The sign is a filter in the same way bad grammar is a filter in phishing schemes . Weeds out the smart targets for the scammer with zero energy , leaving them with leads that have duped themselves already and called the number on a handwritten sign . <| sep |> if no one does it for 5 ill take all for 4 D <| sep |> He needed us to constantly praise him through our pain . He needed babies to get sick and die to bring glory to him . He needed cancer and paralysis and strokes and murder . Why does God allow ? To bring attention to himself ? To teach you to rely on him ? Jesus , that ' s fucked up . Hold on a moment . Are you sure they intended for you to take all this literally and not just as comfort that your congregation believed in something greater than themselves in spite of the awful hardships and suffering present in this world ? How do you know for certain ? Maybe the relying on him was a way to teach you to be mindful and draw strength into your inner self from the suffering around you ? What I mean to say is , if we ' re going to critique the religious , or Christians specifically , can we be more exacting to make sure we ' re making the right critiques for the right reasons ? But in any case I ' m really curious how you ' re certain they meant it in such a literal and obviously abhorrent way .