Big Fitz
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If your god allows them die when he can prevent it, then it becomes his responsibility.
No, it is not. Ability does not denote responsibility. A common fallacy. You are not responsible for your brother's welfare. You are responsible for your own, and anything else is charity. You also cannot force people to accept charity. Defeats the purpose.
At the end of the day, your god allegedly has the power to end all suffering here and now....in an instant. Failure to do that leads to the thoughts of Epicurus.
Free will. God is not a spiritual rapist. Do you want God to strip away your ability to hate Him and force you to worship Him? Again, Ability does not demand action.
Also, on a side note, do we know what God's goals are? God could make things worse you know if He so chose. He has the ability, and really, we'd deserve it... wouldn't we?
Oh and before I forget... why do you demand the salvation from something you do not believe in? Why are you not making the same demands of Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. If they are equivalent in your mind, why shed extra scorn on God?
I have spent many years working voluntarily with the starving in Somalia, Darfur, Mozambique and Ethiopia.
Taking your word for it, good for you! You're living far beyond most people. You must have a calling to do that somehow.
On the other hand, why aren't you doing more? Don't you have the ability? At what point does your own life take precedence over the death and suffering of others? Now mind you, I'm just tweaking you on this last bit to show that maybe you're being a tad skewed in your view of something you don't believe exists. It's good you're doing so much.