50 Dead in Kentucky Tornadoes...

Am 15.12.21 um 15:14 schrieb Tom Gardner:
On 15/12/21 13:55, Phil Hobbs wrote:

Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate.  How about, they love God
and love their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in
their distress?

Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.

But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in
distress in the first place.

Reminds me of a kid who breaks a leg of his hamster
and then expects praise because he plays doctor so nicely
for the rest of the day.

Gerhard
 
On 15/12/21 14:34, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
Am 15.12.21 um 15:14 schrieb Tom Gardner:
On 15/12/21 13:55, Phil Hobbs wrote:

Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate.  How about, they love God and
love their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in their distress?

Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.

But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in
distress in the first place.

Reminds me of a kid who breaks a leg of his hamster
and then expects praise because he plays doctor so nicely
for the rest of the day.

That\'s Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

\"Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: An Alarming Face of Child Abuse\"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4341319/

I\'m told we are all His childrebn.
 
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:14:06 +0000, Tom Gardner
<spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

On 15/12/21 13:55, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 11:11, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 15-Dec-21 9:04 pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 07:42, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 12-Dec-21 1:01 am, Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100.  Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every day from
Covid and the count is on the rise again.  KY only has a 53% fully
vaccinated rate.  I suppose they don\'t fear a deadly disease.

So it stands to reason they don\'t fear tornadoes much either.  I wonder if
they have anything in their building code that requires protection from
tornadoes?  Most likely too many people demand their freedom from
intrusive building codes.


I saw that some people were praying to God outside their destroyed church.

Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?

Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally showing very
clearly that he doesn\'t give a stuff about them, so that in future they can
stop with the whole praying thing, and use their time for something they
actually like doing.

But probably not.

It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were
thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another
denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.

Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate.  How about, they love God and love
their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in their distress?

Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.

But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in
distress in the first place.

Nasty people sneer at everything that\'s available.



--

I yam what I yam - Popeye
 
On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:33:03 -0800 (PST), Dean Hoffman
<deanh6929@gmail.com> wrote:

On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 11:07:39 AM UTC-6, gnuarm.del...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 11:01:31 AM UTC-5, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100.
How many are below 75.
Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every day from Covid
How many are below 75.
What are you talking about???

--

Rick C.

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Add Dixie Alley to the long list of things I haven\'t heard of.
https://strangesounds.org/2019/09/us-tornado-map-these-twister-risk-maps-show-where-you-can-get-killed-by-a-tornado.html

I was in one of those red dots, in Louisiana. It lifted the roof off
our house about an inch and dropped it back down. I had to go into the
attic and pound down about a hundred nail heads sticking up.

It wasn\'t bad otherwise, some fence damage and some shingles ripped
off the roof. Down there, the real killers are hurricanes.

The US gets a lot of dramatic weather. A couple of feet of snow in the
sierras yesterday.



--

I yam what I yam - Popeye
 
On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:33:03 -0800 (PST), Dean Hoffman
<deanh6929@gmail.com> wrote:

On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 11:07:39 AM UTC-6, gnuarm.del...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 11:01:31 AM UTC-5, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100.
How many are below 75.
Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every day from Covid
How many are below 75.
What are you talking about???

--

Rick C.

+ Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
+ Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209

Add Dixie Alley to the long list of things I haven\'t heard of.
https://strangesounds.org/2019/09/us-tornado-map-these-twister-risk-maps-show-where-you-can-get-killed-by-a-tornado.html

Wow, Fred will love that web site. Hardcore disaster porn.



--

I yam what I yam - Popeye
 
On 15/12/21 17:04, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:14:06 +0000, Tom Gardner
spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

On 15/12/21 13:55, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 11:11, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 15-Dec-21 9:04 pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 07:42, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 12-Dec-21 1:01 am, Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100.  Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every day from
Covid and the count is on the rise again.  KY only has a 53% fully
vaccinated rate.  I suppose they don\'t fear a deadly disease.

So it stands to reason they don\'t fear tornadoes much either.  I wonder if
they have anything in their building code that requires protection from
tornadoes?  Most likely too many people demand their freedom from
intrusive building codes.


I saw that some people were praying to God outside their destroyed church.

Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?

Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally showing very
clearly that he doesn\'t give a stuff about them, so that in future they can
stop with the whole praying thing, and use their time for something they
actually like doing.

But probably not.

It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were
thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another
denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.

Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate.  How about, they love God and love
their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in their distress?

Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.

But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in
distress in the first place.

Nasty people sneer at everything that\'s available.

Nasty people prefer ad-hominem attacks that ignore the points
other people are making.
 
In article <mi7krg1efotoadl5tcejvr40kkgcdvtr3o@4ax.com>,
jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com says...
On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:33:03 -0800 (PST), Dean Hoffman
deanh6929@gmail.com> wrote:

I was in one of those red dots, in Louisiana. It lifted the roof off
our house about an inch and dropped it back down. I had to go into the
attic and pound down about a hundred nail heads sticking up.

Using screws would be far too expensive! And would not give stress-
relieving give, I suppose...
 
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 9:55:49 AM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 11:11, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 15-Dec-21 9:04 pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 07:42, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 12-Dec-21 1:01 am, Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100. Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every
day from Covid and the count is on the rise again. KY only has a
53% fully vaccinated rate. I suppose they don\'t fear a deadly
disease.

So it stands to reason they don\'t fear tornadoes much either. I
wonder if they have anything in their building code that requires
protection from tornadoes? Most likely too many people demand
their freedom from intrusive building codes.


I saw that some people were praying to God outside their destroyed
church.

Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?

Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally showing
very clearly that he doesn\'t give a stuff about them, so that in
future they can stop with the whole praying thing, and use their time
for something they actually like doing.

But probably not.

It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were
thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another
denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.
Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate. How about, they love God
and love their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in their
distress?

Hmmm... Seems like you don\'t understand that it was God who created that distress, no? Or was it the devil? Or maybe Flip Wilson?

Just like when watching a lot of sci-fi movies, to believe in God requires a very large dose of \"willing suspension of disbelief\". That is to say, you must turn off scientific thought. The two are irrevocably incompatible.

Combine that with the total lack of unequivocal evidence of the existence of God and it is much easier to suspend belief in god.

--

Rick C.

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On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 10:14:12 AM UTC-4, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 13:55, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 11:11, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 15-Dec-21 9:04 pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 07:42, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 12-Dec-21 1:01 am, Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100. Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every day from
Covid and the count is on the rise again. KY only has a 53% fully
vaccinated rate. I suppose they don\'t fear a deadly disease.

So it stands to reason they don\'t fear tornadoes much either. I wonder if
they have anything in their building code that requires protection from
tornadoes? Most likely too many people demand their freedom from
intrusive building codes.


I saw that some people were praying to God outside their destroyed church.

Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?

Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally showing very
clearly that he doesn\'t give a stuff about them, so that in future they can
stop with the whole praying thing, and use their time for something they
actually like doing.

But probably not.

It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were
thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another
denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.

Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate. How about, they love God and love
their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in their distress?
Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.

But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in
distress in the first place.

Well, sure! But He has a master plan and your suffering is of no consequence. That is the point of Randy Newman\'s song.

\"Man means nothing he means less to me
Than the lowliest cactus flower
Or the humblest yucca tree\"

\"Lord, if you won\'t take care of us
Won\'t you please please let us be?\"

\"I burn down your cities--how blind you must be
I take from you your children and you say how blessed are we
You must all be crazy to put your faith in me
That\'s why i love mankind\"

--

Rick C.

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On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 1:04:43 PM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:14:06 +0000, Tom Gardner
spam...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

On 15/12/21 13:55, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 11:11, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 15-Dec-21 9:04 pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 07:42, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 12-Dec-21 1:01 am, Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100. Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every day from
Covid and the count is on the rise again. KY only has a 53% fully
vaccinated rate. I suppose they don\'t fear a deadly disease.

So it stands to reason they don\'t fear tornadoes much either. I wonder if
they have anything in their building code that requires protection from
tornadoes? Most likely too many people demand their freedom from
intrusive building codes.


I saw that some people were praying to God outside their destroyed church.

Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?

Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally showing very
clearly that he doesn\'t give a stuff about them, so that in future they can
stop with the whole praying thing, and use their time for something they
actually like doing.

But probably not.

It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were
thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another
denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.

Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate. How about, they love God and love
their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in their distress?

Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.

But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in
distress in the first place.
Nasty people sneer at everything that\'s available.

You mean like life saving vaccines during a pandemic? Yes, they do.

--

Rick C.

++ Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
++ Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209
 
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:02:59 AM UTC-6, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:33:03 -0800 (PST), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 11:07:39 AM UTC-6, gnuarm.del...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 11:01:31 AM UTC-5, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100.
How many are below 75.
Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every day from Covid
How many are below 75.
What are you talking about???

--

Rick C.

+ Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
+ Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209

Add Dixie Alley to the long list of things I haven\'t heard of.
https://strangesounds.org/2019/09/us-tornado-map-these-twister-risk-maps-show-where-you-can-get-killed-by-a-tornado.html
I was in one of those red dots, in Louisiana. It lifted the roof off
our house about an inch and dropped it back down. I had to go into the
attic and pound down about a hundred nail heads sticking up.

It wasn\'t bad otherwise, some fence damage and some shingles ripped
off the roof. Down there, the real killers are hurricanes.

The US gets a lot of dramatic weather. A couple of feet of snow in the
sierras yesterday.



--

I yam what I yam - Popeye

The weather guys are talking about a couple tornadoes in south central Nebraska right now. It\'s really unusual
for us this time of year.
 
Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?

Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally showing
very clearly that he doesn\'t give a stuff about them, so that in
future they can stop with the whole praying thing, and use their time
for something they actually like doing.

But probably not.

It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were
thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another
denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.
Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate. How about, they love God
and love their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in their
distress?

Hmmm... Seems like you don\'t understand that it was God who created
that distress, no? Or was it the devil? Or maybe Flip Wilson?

Just like when watching a lot of sci-fi movies, to believe in God
requires a very large dose of \"willing suspension of disbelief\". That
is to say, you must turn off scientific thought. The two are
irrevocably incompatible.

Combine that with the total lack of unequivocal evidence of the
existence of God and it is much easier to suspend belief in god.

And add the problem of if you want to believe then which god and
protocol do you choose? There are so many, and advocates for each are
equally convinced they are the only ones that are right! They can\'t all
be right, now can they?
 
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 13:55, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 11:11, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 15-Dec-21 9:04 pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 07:42, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 12-Dec-21 1:01 am, Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100.  Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every
day from Covid and the count is on the rise again.  KY only has a
53% fully vaccinated rate.  I suppose they don\'t fear a deadly
disease.

So it stands to reason they don\'t fear tornadoes much either.  I
wonder if they have anything in their building code that requires
protection from tornadoes?  Most likely too many people demand
their freedom from intrusive building codes.


I saw that some people were praying to God outside their destroyed
church.

Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?

Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally
showing very clearly that he doesn\'t give a stuff about them, so
that in future they can stop with the whole praying thing, and use
their time for something they actually like doing.

But probably not.

It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were
thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another
denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.

Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate.  How about, they love God
and love their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in
their distress?

Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.

Are you proposing to take responsibility for all the evil done by
atheists? Such as the Holocaust, Holodomor, Great Leap Forward, Uighur
genocide....

Because, being such a rational guy, you\'d obviously see the logic of
your position.

But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in
distress in the first place.

And a merciful God is very patient even with His enemies.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs
 
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 4:50:55 PM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 13:55, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 11:11, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 15-Dec-21 9:04 pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 07:42, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 12-Dec-21 1:01 am, Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100. Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every
day from Covid and the count is on the rise again. KY only has a
53% fully vaccinated rate. I suppose they don\'t fear a deadly
disease.

So it stands to reason they don\'t fear tornadoes much either. I
wonder if they have anything in their building code that requires
protection from tornadoes? Most likely too many people demand
their freedom from intrusive building codes.


I saw that some people were praying to God outside their destroyed
church.

Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?

Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally
showing very clearly that he doesn\'t give a stuff about them, so
that in future they can stop with the whole praying thing, and use
their time for something they actually like doing.

But probably not.

It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were
thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another
denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.

Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate. How about, they love God
and love their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in
their distress?

Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.
Are you proposing to take responsibility for all the evil done by
atheists? Such as the Holocaust, Holodomor, Great Leap Forward, Uighur
genocide....

