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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:41 AM Original message |
So, God could have prevented the Earthquake and didn't? |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. To paraphrase an Episcopal priest about the tsunami in 2004 |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. LOL... so plate tectonics is too hard for God to understand?? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. So god cannot control plate tectonics? Where was his "spirit" when THAT happened? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. The spirit of humans is helping the victims. |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 02:31 PM Original message |
And who caused plate tectonics? |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Haiti is largely Catholic. |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. WHY???? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I think thats the point of the post........ |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. If that was the point than fundies would have easy answer. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. Riddle of Epicurus |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Nice post. nt |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. One could say that the earthquake was Good in god's eyes, ... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. Really the time for this? You going to tell the thousands or millions who have only their God |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Your reply is dumber than what most religious people give me! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Your reply is brilliant and full of objective reasoning. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. "the only chance for sanity some people are going to have right now?" HAHAHAHA! Seriously? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yeah, seriously. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Ha! A dim bulb calling someone "not bright". Pot, meet kettle. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. This was kinder than not letting it happen? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. The OP said it made no sense to him why a god could do this. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I absolutely agree. A disaster is not the time to try to score political points! - n/t |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Absolute tripe |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Third first. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Way to dodge all of my points. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Just because you don't understand the answers doesn't mean I dodged your points. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I find no reason |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. And you use no reason. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. And where did I attack you personally? n/t |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. 28 |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Yeah, that would be attacking your ARGUMENT |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. "Take your straw man and go home?" |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. How do you figure? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Explain my argument to me. When you've done that successfully, you can call it crappy. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Wow. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. You have been done here before you started. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. You know... |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. A word of advice |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. delete - wrong place |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
58. "My argument boils down to we don't know why a creator does what it does."- For your statement to |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #32 |
64. Ahem... |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. +1 |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. How many Hatians are on DU this week? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Yeah, that's probably true. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Oh, I see. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. What a joke! |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Against whom, exactly? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Against anyone trying to turn to their beliefs for peace in this tragedy. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. And, for the very last time, |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. How do you know they aren't? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. We are all just posting our opinions on a message board. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Read the OP again. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
61. I don't think the OP is calling believers a joke, I think the OP is calling |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. You just compared a natural disaster which likely killed thousands |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I really have no idea how you got any of that from my post. |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. I don't know of many people who haven't had bad things happen to them at some point |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I agree, but people certainly attribute "good things happening" to god all the time. |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. We all ponder these things and usually come up with answers that work for us |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. This agnostic hopes your little hero proves more useful |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Um, |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. +1 Silly attempt at a thread hijack. nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. There's nothing Obama hates more then brown people. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-13-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
57. Your king fu is weak! Your response has nothing to do with the OP. Thats a hijack attempt, FAILED |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
59. Bring me this God you speak of. |
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dcsmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
62. stop blathering about god and donate some money or volunteer |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. What makes you think the OP hasn't donated? |
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dcsmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. nothing... |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-16-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. I donated $100 and worked matched it 100%. So STFU! |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-16-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
66. . |
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