Hasker's third proposition is that for the problem of divine non-intervention to be a real problem, «we must be able to identify specific kinds of cases in which God morally ought to intervene but does not» Many critics of (traditional) theism probably already have a more or less vague list of such cases, which might include genocidal events, such as the Nazi holocaust and the Rwandan massacre; wars; large - scale natural disasters; conditions of chronic poverty, in which
millions of children die from starvation or are permanently stunted because of inadequate protein; the sexual molestation of children, which often leaves them psychologically scarred for the rest of their lives; death preceded by long, painful illnesses, such as cancer or AIDS, or by mind - destroying conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease; and the kinds of events described by Dostoyevski, such as the soldier using his pistol to get a mother's baby to giggle with delight and then blowing its brains out.
Every day,
millions of children die for lack of a cup of clean water or a little bread.
If there was any God as you think, and he was in any way loving, he would not let
millions of children die of starvation and disease every year.
Thank you too for
the millions of children dying of starvation and disease and neglect.
When you have billionaires with 36 million dollar houses, plus million dollar yachts, and you have
millions of children dying of starvation and in poverty, you know the system of caring and voluntary giving is not working well.
Worldwide, an estimated 15 million babies are born prematurely every year and almost 1
million of those children die each year due to the associated complications.
Millions of children died.
It's not a fluke that
millions of children died as the result Malaria.
There are
millions of children dying every day from preventable vitamin deficiencies and diseases, and we are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on a problem that may not exist.
Not exact matches
They spent 20
million dollars to build it while 42,000
children were
dying every day from hunger and contaminated water for a piece
of crap.
10
million children die every year
of hunger... so tragic and horrible.
I am so glad that god prefers to answer athletes» prayers while
millions of children starve and
die each year!
I guess that in a world where 39,000
children die each day from preventable disease, where around 90,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq, where the current global food crisis causes a
child to
die every seven seconds, where 47
million Americans can not afford basic healthcare, and where women and
children continue to be murdered in Darfur — nothing says «God is pro-life» better than a bunch
of wet democrats.
Also could never figure out why 9
million children under the age
of 5
die every year from simple causes like diarrhea in third world countries while archbishops are building 2
million dollar mansions and the Vatican has billions
of dollars in art... think they could may get these kids some clean water and some vaccinations?
Millions of people are
dying horribly from cancer at this very moment, many
of them
children.
A recent comparative study
of worldwide military and social spending indicated how at present 1.3
million dollars per minute on average are spent for military purposes; during the same minute 30
children die for lack
of food or simple vaccines (WMSE).
b. burns all non-Christians — including innocent
children — for all eternity c. condemns
millions to
die each year from starvation d. allows rampant evil, despite having the ability to stop it effortlessly 4) God hates abortions, yet is a prolific abortionist 5) The bible is the word
of god and must be followed, yet... a. it is full
of blatant contradictions b. it is acceptable to pick and choose what parts you'll follow
2)
millions of children around the world
die, every year,
of sickness and starvation — so not only are you failing here, you're failing around the world.
According to UN statistics, 500,000 to 1
million Iraqi
children have
died as a consequence
of sanctions.
When one adds up the
millions murdered by the communists, one also needs to count the Native Americans, black slaves and Third World
children who have
died because
of Western policies.
God is the all - powerful ruler
of the universe, and his plan is for more than a
million children a year to
die in the United States through abortion.
But consider the price at which that comfort is purchased: it requires us to believe in and love a God whose good ends will be realized not only in spite
of» but entirely by way
of» every cruelty, every fortuitous misery, every catastrophe, every betrayal, every sin the world has ever known; it requires us to believe in the eternal spiritual necessity
of a
child dying an agonizing death from diphtheria,
of a young mother ravaged by cancer,
of tens
of thousands
of Asians swallowed in an instant by the sea,
of millions murdered in death camps and gulags and forced famines.
Jeebus, Mohammed or Buddah don't care if your
children starve or
million die of preventable diseases because they are either dead or fictions.
Let us know how the praying works out... while you are there, please pray for the
millions and
millions of children who
die each year by curable diseases... let us know how that pans out?
And if you believe in your little Bible, well let me tell you God is the fault then... I am Atheist so I don't believe in your delusion... but I must inform you, the truth is slowly emerging that the Bible is lies written many eons ago... Where is your god when
millions of children suffer and
die, Is this his plan, to watch death, destruction, and mayhem prevail..
Severe vitamin A deficiency results in blindness, and half
of the roughly half -
million children who are blinded by it
die within a year.
