On the fall of man
Last night, while watching my NY Giants defeat the homeless New Orleans Saints, I heard something that struck me as somewhat odd. During the game the announcers were interviewing various people (NFL commissioner, Former President Bush, etc.). At one point they interviewed Archie Manning, former Saints quarterback and father of Giants starting quarterback Eli. They mostly asked Manning how he and his family and the team were dealing with the aftermath of the hurricane and all that. Towards the end of the conversation, one of the announcers brought up Hurricane Rita, which is slowly creeping towards the Gulf. The announcer said something like "Let's pray that the hurricane doesn't hit New Orleans, that's just not fair." to which Archie Manning replied "No, it's not fair. And God wouldn't let it happen twice/again."
I found this to be an interesting statement. It certainly seems, or can be inferred, that (at least according to Mr. Manning) God was in control of hurricane Katrina and sent it to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. These seems like an odd statement to me. For someone who is religious to believe that God caused (or at least did not prevent) the hurricane to demolish New Orleans and other cities and towns is surprising. If you do believe that this was God's will, wouldn't you have to question God? What sick, twisted fuck would actually, purposefully destroy so many lives? That is not someone I'd pray to for help.
A group calling itself "Repent America" agrees with the aforementioned theory that it was God's will. They, however, see a specific purpose in mind for the high and mighty creator:
"We must help and pray for those ravaged by this disaster, but let us not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long," Marcavage said. "May this act of God cause us all to think about what we tolerate in our city limits, and bring us trembling before the throne of Almighty God," Marcavage concluded.
[God] sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." (Matthew 5:45)
Are these people correct? Is what they espouse in this article true? Does God really hate homosexuals so much that he would kill thousands of innocents in order to stop their faggotry? I doubt it. I also doubt that God had anything at all to do with the hurricane. For that matter, I pretty much doubt that God exists. But if he/she/it does, I would hope that God would not be so cruel and unforgiving. But if he/she/it is as horrible an entity as Repent America makes it seem, then I want nothing to do with God.
At this point ignorance is, indeed, bliss. Faith seems like too dangerous a thing.
I found this to be an interesting statement. It certainly seems, or can be inferred, that (at least according to Mr. Manning) God was in control of hurricane Katrina and sent it to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. These seems like an odd statement to me. For someone who is religious to believe that God caused (or at least did not prevent) the hurricane to demolish New Orleans and other cities and towns is surprising. If you do believe that this was God's will, wouldn't you have to question God? What sick, twisted fuck would actually, purposefully destroy so many lives? That is not someone I'd pray to for help.
A group calling itself "Repent America" agrees with the aforementioned theory that it was God's will. They, however, see a specific purpose in mind for the high and mighty creator:
"We must help and pray for those ravaged by this disaster, but let us not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long," Marcavage said. "May this act of God cause us all to think about what we tolerate in our city limits, and bring us trembling before the throne of Almighty God," Marcavage concluded.
[God] sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." (Matthew 5:45)
Are these people correct? Is what they espouse in this article true? Does God really hate homosexuals so much that he would kill thousands of innocents in order to stop their faggotry? I doubt it. I also doubt that God had anything at all to do with the hurricane. For that matter, I pretty much doubt that God exists. But if he/she/it does, I would hope that God would not be so cruel and unforgiving. But if he/she/it is as horrible an entity as Repent America makes it seem, then I want nothing to do with God.
At this point ignorance is, indeed, bliss. Faith seems like too dangerous a thing.
posted by Spec at 12:51 PM
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As a Catholic (and not a funadmentalist, as the members of Repent America clearly are), I believe that God controls everything. However, God is not someone to be feared as a fundamentalist would believe. He is accessible to us, He listens to us, and He loves us. There is some greater reason for all of the horrible things that we experience on earth (i.e. flooding, genocide, war, sickness) and this reason is something that we cannot possibly understand because we are not all-knowing. This lack of understanding makes us question God and, tragically, makes some people reject God, but true believers acknowledge that God has a bigger vision than we do and He means the best for us overall. We are His children and He loves us more than He loves Himself.
I guess I just don't have the faith necessary to believe likewise. But I wholly agree with you that we cannot know the reasons for everything. We are indeed not all-knowing.
This very morning, brothers and sisters, the LOW-ER-DUH sent unto me a mighty hangover, which did sorely grieveth me, but I soldiered onward in the knowledge that my faith was being tested. That, a couple cups of strong coffee, and a donut enabled me to carry on. Then I beheld that a multitude of email message filleth my Inbox, and knowing that each was visited upon me by servants or proxies or minions of said LOWER-DUH, I did read them in order to better discern His will. And so on. Pantheism is the ism for me.
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