God's will.....who needs it?

[Tiberius]

I really don't like how you guys jump on every article like this, and parade out your tired opinions. We know you don't like it when people thank or credit "God" for seemingly miraculous events.

I'm sorry, did you forget for an instant that you were on an atheist. discussion. forum? If you don't like it, go away. This is a forum that encourages discussion, and if you'd rather censor and make sure everyone "plays nice" then you have got completely the wrong idea.

All I can say (again) is that it is rude to project your opinion on this situation, and be so "holier-than-thou" over the person quoted.

We find it rude that this happened in the first place, and in a community of discussion, we like to talk about things like this (especially if they are hypocritical). I just love how you attack us for projecting your opinion over the situation, and then you continue to espouse your opinion of it! So it's not ok for us to have an opinion, but it's fine for you to have yours? Talk about hypocrisy!

To say that the other 152 are 'forgotten' or 'unworthy' is to be disingenuous at best. You should know full well that that is not what the quotee meant, only your unfortunate way of looking at it.

It might not be what he meant, but theists seemingly forget that their words reveal uncomfortable truths. If God picked this one survivor, then he did not pick the others (for what reason, we do not know). God is meant to be all-powerful, so it was certainly in his capabilities. So either God left the others to die, or he wasn't powerful enough to save anymore. Either way, it's not a god worth worshiping.

When you are the miraculous sole survivor, you get to decide what your soundbite is.

The don't be arrogant. Be thankful that you are alive, but thank the rescue teams who go to you, or thank dumb luck. Don't thank someone by unleashing the implication that you were somehow more special than everyone else on board.

Also, when you are dead and the miraculous survivor makes a quote about god, you are absolutely allowed then to be offended. Offended and dead. Good, proper atheist dead too.

That is one idiotic argument, especially when you say it to a bunch of atheists.

I just have to say it is rude, and your clear misinterpretation of the poor persons remarks shouldn't be passed back and forth like a doob of stoop, until you all feel a little more superior.

The point is, our response to the situation is superior. We wouldn't judge anyone we didn't know if we were in the crash. We'd thank the medical and rescue teams for saving us, but we would mourn with the families of those lost. We wouldn't make any arrogant statements that suggest we were somehow special or "chosen".