Half
of the 10
million pre-school-age
children that
die each year have malnutrition as an underlying or associated cause.
Almost one
million children die each year due to complications
of preterm birth.
Most causes
of death in
children are easily prevented, yet almost 11
million children under five
die each year.
At current trends, 60
million children will
die before their fifth birthday between 2017 and 2030, half
of them newborns, according to the report released by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank and the Population Division
of UNDESA which make up the Inter-agency Group for
Child Mortality Estimation.
Globally 2.6
million children died in the first month
of life — approximately 7 000 newborn deaths every day with about 1
million dying on the first day and close to 1
million dying within the next 6 days.
1.35
million people in developing countries, most
of them
children,
die every year from diarrhoeal diseases associated with lack
of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene and overcrowding.
«In the World Organization and UNICEF we estimate that if
children were exclusively breast fed for six months and continued to breast feed for up to two years, with appropriate additional food for six months onwards, we could save 1.5
million children under five years
of age out
of the 8.8
million that we estimate to
die currently every year,» said Daelmans.
Almost a
million children around the world
die from an injury every year, and almost all
of these tragedies are preventable.
Here is few facas: Each year approximately 6,300
children die from accidental injuries Each year 4.5
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Over 820,000
children die each year and
millions more suffer from avoidable diseases and learning difficulties as a result
of suboptimal breastfeeding practices.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2015 an estimated 212
million cases
of malaria occurred worldwide, and 429,000 people
died, mostly
children in Africa.
20 %
of Zimbabweans need support to meet their basic food requirements; 1.6
million people in Zimbabwe are living with HIV / AIDS; 84
of every 1,000
children die before reaching their fifth birthday; 960 mothers out
of every 100,000
die from complications in childbirth; 80 %
of Zimbabweans do not have formal jobs.
«It,» Mr Baldry writes, «has helped reduce the number
of children who
die before their fifth birthday by 4
million since 1990 and the number
of people receiving HIV medication has also increased tenfold as a result
of aid assistance.»
About 5.1
million are malnourished, half a
million children so severely that without treatment 75,000 more will
die by June, warns the U.N. Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
It is estimated that 15
million people
die from infectious disease each year with more than half
of those afflicted being
children.
As
of 2005, before the start
of large - scale free distribution, one
million children or more continued to
die each year in Africa
of a largely preventable and wholly treatable disease.
One
of the few examples is a 160 -
million - year - old reptile that
died alongside its six
children.
In 2013, the World Health Organisation estimated that worldwide 584,000 people
died from malaria, 90 %
of which were
children under five living in Africa, while 198
million were infected.
Two
million people
died of malaria that year, mostly
children.
Although rates
of child deaths reduced dramatically — from 77 · 4 to 45 · 6 per 1000 livebirths — between 2000 and 2013, the authors» projections show that, if current trends continue, in 2030 4 · 4
million children under five years will still
die, and 60 %
of these deaths will occur in sub-Saharan Africa.
«
Millions of children are still
dying of preventable causes at a time when we have the means to deliver cost - effective interventions.
More than 1
million of these babies
die shortly after birth, making preterm birth the second - leading cause
of death in
children under 5.
Estimates for 2015 suggest that 5.9
million children worldwide
died before reaching the age
of five, including 2.7
million newborns.
Writing in a linked Comment, Professor Peter Byass, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research says «Undoubtedly
child mortality is falling, and the world should be proud
of this progress» but he adds»... Of the estimated six million under - 5 child deaths in 2015, only a small proportion were adequately documented at the individual level, with particularly low proportions evident in low - income and middle - income countries, where most childhood deaths occur... That six million under - 5 children continue to die every year in our 21st century world is unacceptable, but even worse is that we seem collectively unable to count, and hence be accountable for, most of those individual deaths.&raqu
of this progress» but he adds»...
Of the estimated six million under - 5 child deaths in 2015, only a small proportion were adequately documented at the individual level, with particularly low proportions evident in low - income and middle - income countries, where most childhood deaths occur... That six million under - 5 children continue to die every year in our 21st century world is unacceptable, but even worse is that we seem collectively unable to count, and hence be accountable for, most of those individual deaths.&raqu
Of the estimated six
million under - 5
child deaths in 2015, only a small proportion were adequately documented at the individual level, with particularly low proportions evident in low - income and middle - income countries, where most childhood deaths occur... That six
million under - 5
children continue to
die every year in our 21st century world is unacceptable, but even worse is that we seem collectively unable to count, and hence be accountable for, most
of those individual deaths.&raqu
of those individual deaths.»