Tragedy Begs Question of a Merciful God

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It's a horrible tragedy, and the teens who jumped in to save the first kid were brave and heroic. However, this is just irritating me more and more as I think about it:

Edris Moore lost four children. In age order they are: Damon Johnson, 17; Ryan Mason, 14; Dana Johnson, 13; and Bryant Barnes, 10. She also has four additional children, and I would bet any sum of money that none of them has the last name Mason, Barnes, or even Johnson (despite the fact that he makes repeat appearances between other children). I just... birth control. BIRTH CONTROL, dammit.

Choose to be irritated if you must, but realize the source of your irritation is your own assumption, your implication as to the parentage of these children. Not all my children have the same last name, nor do I share the same last name as all my six siblings. You wanna talk about my mama? My wife? I didn't think so. What, specifically, irritates you about this?