Shelly asked:

What is your theory on the relationship between the disabled and god? And if god created the
disabled, what did he expect them to do, and why did he choose the families he did to care for them?
Do the disabled and their families or carers share a special bond with god in which we don't?

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The Judaeo-Christian tradition transmits various insights which could indicate that the suffering
creatures seem to be close to divine milieu (Job, the Suffering Servant, etc). For the Christian
religious thought this closeness is highlighted by what is known as the Passion and the Crucifixion of
Jesus Christ (who, according to mainstream Christianity, has two natures, one human and one
divine).

Neither the religious thought nor the philosophers who accept the hypothesis of God could answer
your questions. They could only agree that the suffering people and theirs families or carers seem to
share, as you put it, a special bond with God.

However, as everyone has the possibility to care for disabled or other people who need care, one
could suppose that everyone could share the relationship you are describing.

Jean Nakos