On Feb 6, 2008, at 2:22 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:
>> Hey, at least I just wrote some stuff. I didn't create a
>> tornado
>> that
>> killed dozens and destroyed millions of dollars worth of property.
>> Now
>> *that's* low!
>>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> Always the comedian.
No, I was serious. Writing a few words in an email can never be as
bad as causing dozens to be killed, as God did yesterday, and has done
many times before.
> I don't understand how we can blame God for acts of nature.
Gee, why didn't you call them "acts of God", which is the more common
and legally recognized term?
> I don't think that he is printing get out of jail free cards and
> handing them out.
That's blasphemy! Praying to God can make anything happen!
> That all goes back to humans thinking that they are so important and
> that it is
> all about them to the individual level.
No, it goes to the common dishonest practice of praising God for
sunsets, new babies and winning a Grammy, but not holding him
accountable for tornadoes, infant mortality and poverty.
-- Ed Leafe
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