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I guess what confuses me is that those are two completely different contexts, so it seems clear to me that the standards of judgement would be different.
Let me try to explain as an analogy, and...

So I am now back after a short temp ban for what was referred to as 'doubletalk.'

If possible, I would like to set aside this specific discussion about cancer for a bit and ask, with complete...

I never said it was wrong, I said that in a naturalist framework it simply is.

In the context of a God however I do not understand how babies come to contract cancer while simultaneously under the...

I never said babies with cancer is 'acceptable' in an atheistic view... the term 'acceptable' means nothing in that context.
Babies with cancer simply are.

But in a context with an omnipotent God...

I am not 'accusing' God of this design, I am simply trying to understand how these things are explained within your worldview. If God is indeed omnipotent it would seem that nothing would occur that...

I'm sorry if I continue to assume too much.

Maybe it would just be easier if you could tell me directly why God gives cancer to babies, that way I won't have to assume.

My apologies if I assumed too much.

So, just to make certain I understand what you are saying, it is your belief that the 10,000 children that are diagnosed with cancer every year either deserve...

The message I am taking away from your post is that you believe that those who contract terminal cancer deserve it in some way.
You seem to insinuate that God gave Hitchens cancer to stop him from...