Power of prayer flunks an unusual test

[Faith No More]

Nick, as I told you, it was only through God's will that the situation was not worse. Hundreds could have died, but God saved them.

Wasn't it god's will that it happened in the first place?

[libalchris]

Yep, that's the response we will usually get. In my case, my country (Fiji) is a very religious state. Odds of those affected by the flooding being Christians is pretty high. So either they were dozing off in church (and thus the lashing from god) or god does not exist. Former indicates a very evil god (thus not worthy of being revered).

Nick, as I told you, it was only through God's will that the situation was not worse. Hundreds could have died, but God saved them.

Honestly for a second there I thought you were joking, then I saw you were a Methodist. Isn't everything that happens God's will to begin with? (That would include worse things like the holocaust)

The other day Texas was hit by several tornadoes. Fortunately, no one was killed. Many homes were loss, and there were injuries, some serious however. Meanwhile, old friend were posting "Praise the Lord no one died! It's a miracle!" Never mind that several people had just lost everything but their lives, and that less than a year ago, states further east got hit worse, and over a hundred people died. Guess God cares more about Texans than people in Tennessee?

[Minimalist]

Yep, that's the response we will usually get. In my case, my country (Fiji) is a very religious state. Odds of those affected by the flooding being Christians is pretty high. So either they were dozing off in church (and thus the lashing from god) or god does not exist. Former indicates a very evil god (thus not worthy of being revered).

Nick, as I told you, it was only through God's will that the situation was not worse. Hundreds could have died, but God saved them.

It's hard to believe that one human being could be as fucking stupid as you evidently are.

[Aegrus]

Yep, that's the response we will usually get. In my case, my country (Fiji) is a very religious state. Odds of those affected by the flooding being Christians is pretty high. So either they were dozing off in church (and thus the lashing from god) or god does not exist. Former indicates a very evil god (thus not worthy of being revered).

Nick, as I told you, it was only through God's will that the situation was not worse. Hundreds could have died, but God saved them.

Really?

[R-e-n-n-a-t]

Yep, that's the response we will usually get. In my case, my country (Fiji) is a very religious state. Odds of those affected by the flooding being Christians is pretty high. So either they were dozing off in church (and thus the lashing from god) or god does not exist. Former indicates a very evil god (thus not worthy of being revered).

Nick, as I told you, it was only through God's will that the situation was not worse. Hundreds could have died, but God saved them.

So, if someone was to sell you into the world of underground sex-slavery, you'd be thankful to God for not doing something worse?

The mighty Spaghetti Monster grins at your humorous mental capacity.

[Cyberman]

Yep, that's the response we will usually get. In my case, my country (Fiji) is a very religious state. Odds of those affected by the flooding being Christians is pretty high. So either they were dozing off in church (and thus the lashing from god) or god does not exist. Former indicates a very evil god (thus not worthy of being revered).

Nick, as I told you, it was only through God's will that the situation was not worse. Hundreds could have died, but God saved them.

Much as I might hate to join in the dogpiling:

Why did "God" need to intervene to prevent the situation from worsening? Couldn't it just as easily have not allowed the flooding to happen in the first place, or at the very least reduced it to something like a dribble? It would have 'saved' hundreds more lives that way.

[libalchris]

Yep, that's the response we will usually get. In my case, my country (Fiji) is a very religious state. Odds of those affected by the flooding being Christians is pretty high. So either they were dozing off in church (and thus the lashing from god) or god does not exist. Former indicates a very evil god (thus not worthy of being revered).

Nick, as I told you, it was only through God's will that the situation was not worse. Hundreds could have died, but God saved them.

Much as I might hate to join in the dogpiling:

Why did "God" need to intervene to prevent the situation from worsening? Couldn't it just as easily have not allowed the flooding to happen in the first place, or at the very least reduced it to something like a dribble? It would have 'saved' hundreds more lives that way.

Don't you get it!? God works in mysterious ways and should not be questioned!

[Minimalist]

Well then fuck god AND his fucking followers.

[Xyster]

Well here is the first issue I have with prayer. If everything happens by gods plan, then anything that was going to happen will happen reguardless. Do people really think they can curcumvent gods plan? Also god knows EVERYTHING you think or say b4 you think or say it... So that makes prayer an egotiscial doubledumb pointless exercise in mental masterbation.

[Forsaken]

We have a neurotic god that only accepts the credit for any perceived success but refuses to accept any of the blame for any disasters.