to
say, thanks in advance.

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Jim Burns