Posted on 09/01/2005 7:20:09 PM PDT by LifeSite News
NEW ORLEANS, September 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The popular adage, "there are no atheists in the trenches" sums up the truth that in times of disaster it is natural for people to turn to God, for help and also for an explanation. The devastation wrought by hurricane Katrina has brought that reality home to the United States, particularly in the affected regions.
. . . New Orleans City Council President Oliver Thomas after witnessing the horrors first hand and hearing talk of Sodom and Gomorrah commented, "Maybe God's going to cleanse us."
The theme of cleansing or purification has become a frequently discussed topic as the tragedy in the affected states unfolds. European papers have suggested that Katrina was the punishment the US received for failing to sign onto the Kyoto accord, Islamic militants have rejoiced that "private" Katrina has joined in the holy war against the U.S. for - among other things - the Iraq war. Some have even suggested that the hurricane was God's punishment on the U.S. for cooperating in the removal of Jews from the Gaza strip.
However, beyond these speculations is a more general acknowledgement that New Orleans, the epicentre of the disaster, was a "sin city" which harboured few rivals. The New Orleans "southern decadence" festival which was to take place Labour Day weekend, is described by a French Quarter tourism site as "sort of like a gayer version of Mardi Gras" which is "most famous (or infamous) for the displays of naked flesh which characterize the event," with "public displays of sexuality . . . pretty much everywhere you look."
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"God is not obligated to show me anything."
So why are you blaming Him for the hurricane and the aftermath?
You seem to WANT it to be a sign.
fun profile page :)
no ZOT for you.
welcome to FR
God need not to do marketing just to have people believe in Him or accept Him... we need Him...
If there would be some people who would come to know God this way, good for them! Now they realize that...
well you go right ahead and do so.......the rest of us can do it without your pontification.
try the Book of Job. I suspect seeing your reflection thrice shall do you a spot of good.
I don't want to take control.
I also want you to stop defining God in your narrow, self-righteous way.
I haven't blamed God for anything. All I said, was that God is in control of all things. If anyone is to blame, it's a sinful world who refuse to listen to Him who is in control.
Stick a sock in it.
I love Boston, as I do New Orleans, but I also recognize that both could be on the top of a biblical judgment list, if such a list were to exist.
By the way, if I get any advance word through some sort of prophetic dream or something I'll be sure and pass it on to you if you promise to call my relatives in Arlington and give them the heads up!
So you think people are going to accept God because He killed thousands of people in a hurricane?
Jesus was only narrow to the narrow-minded.
LOL! Thanks for a good laugh.
"I haven't blamed God for anything."
Then what about the deaths, the destruction, and the like in New Orleans, Boluxi, Gulfport Mississippi?
Tell me, in your opinion, why?
Hmmm?
Are you sure you want to accuse God of wrong doing?
If you want to say that God SENT the hurricane to destroy the place, then you are accusing God of wrong doing.
EVEN if it makes you comfortable to think that those people died because they 'deserved it', you are still accusing God of wrong doing.
You mentioned true love.
I suggest you read 1 Corinthians 13 verses 4 through 13..
It goes counter to what you said.
I've read Job more times than I can count. I know in Whom I have believed and know that I have inherited the righteousness of Christ -- don't need to stand on my own. Like Job, I know my Redeemer lives.
The sad thing is there are many people who would answer that questin with a resounding YES.
"I know in Whom I have believed and know that I have inherited the righteousness of Christ "
But you have a form of righteousness without the love of God.
What does ZOT mean again, and what do you mean by it?
whatever you say, Bildad.
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