I doubt "punishment" was in the dinosaur "vocabulary" but we have no idea how they viewed and coped with natural disasters, do we? We have no idea how early mankind dealt with disasters except to study the apes and chimps, I guess.
"Where Was God" by William Safire was in last Sunday's NYTimes then removed and so was any link as far as I could tell by Monday when I thought to print it out. I finally found it through Google but the link looks goofy so you are on your own. :-) He wrote this op-ed in 2005 after the Indian Ocean tsunami and based his response on the Book of Job re the questioning of faith in the midst of a natural disaster and untold suffering. It tracks to humans being responsible to lessen human suffering and injustice. The world is so depressing. Please do not try to cheer me up. Thank you. On Mar 16, 7:26 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
