'Cancer is a man-made punishment from god'

Rant

Driving with my christian aunt today and at one point during our conversation she tells me that cancer is a man made illness. and god wouldn't create something bad like that because he is good, and we did it to ourselves. LIKE????

  • I THOUGHT GOD MADE EVERYTHING?!?! WTF. If god created all things THEN HE MADE ILLNESSES.
  • I'll agree that there are a lot of man-made things that increase the risk of cancer but people can get cancer from being out in the sun too much or hereditary reasons. It's not just smoking.

Apparently she meant that man created cancer when Adam and eve first sinned, and that's why bad things exist. It's a punishment for humanity's sin. AGAIN. WTF?!?!?

  • Why do animals get cancer too? My dad's dog had prostate cancer. Why are dogs being punished for Human sin?!?! that's unjust af.
  • If cancer is god's punishment for sin then how did god not create it? IF 'GOD MADE EVERYTHING', THEN GOD MADE THAT TOO.
  • Wasn't the punishment for the first sin death, when did god pepper cancer into the mix?
  • You can't argue that illness is complexly man-made when god literally punishes people with illness in the bible.
  • Also that's basically implying that sickness is a punishment for sin. WTF.
    • if it's a punishment for sin why isn't everyone dying of disease.
    • What about babies that are born sick? WTF did they do?
    • Why do only some people get horribly sick and other's don't.
    • Why does Illness appear completely unbiased. IE innocent and evil people all get sick.

I was honestly really shocked to even hear make this argument. there were so many fallacies and holes in her logic I have no idea how she believes this. Just, WTF to all my aunt's logic.

Posted Mar 12, 2020, 6:16 AM UTC

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