That's an interesting point and one I hadn't heard before. Having said that, horrible though bilharzia is, we can imagine something worse than bilharzia (bilharzia PLUS leprosy!). So I don't think this is entirely fair.
And I do think that "why does a loving God make necrotizing fasciitis?" is a different question from "why does a loving God let us stub our toe?" Pain from trauma serves a purpose -- to help us learn to avoid trauma. Pain from disease is just content-less suffering.
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Re: Assuming you're talking about an interventionist god...
Date: 2008-08-04 05:38 pm (UTC)And I do think that "why does a loving God make necrotizing fasciitis?" is a different question from "why does a loving God let us stub our toe?" Pain from trauma serves a purpose -- to help us learn to avoid trauma. Pain from disease is just content-less suffering.