Because, being such a rational guy, you\'d obviously see the logic of
your position.

That\'s an interesting statement coming from someone who just compared atheists who have no belief in god to religious fanatics acting in the name of their god. Do you really not understand your fallacy? I don\'t think I\'ve ever heard of an atheist committing any acts in the name of the god he doesn\'t believe in. I guess to you all atheists have some common bond of not believing in the same thing, or maybe they don\'t believe in different gods? I\'ll let you sort that out since it is your irrational generalization at issue.


But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in
distress in the first place.
And a merciful God is very patient even with His enemies.

I like the way you turn a comment on the lack of God\'s protection for his believers into a statement about his enemies.

Why would a God have any enemies? If God is all powerful no one can cause him harm and He would have no reason to let anyone cause His believers harm.. So God\'s \"enemies\" would be impotent and of no consequence, in essence, not enemies at all really. Just creatures to be pitied.

Now if God were as merciful with his followers as he is with his \"enemies\".

I always love it when people ascribe a horrendous event to \"God\'s wrath\" toward some group when many, many others were harmed as well. God\'s mercy indeed.

--

Rick C.

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On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:50:43 -0500, Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 13:55, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 11:11, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 15-Dec-21 9:04 pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 07:42, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 12-Dec-21 1:01 am, Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100.  Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every
day from Covid and the count is on the rise again.  KY only has a
53% fully vaccinated rate.  I suppose they don\'t fear a deadly
disease.

So it stands to reason they don\'t fear tornadoes much either.  I
wonder if they have anything in their building code that requires
protection from tornadoes?  Most likely too many people demand
their freedom from intrusive building codes.


I saw that some people were praying to God outside their destroyed
church.

Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?

Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally
showing very clearly that he doesn\'t give a stuff about them, so
that in future they can stop with the whole praying thing, and use
their time for something they actually like doing.

But probably not.

It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were
thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another
denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.

Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate.  How about, they love God
and love their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in
their distress?

Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.

Are you proposing to take responsibility for all the evil done by
atheists? Such as the Holocaust, Holodomor, Great Leap Forward, Uighur
genocide....

Because, being such a rational guy, you\'d obviously see the logic of
your position.


But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in
distress in the first place.

And a merciful God is very patient even with His enemies.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

As a practical matter, Christians are more peaceful, more productive,
and more charitable than nons.

But maybe God might be a little more patient with His friends?

--

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end with doubts,
but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Francis Bacon
 
On 15/12/2021 21:50, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:

Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.

Are you proposing to take responsibility for all the evil done by
atheists?  Such as the Holocaust, Holodomor, Great Leap Forward, Uighur
genocide....

Because, being such a rational guy, you\'d obviously see the logic of
your position.

Hitler referred to himself as a Christian (for the most part), as did
most Nazis. Regardless, /people/ are responsible for the evil acts they
commit, not religions, gods or lack thereof. Religion is merely a
popular excuse for many acts of evil, and it is a tool used by evil
people to control others. It is entirely clear that neither religion
nor belief in any god or other supernatural idea, nor lack of such
beliefs, gives any guarantees of someone being either a good or a bad
person.

No one is suggesting that religious people, simply by following a
particular religion, are directly responsible for any kind of evil act.
Whatever evil they do themselves, support or condone, is a matter for
the individual.
 
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 9:39:23 AM UTC+11, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:50:43 -0500, Phil Hobbs
pcdhSpamM...@electrooptical.net> wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 13:55, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 11:11, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 15-Dec-21 9:04 pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 07:42, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 12-Dec-21 1:01 am, Rick C wrote:

<snip>

But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in
distress in the first place.

And a merciful God is very patient even with His enemies.

As a practical matter, Christians are more peaceful, more productive, and more charitable than nons.

I\'m sure Christians somewhere have produced statistics to that effect. I wouldn\'t like their chances of getting them published in a peer-reviewed journal.

John hasn\'t told us where he got this information, and I\'m not hopeful that he will post a link to whatever evidence he thinks he has got.

<snip>

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On 15/12/21 22:50, David Brown wrote:
On 15/12/2021 21:50, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:

Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.

Are you proposing to take responsibility for all the evil done by
atheists?  Such as the Holocaust, Holodomor, Great Leap Forward, Uighur
genocide....

