PeterS wrote:
Twenty-five percent of all pregnancies end in miscarriage (in the US). If you are looking as causes of death that would make a miscarriage (caused by your god) the greatest cause of death.
Real Time Abortion Clock: US and Worldwide At the time of this post, abortions world wide since 1980 total 1,547,423,585, and it is increasing by about 1 per second. 27,751,650 abortions just this year.
In the US since Roe v Wade (1973), 61,582,040 abortions, increasing at a rate of just over 1 per second. 18,474,611 of these are black babies.
Miscarriages (spontaneous loss of pregnancy) occurs before the 20th week, with most of them occurring so early in pregnancy that a woman doesn't realize she's pregnant. There are a host of causes for miscarriages:
Chromosomal Abnormalities: (hands down the single most common reason that a miscarriage occurs. It is a problem with either the egg or sperm's chromosomes during embryo formation.)
Thyroid Disorders, Diabetes, high blood pressure, alcohol and drug abuse and smoking,
Blood Clotting Disorders (more rare, but they do occur.),
Immunological Disorders. still much to be discovered about their role in contributing to miscarriage. However, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists agrees that certain autoimmune disorders do play a role in miscarriage, especially with recurrent miscarriages.
Age--women older than age 35 have a higher risk of miscarriage than do younger women.
And physical abuse, such as beatings, rape, or accidents.
To suggest that human imperfections in physical, mental and emotional health that result in lost pregnancies can compare in any way with the brutal act of intentionally killing an unborn baby at any stage of pregnancy (now, we must include the intentional murder of a post birth infant), is the epitome of ignorance. And, since you don't believe God exists, to further suggest that He is the cause of these human imperfections resulting in lost pregnancies is completely irrational, a logical fallacy, not to mention hypocritical.