Have you ever truly taken note to where these natural catastrophes take place? When is the last time you heard of an earthquake or hurricane in Rome or Jerusalem? God chooses to be fair in ways that we can't even begin to understand. I have met people who left areas after natural catastrophes who are better off for having left. All we can ever really say is that He works in mysterious ways.
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Hmmm, people being better off for leaving an area where natural disasters are common and moving to an area where they are not. Well, damn, imagine that. I don't know how anyone could have ever thought of that without Gawd and his mysterious ways.
hen is the last time you heard of an earthquake or hurricane in Rome or Jerusalem?
Fault lines couldn't have anything to do with it. Could they?
When was the last time you heard about a majr natural disaster hitting Moscow?
How about this reason why these holy sites aren't hit by natural disasters often: They grew up there becasue there were few disasters. No miracles needed.
I have met people who left areas after natural catastrophes who are better off for having left.
No shit Sherlock!
"Have you ever truly taken note to where these natural catastrophes take place?"
Yes I have. Have YOU?
"When is the last time you heard of an earthquake or hurricane in Rome or Jerusalem?"
SO x-tians don't live anywhere else? Jerusalem doesn't have it's man-made catastrophes? And FYI, hurricanes normally strike coastal areas. For future reference.
"God chooses to be fair in ways that we can't even begin to understand."
If by fair you mean the opposite, then you're right, I don't get it.
"I have met people who left areas after natural catastrophes who are better off for having left."
They were better off AFTER having left a disaster area? No shit, huh? Why didn't god 'be fair' and tell them to leave before the disaster hit? You seem to be mentally deficient.
"All we can ever really say is that He works in mysterious ways."
Bi-polar people are like that. They run hot and cold.
Just curious, do you snip the corners off of jigsaw puzzles so they fit together?
Riiiight. Fascinating 'theory' you've got going there. Did you think of it yourself, or did the blue pixie behind the curtain tell you? (Whatever you do, don't listen to the red one, she's a liar on Tuesdays)
Would you care to tell us why 'he' uses such random, indiscriminate and ineffective methods? He's had 2,000 years to try to make an impact on muslims (who incidentally also worship him you fuckwit), why is he doing such a pathetic job? Why did he kill over 5,500 Saints?
While you're at it, could you please explain what happened to the elderly pious Christians who drowned in New Orleans in that nursing home when the staff ran away and abandoned them? Oh that's right, they died! Lucky them, not having to read your shit!
He's had 2,000 years to try to make an impact on muslims
Depending on your definition of "muslim" he only had about 1300 years to do so. But if you take the definition saying that a muslim is someone following god, then he had about 6000 years according to many fundies.
They don't get a lot of hurricanes in mainland China or in Stalingrad, either -- or, for that matter, in the United Arab Emirates!
Do you suppose that God is trying to tell you something by that?
~David D.G.
All we can ever really say is that He works in mysterious ways.
Because when logic is put aside, that's really all there is.
I often wonder what it would be like to travel back in time to talk to people from the 12th or 4th century, and learn how they view the world around them.
Then I read this, and I realize I don't need time travel. They live among us.
Counterpoint: The Roman Empire didn't fall until after it adopted christianity.
OWNED!
When was the last time you heard about a majr natural disaster hitting Moscow?
Obviously, God is on the side of Soviet Communism.
Yeh. McCartheyism was clearly nothing more than sibling rivalry and a two pronged attack, firstly sucking up to the authority figure and secondly discrediting the competition.
The stupid child has grown up to be an aggresive, petulant, rebelious teen. (I'm looking at you you born again drug fucked coke-head) Hopefully it will learn to mellow out before it kills itself and takes the enitre room with it.
<<< When is the last time you heard of an earthquake or hurricane in Rome or Jerusalem? >>>
Considering that neither is situated on a fault line, and neither is on the ocean in an area where tropical storms and hurricanes are likely to develop (it might be possible, in theory, in the Mediterranean, but it would be extremely rare), the fact that you think this should surprise us is, quite frankly, astounding.
<<< Have you ever truly taken note to where these natural catastrophes take place? >>>
Yes, as a matter of fact, I have. Hurricanes and tornadoes pummel the Bible Belt year after year. Interesting how the most Christian part of one of the most Christian countries gets hit so hard, isn't it? (Or it could just be that no one else is dumb enough to live in hurricane-prone regions.)
Rome? Nov 23, 1980
Jerusalem? Feb 11, 2004
Your point?
Have you ever truly taken note to where these natural catastrophes take place?
Like the bible belt as one of the areas in the world which suffers most from tornadoes and hurricanes?
Or Stockholm (capital of Sweden, which is both among the most gay-friendly and areligious countries in the world), which is among the most safest cities in the world regarding natural disasters? The same for Berlin, Germany, which has so many irreligious people that it is now called "the atheist capital of the world"?
Perhaps LOCATION is crucial whether a city or area is haunted with natural disasters?
You know, one would think earthquakes have something to do with living near fault-lines, tornadoes, living in the usual tornado country, floods near coasts and rivers... nothing mysterious about it. What's really mysterious though, is how a loving god idly stands by while these things happen. Or more pointedly, why the world was "designed" to have these things happen in the first place. Oopsie, was that a logic bomb?
"Have you ever truly taken note to where these natural catastrophes take place? When is the last time you heard of an earthquake or hurricane in Rome or Jerusalem? God chooses to be fair in ways that we can't even begin to understand."
Bible Belt, USA: Tornado Alley. Floods.
UK. Holland. Homosexuality legal; Gay marriage legal. Abortions legal (PROTIP: Holland has the lowest teenage pregnancy rates on the planet): Virtually no natural disasters.
Either your God is (check one):
[ ] A fucking awful shot, re. his 'wrath'.
[ ] He favours upposedly 'sinful' countries.
[ ] He doesn't exist, and shit happens anyway.
Choose wisely. Either way, you and your 'beliefs' are fucked, wanderphilos.
Maybe you need to read a bit about this religion called, Christianity in which the main premise is that Christ died for your sins, which means he ceased to punish the world in OT ways.
For fuck's sake, do you knuckle-dragging clown shoes even read your own fucking trash?
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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