Because, being such a rational guy, you\'d obviously see the logic of
your position.

Religious people want to ascribe everything good to
their omnipotent God, and everything bad to something/body
else. That\'s willful blindness and/or hypocrisy.


Hitler referred to himself as a Christian (for the most part), as did
most Nazis. Regardless, /people/ are responsible for the evil acts they
commit, not religions, gods or lack thereof. Religion is merely a
popular excuse for many acts of evil, and it is a tool used by evil
people to control others. It is entirely clear that neither religion
nor belief in any god or other supernatural idea, nor lack of such
beliefs, gives any guarantees of someone being either a good or a bad
person.

Precisely. Mensch is mensch.


No one is suggesting that religious people, simply by following a
particular religion, are directly responsible for any kind of evil act.
Whatever evil they do themselves, support or condone, is a matter for
the individual.

It becomes less clear when religious authorities condone,
turn a blind eye, or even cover up despicable acts.
 
On 15/12/21 22:39, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:50:43 -0500, Phil Hobbs
pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 13:55, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 11:11, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 15-Dec-21 9:04 pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 07:42, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 12-Dec-21 1:01 am, Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100.  Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every
day from Covid and the count is on the rise again.  KY only has a
53% fully vaccinated rate.  I suppose they don\'t fear a deadly
disease.

So it stands to reason they don\'t fear tornadoes much either.  I
wonder if they have anything in their building code that requires
protection from tornadoes?  Most likely too many people demand
their freedom from intrusive building codes.


I saw that some people were praying to God outside their destroyed
church.

Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?

Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally
showing very clearly that he doesn\'t give a stuff about them, so
that in future they can stop with the whole praying thing, and use
their time for something they actually like doing.

But probably not.

It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were
thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another
denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.

Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate.  How about, they love God
and love their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in
their distress?

Er - no. I think such any behaviour is reprehensible.

I\'m just reporting what some religious people actually do
to other groups, in the name of their religion. For examples,
see history books and newspapers.

Are you proposing to take responsibility for all the evil done by
atheists? Such as the Holocaust, Holodomor, Great Leap Forward, Uighur
genocide....

Because, being such a rational guy, you\'d obviously see the logic of
your position.


But an omnipotent God could have prevented them being in
distress in the first place.

And a merciful God is very patient even with His enemies.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

As a practical matter, Christians are more peaceful, more productive,
and more charitable than nons.

No they aren\'t - and I\'ve got anecdotes to prove it.


> But maybe God might be a little more patient with His friends?

And a little less nasty towards some people?
 
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 1:50:07 PM UTC-6, gnuarm.del...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 9:55:49 AM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 11:11, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 15-Dec-21 9:04 pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 15/12/21 07:42, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 12-Dec-21 1:01 am, Rick C wrote:
50 dead and it may rise to 100. Yet KY is seeing 60 deaths every
day from Covid and the count is on the rise again. KY only has a
53% fully vaccinated rate. I suppose they don\'t fear a deadly
disease.

So it stands to reason they don\'t fear tornadoes much either. I
wonder if they have anything in their building code that requires
protection from tornadoes? Most likely too many people demand
their freedom from intrusive building codes.


I saw that some people were praying to God outside their destroyed
church.

Were they praying for a miracle or because there had been a miracle?

Well, I suppose they could have been thanking God for finally showing
very clearly that he doesn\'t give a stuff about them, so that in
future they can stop with the whole praying thing, and use their time
for something they actually like doing.

But probably not.

It is easy to imagine other possibilities, e.g. they were
thanking God for destroying the evil heretics from another
denomination. Ditto Godless people in general.
Gee, you atheist folks are so compassionate. How about, they love God
and love their church, and are praying for His aid and comfort in their
distress?
Hmmm... Seems like you don\'t understand that it was God who created that distress, no? Or was it the devil? Or maybe Flip Wilson?

Just like when watching a lot of sci-fi movies, to believe in God requires a very large dose of \"willing suspension of disbelief\". That is to say, you must turn off scientific thought. The two are irrevocably incompatible.

Combine that with the total lack of unequivocal evidence of the existence of God and it is much easier to suspend belief in god.

--

Rick C.

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