I think most of us try to stay away from the science vs. religion thing, but I might as well jump in...
The explanation of 'God saved them" always seems to come up whenever anything "miraculous" occurs after a tragedy and it has always bothered me because of course, one could always wonder why God didn't save other people who died or why God allowed the terrible event to occur in the first place. I heard the "God saved them" argument so many times in the Catholic church that it was one of the reasons I became an Episcopalian. Our minister/priest (whatever they call him) this past Sunday decided to discuss the "God saved them" argument during his sermon and he said this kind of thinking "makes for a brittle kind of religiousness" because the opposite argument (why did God allow this to happen) makes just as much sense. His opinion was that he didn't know why the tragedy happened or whether God was involved at all. Religion, he said, is a journey and we do not have all the answers. That's a definition of religion I can live with. Michael Michael Britt [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Oct 19, 2010, at 4:04 AM, Allen Esterson wrote: > Stephen Black wrote on the 33 rescued miners: >> Four psychics the government had hired to help >> find them said, "Forget it, they're all dead." > > > "Regardless of how it happened, the miners--and many faithful > viewers--are thanking God for their survival. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5797 or send a blank email to leave-5797-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
