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Theland - It's taken long enough, but finally something approaching an honest answer - for which, thanks.
// The lift!e boy killed by lightning may or may not be part of Gods plan. I simply don't know, but I do know that in the bigger picture, ultimately good will come of it, bit not immediately apparent, and certainly not to his loved ones. //
First of all, surely everything is part of 'God's Plan' - and if it's not, then how does anyone know what is and what is not included?
And secondly, if 'good will come of it' - and obviously we can acknowledge that it's not in any way going to be 'good' for anyone involved in this tragedy, except the recipieints of this pooor child's organs, then how are we ever to know what they 'good' is, and who received it?
To simply say that 'some good will come of it' without a reasonable pointer as to where and when this 'good' will be provided, it simply brings me back to my fundamental criticism - that the notion of 'God's Plan' is simply a catch-all wooly get-out for every bad thing that ever happens.
Contrary to the jibes of others, I am genuinely interested in how this works - if there is an explanation beyond simply advising that this is how it is, and we just have to live with it.