As a parent who raised a girl up to adulthood, how ludicrous would it have been if I had said this when my daughter was in kindergarten: "I know that she's small and can't defend herself, but I allow bullies to beat her up on the playground because I believe it will toughen her up. I'm powerful enough to step in on her behalf, but that's just tough for her. I'll intervene in my own good time, and who cares how many years of torment and abuse she has to endure." NO COMPETENT PARENT WOULD EVER SAY OR DO THAT! So in regards to competency, god ain't!

That's why I am agnostic and question absolutely everything now. "If it doesn't make sense, it ain't true"-Judge Judy