UD...the simple fact of that lady having her children and Father wouldn't have changed my life one iota. I would have still gone to the same school and met the same hot Brazilian married her, became a pastor, etc, etc...
this isn't that cheesy movie "Final Destination" we're talking about here.
It is of course true that by saving a family member you have no clue what the repercussions would be for them...but that isn't the point. The point is that you would have spared them from something you deemed as terrible. Who knows whats to come after?
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ok, we've talked about the problem of evil, and the extent of the atonement's application, but my real question to you is, "Could Jesus dunk?"