An answer to "Why do bad things happen to good people?

Mew Guy · Post by **Mew Guy** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:30 am

When something bad happens, something good will always come out of it.

Example: If someone close to you dies, they will then able to help you in ways that they couldn't in their mortal state.

When you have a child, they could become the child's guardian spirit and help them.

Rorschach · Post by **Rorschach** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:37 am

Bad things happen to eveyone, sooner or later
Some people are good
So bad things happen to good people
It's a comforting point you make Mew, I guess, but I wouldn't neccessarily recommend walking into a funeral and telling people it

Azurain · Post by **Azurain** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:39 am

Apologies to all Mew Guy Defenders, but...

Mew, I hope you die. Painfully. Then you would never post here again. Something good would come from something bad. Of course, that's assuming that your death would be a bad thing...

Apologies again, all, but sometimes even the most civil of us cannot help but become annoyed by constant, utter, repetative, cliched, stupidity such as this.

Rorschach · Post by **Rorschach** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:46 am

Put him on 'ignore', Azurain
The hard fact is that Mew is not breaking any forum rules (at least I don't think he is) so he has the right to remain posting here
Irritating you is not banworthy, so ignore him - as a favour to me - I don't like to see people being annoyed

Azurain · Post by **Azurain** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:49 am

Don't worry, Rorschach... usually his inanities don't get to me, or if they do I refrain from commenting out of general politeness, but... I snapped. The whole "something good will come of it" idea makes me want to strangle small animals, you see, and with his avatar and all...

Or maybe I was just being clever and sarcastic for my own cruel amusement's sake...

(edit: besides, if I ignored him I'd miss all the amusement from seeing other people tear into him. And that's a lot of entertainment value to miss out on)

Princess_Lorien · Post by **Princess_Lorien** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 10:31 am

Oh i am so there when it comes to amusing you Azurain.

*makes an evil face at mew guy and blows kisses to Rorschach*

Messiah · Post by **Messiah** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:05 am

Oh, i think he's breaking all the rules that were created simply by being here. Damnit mew, at least stick to just posting then, but please, pretty please, with sugar on top, quit starting new threads. What's the point of this one, really? This is not even worth discussing.

Rorschach · Post by **Rorschach** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:27 am

[quote="Messiah";p="327688"]Oh, i think he's breaking all the rules that were created simply by being here.[/quote]
No
No he's not
Either ignore him or be grateful that you have your whipping boy, if that's what you need, stop bleating about it

Lord Terrible · Post by **Lord Terrible** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:30 am

Errrrrr...

My mom haves cancer. She's not a bad person, and she's been living healthily. If she dies, her two daughter (my two stepsisters) are left with their moronic maniodepressive (with emphasis on depressive), controlling father (my stepdad). Now, what good could there possibly come out of her death?

Pretty much none I'm afraid.. I'd lose contact with them too, since he's so controlling.

I can't rule out that good things might come out of bad things, but it is VERY RARELY the good result that dominates

Prospero · Post by **Prospero** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:40 am

Lord Terrible wins. We don't live in an ideal world here.

Catamaul · Post by **Catamaul** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:45 pm

If your mother dies, perhaps you will find solace in the fact that she's not suffering and you can seperate yourself from the step father completely. She will also no longer have to be with a super controling dude like him. In loosing her, perhaps it is the life changing event that would force your step sisters to recognize there dad is the way he is.

Perhaps I don't know what the hell I am talking about. I am sorry that your mother is sick. I hope she recovers dude.

-On Mew_Guy-
I like Mew_Guy - He is very ammusing. Every court needs a jestor to make fun of, and that fat ass pikachick on his DA gallery is a roit. His facination with Pokemon amazes me. I wonder if he has ever humped a stuffed pikachu pluch toy like that dog in that video....

Lord Terrible · Post by **Lord Terrible** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:57 pm

Catamaul wrote:If your mother dies, perhaps you will find solace in the fact that she's not suffering and you can seperate yourself from the step father completely. She will also no longer have to be with a super controling dude like him. In loosing her, perhaps it is the life changing event that would force your step sisters to recognize there dad is the way he is.

Perhaps I don't know what the hell I am talking about. I am sorry that your mother is sick. I hope she recovers dude.

-On Mew_Guy-
I like Mew_Guy - He is very ammusing. Every court needs a jestor to make fun of, and that fat ass pikachick on his DA gallery is a roit. His facination with Pokemon amazes me. I wonder if he has ever humped a stuffed pikachu pluch toy like that dog in that video....

Errr... I don't think that my sisters would benefit from loosing their mother. If they really did break free from his iron rule, they'd be without home and food... So I just hope she'll be making it

But thanks for your concern..

BTW: Oh, I read it as my sisters would separate completely... but yeah, I am already separated from him completely, and I think they know what he's really like. Besides, he's been worse to me, since I wasn't his real child I guess... or maybe because I couldn't accept him as my father. He hates my real father too.. bah, all in all, my stepdad is an asshole

Aether · Post by **Aether** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:26 pm

The only way it could be true that "When something bad happens, something good will always come out of it" is if you believe in a morally perfect God. However, if you believe this, it also comes with a very strange world-view. First, the good that comes out of the bad won't necessarily happen to the people who have been harmed by the bad thing. Second, since a morally perfect God could only work towards the best of all possible outcomes, nothing can be left to chance, so everything is predetermined. That's Leibniz for ya.

Lord Terrible · Post by **Lord Terrible** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:58 pm

[quote="Aether";p="327829"]The only way it could be true that "When something bad happens, something good will always come out of it" is if you believe in a morally perfect God. However, if you believe this, it also comes with a very strange world-view. First, the good that comes out of the bad won't necessarily happen to the people who have been harmed by the bad thing. Second, since a morally perfect God could only work towards the best of all possible outcomes, nothing can be left to chance, so everything is predetermined. That's Leibniz for ya.[/quote]

Well said. In my case, it would probably benefit my stepfather. Depends whether he loves her or not. If we see the entire world, if the third world developed western technology and industry, we'd all be suffocating in CO2 by now...

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:05 pm

Why bad things happen to good people is because the world is not perfect. And "good people" is relative.

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