Sunday, February 23, 2003
God Explodes Shuttle
Ummm, errr, no, he's on our side isn't he? I wanted to comment on this before but somehow it seemed in bad taste even for this cat. There were more than a few news sidelines devoted to god and his plan and how the shuttle disaster fits. It isn't unusual to look to god for answers in a time of tragedy. Hell (can I say hell), it's almost natural. Here's a story that's still online that states
FAITHFUL TURN TO GOD IN TIME OF TRAGEDY. I wanna quote a little piece of that article ....
"This is not attributable to God in any sense," said John Spansel, a retired Michoud contracts director who attended Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Slidell.
"Having worked in and seen how intricate the process is, you see how minuscule every little component is. Everything has to go perfectly for the process to even work," he said. "But we can turn to God in our sorrow and grief."
I'm never quite sure what god it is they're thinking of there. Is that the all-knowing one or the compassionate one? Nahh, it must be the one that says we have free will since he's had no part in it. I can't fathom how anyone can go with those contradictions and have faith. Ah, but then, it's not all bad news for the faithful though. If your god is on the other side it's all roses and champagne.... and I quote ...
BAGHDAD -- Immediate popular reaction in Baghdad yesterday to the loss of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew -- including the first Israeli in space -- was that it was God's retribution.
"We are happy that it broke up," government employee Abdul Jabbar al-Quraishi said. "God wants to show that his might is greater than the Americans. They have encroached on our country. God is avenging us," he said .
Ummm, errr, no, he's on our side isn't he? I wanted to comment on this before but somehow it seemed in bad taste even for this cat. There were more than a few news sidelines devoted to god and his plan and how the shuttle disaster fits. It isn't unusual to look to god for answers in a time of tragedy. Hell (can I say hell), it's almost natural. Here's a story that's still online that states
FAITHFUL TURN TO GOD IN TIME OF TRAGEDY. I wanna quote a little piece of that article ....
"This is not attributable to God in any sense," said John Spansel, a retired Michoud contracts director who attended Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Slidell.
"Having worked in and seen how intricate the process is, you see how minuscule every little component is. Everything has to go perfectly for the process to even work," he said. "But we can turn to God in our sorrow and grief."
I'm never quite sure what god it is they're thinking of there. Is that the all-knowing one or the compassionate one? Nahh, it must be the one that says we have free will since he's had no part in it. I can't fathom how anyone can go with those contradictions and have faith. Ah, but then, it's not all bad news for the faithful though. If your god is on the other side it's all roses and champagne.... and I quote ...
BAGHDAD -- Immediate popular reaction in Baghdad yesterday to the loss of the U.S. space shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew -- including the first Israeli in space -- was that it was God's retribution.
"We are happy that it broke up," government employee Abdul Jabbar al-Quraishi said. "God wants to show that his might is greater than the Americans. They have encroached on our country. God is avenging us," he said .
