[Don'tMessWithTexas]

While an ardent opponent of Alan Keyes, I have to give you a hearty Huzzah for your response. In Luke 13, Jesus said that those that died in the tower of Siloam did not die because they were more wicked than others, but he went on to say we ought to repent lest we likewise perish. This ought to be a time of deep humiliation, repentance and confession unto God. As a nation, we have shed innocent blood. We have done wickedly. we deserve God's wrath and judgement for forsaking Him.

At this time of great sorrow, we should look in the mirror and reflect on the sin that rests in our flesh and the flesh of all men that precipitates such evil and hatred.

As a Calvinist, I know that God is in complete control of everything, yet is not the author of sin. He uses sinful men for his divine purposes. He can never be frustrated in His purpose. And that the same God who brought the victims into this world, oversaw every aspect of there passing to the next. That does not mean that God directly caused their death. It does mean that God was not caught asleep at the wheel. May He give us grace to trust in Him and lean not on our own understanding.

[greggy]

That does not mean that God directly caused their death.

By the way you write, I would never have guessed this is what you meant to say.