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the_ignored
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 09/20/2002 : 03:02:40 [Permalink]
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Exceptional.
I'm no engineer, but I thought when I heard about this cross thing, what are the odds that when a steel structure collapsed - a steel structure supported by steel beams that intersect - what are the odds that it would leave two broken steel beams that intersect? Why, it must mean there is a god.
"Not one human life should be expended in this reckless violence called a war against terrorism." - Howard Zinn |
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James
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USA
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Posted - 09/20/2002 : 06:51:23 [Permalink]
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Exceptional.
I'm no engineer, but I thought when I heard about this cross thing, what are the odds that when a steel structure collapsed - a steel structure supported by steel beams that intersect - what are the odds that it would leave two broken steel beams that intersect? Why, it must mean there is a god.
IIRC, I heard that the cross wasn't found standing up, that the people helping out found it elsewhere and moved it to the spot and stood it up.
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PhDreamer
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Posted - 09/20/2002 : 07:15:42 [Permalink]
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I'm no engineer, but I thought when I heard about this cross thing, what are the odds that when a steel structure collapsed - a steel structure supported by steel beams that intersect - what are the odds that it would leave two broken steel beams that intersect? Why, it must mean there is a god.
And that he loves us enough to send a message reminding us that he exists despite the carnage he just allowed to happen.
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
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the_ignored
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Posted - 10/11/2002 : 00:47:36 [Permalink]
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This is from: http://www.secweb.org/asset.asp?AssetID=231
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How Church People Think
by Michael Drake
A recent column by Eugene Kane depicts how "church people think," and suggests that atheists suffer by comparison. (See In dire moments, many turn to God.) However, Mr. Kane perhaps sketched an incomplete picture of the believer's thought process; my brief, verse attempt to set the shadows in greater relief follows.
Even as innocents hurled to earth in a crush of concrete, steel and fire, believers hailed the survival of a steel crossbeam.
That's how church people think.
Even as loved ones were left to die, believers praised a god whose justice they would be infinite as they would his love supreme.
That's how church people think.
Even as some praised Allah for his aid in killing the infidel, others thanked God for the lives he saw fit to redeem.
That's how church people think.
One might count it a blessing that not all people think the same way church people do.
Date published: 10/08/2002
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/11/2002 : 02:25:36 [Permalink]
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Amen
"Not one human life should be expended in this reckless violence called a war against terrorism." - Howard Zinn |
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