On Mar 16, 6:47 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course are not a punishment but rather a natural planetary force that > though it is going to happen is not preplanned nor can it be said that it is > in punishment.. those that say that I wonder about their knowledge of right > and wrong. . but there are some people that you will never be able to > explain anything because they know it all and their minds are closed. > Allan >
It can't REALLY be a punishment, as we know earthquakes happened long before humans. I doubt very seriously if the dinosaurs viewed earthquakes as punishments. > > > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Life" is also a cereal. > > > I recently tried to convince someone that natural disasters were not a > > punishment from her God for those who do not believe. It didn't go too well > > and turned into an angry lecture on my part. Basically substitute > > "scripture" for "life" in a crash course of anthropology and spirituality, > > that's what it was. Why do I feel guilty?.. If it shakes her faith and hope > > I'll be damned, if she reflects and understands the larger reality it will > > strengthen. Sometimes to what seems at first an academic matter, with > > empathy and understanding, we find a great responsibility in the actions we > > take. > > > Risk. Isn't there a song about life being a poker game? > > -- > ( > ) > I_D Allan > > If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken > Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
