Well, if theism is accepted, which most of the people do, and I don't,  then 
what is wrong in admitting that god can commit mistakes and negligence?
Perhaps, theism does not admit of any such possibility on the part of the 
omnipotent.

But it is too much to assert that disabled people are created to show god's 
power!

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Vikas Kapoor
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Subject: [AI] Disabled people are God's mistake, says Goa CM Parsekar


Disabled people are God's mistake, says Goa CM Parsekar


Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday said some people are born 
with disabilities due to the "mistake" and "negligence" committed by God.

"There are some brothers and sisters in the society, who are born with certain 
disabilities. God forgets to give them certain things. That is negligence on 
the part of God and for that the child has to suffer for entire life," Parsekar 
said.

"Therefore, NGOs like Disability Rights Association of Goa (DRAG) have come 
into existence. The thing which God could not do, they are doing. They are 
rectifying the mistake committed by God. I would say NGOs' work is more than 
that of God," he added.

The chief minister was speaking at the inauguration of 'We Care Film Festival' 
on disability issues organised by DRAG at Margao town around 35 kms from Panaji 
Wednesday morning.

However, after the event, DRAG condemned chief minister's remarks, stating that 
the disabled were born to show the power of God.

"CM Parskear, while speaking at the inauguration of 'We Care Film Festival' on 
disability at Chowgule college, Margao has said disabled people are mistake of 
God and NGOs are doing yeoman service by serving the disabled in rectifying 
God's mistake," DRAG chief Avelino D'Sa said in a statement in Panaji.

"DRAG strongly objects to this statement and clarified that if God has created 
a person disabled it is to show people the power of God. Disabled people have 
more strength and will power and they are differently-abled, hence they are 
stronger than the normal people," he added.

Parsekar's comments came at a time when his cabinet colleague Ramesh Tawadkar 
had courted a controversy last week when he said that the state would set up 
centres to make LGBT people "normal". The minister had retracted his statement 
after widespread criticism.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/disabled-people-are-god-s-mistake-says-goa-cm-parsekar/article1-1309376.aspx

Vikas Kapoor,
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