# God must be a sadist

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 25, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080 "2012-12-25T01:04:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![pchaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/258eb7/32.png) [@pchaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pchaos)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/180 "2013-01-15T15:35:08Z")

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> [@simster](#):
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> I’m certainly not going to tell them that there recently departed loved one is “in a better place” or that “god has a plan” - all empty meaningless things to say to a grieving parent.

That’s what I would say and I would say it with conviction. And the parents who are religious would feel better, and I would feel better because my grandson had died.

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