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GenesisNemesis · 05-11-2007, 08:32 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNxg7xGZDTc

Why was no one hurt, then?

Avatar · 05-11-2007, 09:43 AM

Wow.

Damn, I bet that was scary. And real damn cool too.

Ojuice5001 · 05-11-2007, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by GenesisNemesis

It's quite easy to say how a weather disaster could have been sent as a punishment from the gods even though no one was hurt. Perhaps the punishment consists in the property destruction that took place.

I do think that the gods are responsible for why the weather turns out the way it does, both in terms of disasters and in terms of ordinary, benign weather. But that doesn't mean that they are always, or usually, thinking in terms of punishing or rewarding humans. For example, the gods might decide that a particular location should be hit by a storm, but that might not mean that they are angry with the humans who live there. Maybe they just thought there was so much garbage lying around that a storm would be a good way to wash it all away.

Clivedurdle · 05-11-2007, 11:34 AM

Of course, the gods must use non-linear dynamic methods! (and butterflies flapping wings).

AthenaAwakened · 05-11-2007, 11:55 AM

Pat Robertson said that Katrina was a punishment for homosexuality.

He also said the the WTC bombings were a punishment for feminism.

God does some weird punishing.

espritch · 05-11-2007, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Ojuice5001

It's quite easy to say how a weather disaster could have been sent as a punishment from the gods even though no one was hurt. Perhaps the punishment consists in the property destruction that took place.

I do think that the gods are responsible for why the weather turns out the way it does, both in terms of disasters and in terms of ordinary, benign weather. But that doesn't mean that they are always, or usually, thinking in terms of punishing or rewarding humans. For example, the gods might decide that a particular location should be hit by a storm, but that might not mean that they are angry with the humans who live there. Maybe they just thought there was so much garbage lying around that a storm would be a good way to wash it all away.

If God (or gods) are not responsible for how weather turns out, it is because they are not responsible for weather at all. What else are gods not responsible and what are they responsible for? And how do you tell the difference? If they are responsible for nothing, why have them?

GenesisNemesis · 05-11-2007, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Ojuice5001

It's quite easy to say how a weather disaster could have been sent as a punishment from the gods even though no one was hurt. Perhaps the punishment consists in the property destruction that took place.

I do think that the gods are responsible for why the weather turns out the way it does, both in terms of disasters and in terms of ordinary, benign weather. But that doesn't mean that they are always, or usually, thinking in terms of punishing or rewarding humans. For example, the gods might decide that a particular location should be hit by a storm, but that might not mean that they are angry with the humans who live there. Maybe they just thought there was so much garbage lying around that a storm would be a good way to wash it all away.

...nvm.

How do you know there are gods?

Von Zipper · 05-11-2007, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by AthenaAwakened

Pat Robertson said that Katrina was a punishment for homosexuality.

He also said the the WTC bombings were a punishment for feminism.

God does some weird punishing.

Pat's full of it. I've sincerely prayed for guidance on this issue, and God told me that he was punishing America for Pat Robertson both times.

ziffel · 05-11-2007, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by AthenaAwakened

Pat Robertson said that Katrina was a punishment for homosexuality.

He also said the the WTC bombings were a punishment for feminism.

God does some weird punishing.

So God was punishing little old heterosexual ladies by slowly terrorizing and then drowning them in the attics of their homes? not to mention infants. And does he then punish the 9/11 bombers for murder, or are they rewarded for carrying out the will of God?

You're right, weird. I would love to have a conversation with Pat Robertson. I bet I'd get some hand waving before it was over.

EthnAlln · 05-11-2007, 02:52 PM

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I would love to have a conversation with Pat Robertson.

Be careful what you wish for! (Unless you enjoy explaining arithmetic to a turnip.)

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