Why are people disformed?

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I don’t understand why God will allow people to be born disformed. What’s the purpose?

I also don’t believe its to pay for our sins, since our sins were paid by Jesus Christ. There’s no reasons at all.
 
Here’s Jesus’ enigmatic answer to the question:
1As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. 2And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. (John 9:1-3)
 
When Adam and Eve ate the fruit they weren’t suppose to, they opened up a way for all of evil to come into the world. Ever heard of pandora’s box? It’s sort of along the same line. Well, in our ability to “know good and evil,” we have to put up with the evil that is now in the world. Deformities are a part of that evil.

There are many things that we cry over. Why does this person have cancer? Why was this child born with a heart problem? Why did someone break into our house and steal from us? Of course, there is also, “Why didn’t I see that red light?” "Why didn’t I keep a little closer eye on my child? We all have to face something.

I know this is probably not what you wanted to hear. But it’s true. All we can do is turn to God and pray for His will in our lives and those of others.
 
Jack17 said:
I don’t understand why God will allow people to be born disformed. What’s the purpose?

I also don’t believe its to pay for our sins, since our sins were paid by Jesus Christ. There’s no reasons at all.
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So that the deformed may be humble and humble others, and so God’s Name may be sanctified in him.

Plus, every suffering we bear will gain us eternal treasure. Imagine the beauty of the deformed in Heaven!
 
Ah Yes - One of the great questions of the Age.
Why does God “Allow” this or that negative thing to happen.
We don’t understand but somehow we think we should understand.

Jesus answer as quoted by Todd is probably the best you can receive.

It is a good answer because it, like many of Jesus teachings, forces us to examine ourselves. For instance, my wife who holds a RN, MS, and MBA developed Alzheimers Disease 6 years ago. Why would God do this to her? Why would he reduce her to the level of a two year old? What good is this (or any other terminal disease) in God’s Love?
Well let me briefly share what "Good has come of it. It stirred us both to return to the Church. It has taught us both complacency in God’s will. I have learned more about patience, endurance, Love, sincereity, friendship, faith, perseverence, and the power of prayer in the last about 4 years than I learned over my entire life up to that time.

We cannot tell you for sure whether God “causes” birth defect, or if He “allows” them or why. What we can tell you is that those born “misformed” provide a great and powerful opportunity for the rest of us to demonstrate and learn of how God’s love flows through us into the world.

Peace
James
 
I have a theory that I call “sin pollution”. Basically–every time someone sins, they add to the “sin pollution” of the world. As you can imagine, if it were measurable like air pollution or water pollution, people would be up in arms about how bad the pollution level is these days.

Now, some people get sick from these various ‘natural pollutions’ (air/water/soil) without ever having done a thing to contribute to the pollution. Some of them get sick even though they actively try to clean up the pollution.

In the same way, sin pollution can cause sickness in mind, body, and spirit. Some of the people whose deformities/disabilities/illnesses/death did nothing whatsoever to contribute to the sin pollution in the world (the children who die before birth whether due to abortion or some physical abnormality incompatible with life or the ones who are born with terrible problems).

So sin pollution causes suffering, even to those who didn’t actively contribute to the pollution (including the parents of someone who suffers from some deformity or other damage, because they are suffering right along with the child). It’s not to “pay for our sins” but rather that our sins make the world such a sick place that it’s more remarkable that more people aren’t suffering from visible effects of living in such a polluted place.
 
Is it wrong for me to think that deformities are purely scientific and are not a part of God’s will or lack thereof?
 
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Maybe.

Why do you think it is right to think that?
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I think we’ve gotten into the habit of making everything explicitly God’s gift or God’s punishment.

Almost all of the deformities, and indeed almost all medical problems in general, have scientific explanations. And in almost all of these cases, the cause are either genetic or environmental. Surely God is a very active part in this world, just as a father is very active in his household, but that doesn’t mean that everything which happens under his roof is directly related to him.

I see the world as kind of a sandbox, all sorts of things are rubbing up against each other, and everything has a cause and an effect.

Why must God always be involved?

Can’t we just accept that God created a world of infinite complexities. And that sometimes these complex interactions result in devastating effects.

Like deformities and hurricanes, to name two.
 
thiscatholickid said:
I think we’ve gotten into the habit of making everything explicitly God’s gift or God’s punishment.

Almost all of the deformities, and indeed almost all medical problems in general, have scientific explanations. And in almost all of these cases, the cause are either genetic or environmental. Surely God is a very active part in this world, just as a father is very active in his household, but that doesn’t mean that everything which happens under his roof is directly related to him.
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To me, science answers the how question. It rarely answer the why question. I also agree that God does not micromanage our lives.
I see the world as kind of a sandbox, all sorts of things are rubbing up against each other, and everything has a cause and an effect.

Why must God always be involved?
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God is involve because He created us, and loves us.
Can’t we just accept that God created a world of infinite complexities. And that sometimes these complex interactions result in devastating effects.

Like deformities and hurricanes, to name two.
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Many cannot accept this because it would require humbling themselve before God and admitting they cannot know everything.
 
To me, science answers the how question. It rarely answer the why question. I also agree that God does not micromanage our lives.
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I agree. Science is the how, not the why.
I also do not separate science from God. People forget that the word ‘science’ means knowledge. Science is merely the collection of things we know about God’s creation.
God is involve because He created us, and loves us.
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Absolutely. However, many would consider being born with an extra toe or finger a deformity. Science can explain how genetic mutations can cause this to occur. I believe that whether we are born blind, with an extra limb or without one, short or tall, etc. are merely effects of causes in our natural world, or ‘sandbox’ as I had put it in my post.

Now, what these deformities do to us emotionally or spiritually, is most likely of great concern to God. And I am sure He will be involved in the lives of the less fortunate.
Many cannot accept this because it would require humbling themselve before God and admitting they cannot know everything.
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That’s very true.
 
thiscatholickid said:
I think we’ve gotten into the habit of making everything explicitly God’s gift or God’s punishment.
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This isn’t a habit. It has been that way from the beginning.

Everything we have is a gift from God. Our own lives are a miracle. That is not to say that whatever is not a gift is a punishment. These things occur so that we may prove our love for God and our brothers, as well as share in Christ’s Passion.

“And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”

~Luke 9:23~

Our lives are not supposed to be easy. God does not deliver us until we ask him to.
 
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