# Why does God create Disabled Babies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 6, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929 "2004-01-06T02:04:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/1 "2004-01-06T02:04:40Z")
If you accept the existance of an Almighty Being with purpose in His creation, why does He make babies to bring into the world which are burdens to others? Babies which may end up euthanized, aborted, abused, institutionalized, or otherwise ends up some way unwanted. ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/2 "2004-01-06T02:23:48Z")
I didn’t know disabled babies had a corner on being unwanted, aborted, abused or institutionalized. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/3 "2004-01-06T02:32:37Z")
You will probably find a parent of a disbaled child coming here telling you they are not a burden, but a blessing. ---
**Author:** ![raizok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@raizok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raizok)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/4 "2004-01-06T02:37:53Z")
If you believe in karma, it could be their past coming back to haunt them. Or if its reincarnation, it could be voluntary, as a way to atone for past sins. Eh, I dont know 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/5 "2004-01-06T02:42:20Z")
God doesnt make them all. I know a few women who used drugs that had babies with severe birth defects, and I am not talking about prescribed medication like Thalydamide. ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/6 "2004-01-06T02:48:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Susanann \* > \*\*God doesnt make them all. I know a few women who used drugs that had babies with severe birth defects, and I am not talking about prescribed medication like Thalydamide. \*\* Well why did god create druggie moms then ? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/7 "2004-01-06T02:52:55Z")
Because God works in mysterious ways and we’re apparently too stupid to understand. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/8 "2004-01-06T03:17:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rashak Mani \* > \*\*Well why did god create druggie moms then ? \*\* You are getting the God and the Devil mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![IWLN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@IWLN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IWLN)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/9 "2004-01-06T03:19:26Z")
If you believe in G-d, then you also know that our time on Earth is very short, compared to a timeless existence. I don’t believe any of the evil, or pain or any of the bad stuff has anything to do with “free will” or original sin. I think man came up with those concepts to explain why bad things happen, but it’s not true. We’re here to experience, learn, grow and become what we were meant to be. It’s kind of like the process of forging metal. You heat it and hammer it and when it cools, it’s stronger. All of our experiences, good and bad are actually gifts from G-d. To make us become all that we can be. When the bad seems overwhelming and hopeless, it just means you need to jump in and help someone. We’re not finished yet. We’re still in the process of being created. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/10 "2004-01-06T03:21:00Z")
Then why did God create the Devil? ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Joe\_Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Random)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/11 "2004-01-06T03:22:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Susanann \* > \*\*You are getting the God and the Devil mixed up. \*\* But since God created the devil, then it amounts to the same thing, doesn’t it? Which brings up an interesting question. Does Satan have free will? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/12 "2004-01-06T03:29:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > \*\*Then why did God create the Devil? \*\* How do you know it wasn’t the other way around? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/13 "2004-01-06T03:32:56Z")
He cannot change and be forgiven, if thats what you mean. Its too late. Free will to mess with folks? Probably. God created the devil, but he went bad.(the devil, that is) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Zahn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@John\_Zahn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Zahn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/14 "2004-01-06T03:36:10Z")
For those that accept the Bible, God created evil. (Isaiah 45:7) JZ ---
**Author:** ![IWLN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@IWLN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IWLN)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/15 "2004-01-06T03:36:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*He cannot change and be forgiven, if thats what you mean. > Its too late. > Free will to mess with folks? Probably. > > God created the devil, but he went bad.(the devil, that is) \*\* Are you telling me that G-d had no control over what the Devil did. The devil rebelled and G-d was powerless to stop him? So much for omnipotent. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![IWLN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@IWLN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IWLN)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/16 "2004-01-06T03:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Zahn \* > **For those that accept the Bible, God created evil. (Isaiah 45:7)** Not as a punishment, as a part of our growth. Not one of his creations in rebellion. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/17 "2004-01-06T03:43:34Z")
Sure, God is omnipotent! But He wants beings to love Him freely. If satan wanted to rebel, He let him. God is not a control freak. ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/18 "2004-01-06T03:43:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joe Random \* > \*\*But since God created the devil, then it amounts to the same thing, doesn’t it? > > Which brings up an interesting question. Does Satan have free will? \*\* 1. No. It doesnt amount to the same thing at all. 2. Of course Satan has free will, and he chose evil and darkness. He chose to rebel against God and took some demons with him. People also have the choice to choose good or evil, to join God’s team, or Lucifer’s team. 3. Back to the original question. Human bodies are amazingly complex with uncountable interdependencies and so many things that could go wrong. Any student of anatomy and physiology, or anybody in the medical sciences can tell you that. Actually, God “created” Adam and Eve, the first people, who did not have birth defects, and who had good genes which did not produce birth defects in their children. The first humans had no recorded diseases or defects, and lived a very long time - hundreds of years. What you are seeing today, is thousands of years of humans polluting, tinkering, misuse of sex and other things, and in general, abusing their bodies and their genes. Taking drugs, abusing sex, putting your hand in the fire, jumping off cliffs, driving without your seat belt, not eating or drinking healthy foods, etc will all cause harm to your body, your body is not superman. God is not the one that is doing that/harming/destroying your body and your eggs and your genes, YOU are. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/19 "2004-01-06T03:45:22Z")
and now theyre faded. Sorry, that post just Lent itself to that. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929/20 "2004-01-06T03:45:42Z")
I know this has been brought up before but… There is no God making babies or anything else. God was created by humans. Not the other way around. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-god-create-disabled-babies/222929.md?page=2)