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Pastor’s daughter, 6, killed in freak badminton accident while on vacation
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2024
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This is the sort of thing that would break me if I were to believe in god in the first place, man. Like, like religion or not, this dude devoted his life to an entity that has a "plan" and then his sweet daughter dies in an accident that his other kids were also present for and participants in. How could you believe after that? Fuck. Hope they make it out of this as well as they can.
Totally agree. And can you imagine being the person whose racket broke and killed her? Whether you did something wrong or not, you'd always feel responsible for her death. At least, I would.
Sounds like that person was her sibling too... Just tragic
They're setup for a life of pain, depression and self harm behaviour...
Because it's " part of the plan, and it was challenging at first, and it tested my faith. I even asked 'y u do dis god?' and then I learned something something god is glorious n such"
I'm not religious, but I grew up in a religious home. It's worth noting that "everything happens for a reason" and "God has a plan for everything" are not in the Bible and are not doctrine, as far as I remember. These are platitudes people with a poor understanding of their religion say, but not actually part of the belief system. This pastor likely has a more nuanced, and possibly more painful, view of this event through the lens of their belief.
Those tenets were definitely a part of my upbringing haha
Something similar (but maybe not quite as tragic) is why my wife and mother-in-law lost their religion. My MIL was catholic, and initially tried to raise my wife as such. But my wife was really painfully sick for years as a child. Basically all of her elementary school years were spent either in pain or unconscious. She doesn’t even remember most of her childhood. Watching her go through it and not being able to do anything to help was what caused my MIL (and by extension, my wife) to lose religion. Because what kind of benevolent god would intentionally inflict that on a child?
Hey now, daughter is singing psalms in heaven right at this very moment!
Or she's in hell of course.