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Gome I'm speechless!
What an amazing story!!!!
I'm just glad you're still alive to keep telling these stories. You're certainly keeping ME entertained!
posted by
JanesOpinion
on January 25, 2006 at 7:00 PM
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Xeno-x -- exactly --- when I hear such things as what Pat Robertson said
about hurricane Katrina being divine retribution, how can one not laugh at the stupidity of it? One just needs to look at a handful of such natural disasters to realize that the patterns are completely random. If any form of precursive influence could be ascribed to such disasters, it would be entirely a man made influence, such as where we choose to build our houses and how our lifestyles affect our environment. A grand puppeteer throwing these things at us to "test us" is an absurd and irreconcileable contention.
posted by
gomedome
on January 24, 2006 at 9:29 AM
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sannhet -- I was 12 years old at the time
or right about the time in my life where I was only capable of adhering to one timeworn religiously derived mantra; God helps those who help themselves
posted by
gomedome
on January 24, 2006 at 9:21 AM
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nature does not discriminate
many christians' idea of god is so unreal -- he is supposed to be great and merciful.
even Jesus said that such isn't so -- everyone gets the good things and the bad things -- no discrimination there and no real "blessing" -- we just have to look at life realistically and muddle through the best we can.
posted by
Xeno-x
on January 24, 2006 at 9:08 AM
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Gome -
What a harrowing experience. How old were you? I agree that "God" is not responsible for what happens to us, good or bad. But I do think that we can have an affect on how things go for us, based on the attitude we live.
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sannhet
on January 24, 2006 at 8:46 AM
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