Why didn't God kill baby Adolf Hitler?

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The concept of a "hands-on" god is fast becoming out dated. More and more people are leaning the idea of god as a sort of passive force of nature like gravity or weather, not the bearded micro-manager of old. Such newer beliefs are less in conflict with science and allow people to take the good that religion has to offer without straining the limits of their belief in known fact.
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Wait, what relevance does two people, not mentioned in the thread title, reported lack of belief in god have to do with the question?

If that detail concerns you, then, by all means, add their names to the list of people not killed by god.

Nomaster. We have no evidence that god has ever killed anyone, so it's a little strange to ask why he didn't kill Hitler.



Because its believers default response when challenged by none believers.

I would counter that question with, why did god let 2 none believers kill so many people?
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Fundamentalist atheists. Sheesh.
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It's odd how the devil seems to evade all blame. It's like having a super good neighbour on one side and a super bad one on the other and every time something is stolen from your yard, people blame the good neighbour.
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Oh ya right play the devil card when all other excuses fail. So why does God let the Devil make him look like a goof?
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Gixxer wrote:Oh ya right play the devil card when all other excuses fail. So why does God let the Devil make him look like a goof?


I don't think he looks like a goof any more than Hitler's mom looks like a goof.
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zzontar wrote:
I don't think he looks like a goof any more than Hitler's mom looks like a goof.


Right, so why did God let Hitlers mom give birth to him?
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How and or why has any of world's mass killers/serial killers ever been able to exist.

Good luck finding that answer
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GordonH wrote:How and or why has any of world's mass killers/serial killers ever been able to exist.

Good luck finding that answer


A psychologist would be a good place to start.
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zzontar wrote:It's odd how the devil seems to evade all blame. It's like having a super good neighbour on one side and a super bad one on the other and every time something is stolen from your yard, people blame the good neighbour.


How do you know that god is the "good one" and the devil is the "evil one"?
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is winter over wrote:How do you know that god is the "good one" and the devil is the "evil one"?


Since good and evil are fairly universal concepts, and not restricted to religion, what would drive you to choose the devil as "good"?
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Why does God allow children to be murdered or to be sexually abused? Especially by his extreme followers in places like Utah?
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Gixxer wrote:Why does God allow children to be murdered or to be sexually abused? Especially by his extreme followers in places like Utah?


You seem to have a fairly clear idea of what form God takes, one that aligns with a literalist interpretation of the Bible. How did you arrive at that ?
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Maybe a more appropriate task for God would have been to save Archduke Franz Ferdenand's life so neither of the world wars would have occured in the first place. The almighty really missed the ball on that one.
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Gixxer wrote:Why does God allow children to be murdered or to be sexually abused? Especially by his extreme followers in places like Utah?


These children have parents who had parents, etc.so why do parents allow this to happen? Hopefully you get the point of that.
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