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That is not quite what you said before. Oral traditions may last a few hundred years, but not tens of thousands. That is expecting rather too much of our ancestors, I am afraid.
If you believe God created man, then sorry, the responsibility is ultimately his.
When Ford motor company manufactured cars that tended to blow up when rear ended, was it the drivers fault, or the people who manufactured the cars?
Nope. Mankind was created with free will; the responsiblity is absolutely ours, as long as we have the means to feed the whole world, but choose not to do so.
That is not God's fault. It is ours.
I don't have a problem with stories being passed on for generations, through interruptions of war and genocide, cultural proliferation etc. We are on a forum where we are discussing at least 6,000 years of historicity right? And the Hebrew alphabet only dates to about 1,000 BC.
There is a much bigger story inside the fragmented story of A & E.
Did God know what this free will would deliver in man, or was he unaware of the same?
Actually, being in healthcare for over 20 years and having an advanced degree in this area, man has done quite well in dealing with disease and extending human life and improving the quality of life even with disease.
Evidence for his intervention?
I don't believe a deity exists. Since you do, did the deity you believe in know what he was creating, or was he not sure what the outcome would be?
You remember the 9 million children I mentioned who die each year before the age of five? Do you think their parents and loved ones prayed for these children?
How come their prayer didn't warrant an intervention? Didn't they pray hard enough?The number was 7.6 million children in total.
And I have no idea; I assume so, unless they were humanists.
I was speaking about disease and medical science, not armaments.
How come their prayer didn't warrant an intervention? Didn't they pray hard enough?
The number was 7.6 million children in total.
And I have no idea; I assume so, unless they were humanists.
Yes, and I was contrasting the saints in medicine with the sinners in armaments. Sadly we have both.
On what basis? Where is the evidence of an intervention?You are assuming that the intervention did not happen. I would assume it did.
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