"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
Only if one believes that natural events are punishment for our sins. I don't...
Asking if someone deserves having a natural disaster run over them is a chick question. That is an ideal based purely on emotion, not on rational, logical thought.
Of course, that describes the Left and the extreme right. It's all about how someone feels. Phouc that. I left the hormonal teenage years long, long ago.
Ed
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
or, is just hurricanes a fact of nature? we know tsunami's happen upon occasion.
the news media acts like we're being attacked, or something. maybe we are. but why?
in parts of the world tornadoes happen. ice-storms can occur knocking down trees & outing power.
i've come to the point that the news media is assigning meaning to everything that occurs here on the earth?
Gus, mankind is just a pimple on old Earth's butt. Mother Earth is hardly aware of our existence (if an inanimate object had awareness) except for a very minor local irritation once in a while. It stings a bit for a moment, but you know that in no time at all, it will be gone.
So it is with man, we have only been here for an instant of geological time, and in another instant we will all be gone, with little to no evidence we were ever here. Earth is like the honey badger, she just don't care.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
or, is just hurricanes a fact of nature? we know tsunami's happen upon occasion.
the news media acts like we're being attacked, or something. maybe we are. but why?
in parts of the world tornadoes happen. ice-storms can occur knocking down trees & outing power.
i've come to the point that the news media is assigning meaning to everything that occurs here on the earth?
Gus, mankind is just a pimple on old Earth's butt. Mother Earth is hardly aware of our existence (if an inanimate object had awareness) except for a very minor local irritation once in a while. It stings a bit for a moment, but you know that in no time at all, it will be gone.
So it is with man, we have only been here for an instant of geological time, and in another instant we will all be gone, with little to no evidence we were ever here. Earth is like the honey badger, she just don't care.
Now put that into the context of the Universe.
Just the portion visible to us is over 26 billion light years across, hundreds of billions of galaxies each with hundreds of billions of starts, and somehow we thing it cares enough about this one primate species on this one spec of dust to send storms and earth quakes to specific locations to punish selected sinners.
If this is the case, why did Katrina miss the Gayest portion of New Orleans.
Does the Universe like .270 shooters?
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
APDDSNO864; Good afternoon to you my cyber friend, I trust all is going at least moderately acceptable in your world.
When Gus initially posed the question, this exchange sprung immediately to my mind. We go to 1:34 by the way for the beginning of the specifics.
I read in some book somewhere one time "It is appointed unto man once to die".... there was more of course, but I've come to the conclusion nobody gets outa here alive, you know?
When I'm teaching the Survival/First Aid night in the BC Hunter Safety course, I tell the class two things - first - the mountain doesn't care if you die on it. Second - luck favors the prepared.
That said, even the prepared aren't making out alive are they?
Perhaps like the philosopher William Money said, "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it", eh?
All the best to you in the upcoming week sir and good luck on your hunts this fall.
Mt 5:45 ....that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
Since Rock Chuck brought up some Scripture I will bring up one that fits also.
Amos 3:6-7 "'If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it? Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets.'"
These hurricanes are certainly bringing calamity to some cities.
"Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter
...That said, even the prepared aren't making out alive are they? Perhaps like the philosopher William Money said, "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it", eh? Dwayne
Good evening, Dwayne! Good to see you posting!
You and William Money have it right, although there are a lot of people who make like they are going to get out of it alive because they deserve it. They do a lot of "preparing", when all we have to do is live our lives as we should and everything will go according to how it is supposed to be.
As a wise man once told me "We are where we are supposed to be."
I hope your endeavors this fall will meet or exceed your hopes and dreams. My best to you and your family.
Ed
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