Preventing Injury

When somebody recovers from an illness that commonly destroys life people say praise God, thank God, or hallelujah praise the Lord.  If you point out that a god could have prevented it in the first place they say no, you had to go through it to learn something, we are subject to a mortal existence, or something like that. It's a common answer among Christians.

Here is what I say. I'm not a parent. However, most people I know are. I am an uncle and I have cared for my nieces and nephews. As a parent do you lock up or put in a safe position any poisons in your home? Do you try to prevent your child from physical hardship? They must go through some, but you probably try to prevent the worst hardships.  Do you purposefully put sharp knives on the floor or edge of the counter? Do you continuously let your kids sit in their dirty diapers until they are sick?

If you do things that you can that are meant to prevent injury or death of your child, why do you do so? Do you try to prevent as much injury as you can. Most people would do all they can to keep their kids safe. You are not a god, but you love your child enough to prevent injury any time you can. Either you should follow God's example and let your kids go through deadly scenarios and take the praise when they don’t die, or keep being better than your god.