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Ocelot II

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28. I have always thought it was grotesque, not to mention theologically untenable,

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 04:57 PM

Jul 8

for survivors of disasters to thank God for their survival, "God has a plan," etc. Same for anyone else thanking God for "saving" some people. What about the ones God didn't save? Were they not worthy of saving? Why did God take those people; why did he decide the survivors were so special that he still has plans for them? It's incredibly insensitive, it must be rubbing salt in the wounds of the families of the dead for anyone to be thanking God, implicitly suggesting that God didn't consider their loved ones worthy of saving. Makes me want to puke whenever I hear that crap.

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Kristi Noem 'extremely grateful for God's hand' in Texas flooding [View all] turbinetree Jul 8 OP

Daily I wonder what evil thing The Want to be King and his minions will say and or do and daily efhmc Jul 8 #1

for them, no low TOO low. B.See Jul 8 #36

WHAT!!! Biophilic Jul 8 #2

And yet that very hand of god killed over 100 people MagickMuffin Jul 8 #3

No. God had nothing to do with RW humans' free will decisions to a) cut NOAA meteorolgist positions, and ancianita Jul 8 #19

Well I was responding to Kristi, and was being sarcastic MagickMuffin Jul 8 #35

Okay. Sorry I missed that. Usually I catch sarcasm. ancianita Jul 8 #39

"There's a hundred people I won't have to drag to my gravel pit!" struggle4progress Jul 8 #4

I thought their God was kinda into flooding. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jul 8 #5

Although I'm not religious, I know there are comforting things one can say from a religious viewpoint. Girard442 Jul 8 #6

God flooded them, then comforted them Johonny Jul 8 #7

Logic like that is mere human understanding. It's theology, not religion, that explains God. ancianita Jul 8 #21

Murder Xoan Jul 8 #8

What kind of monstrous god does she pray to? StarryNite Jul 8 #9

purely one of her own imagination ancianita Jul 8 #22

Which explains why she dreamed up StarryNite Jul 8 #25

tho i walk in the valley of mud... Tetrachloride Jul 8 #10

What a joke...she spews so much hate and claims to be a Christian Tribetime Jul 8 #11

to be fair Skittles Jul 8 #37

Every last one of them they're all Scum of the earth Tribetime Jul 8 #42

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man (or woman). Thomas Paine Ping Tung Jul 8 #12

take any sentence. add thanks God Tetrachloride Jul 8 #13

Helluva job, God dalton99a Jul 8 #14

... ancianita Jul 8 #23

Try republican negligence Blue Full Moon Jul 8 #15

Just shut the fuck up, Noem. (nt) Paladin Jul 8 #16

Let's stick to your job nutcase. twodogsbarking Jul 8 #17

Yes, stick to being just a cruel asshole who doesn't care about the constitution mdbl Jul 8 #18

I was fantasizing. Pretty much all we have at this point. twodogsbarking Jul 8 #20

Meanwhile, Mother Nature has more tricks up her sleeve... AntiFascist Jul 8 #24

It's not climate change and govt failure killing people. God is doing it all. Irish_Dem Jul 8 #26

This crisis caused and brought to us by MAGA Christian republicans. Initech Jul 8 #31

The words of a total incompetent C_U_L8R Jul 8 #27

I have always thought it was grotesque, not to mention theologically untenable, Ocelot II Jul 8 #28

These clowns need to stop using religion to hide behind vapor2 Jul 8 #29

Our government is not your church! Initech Jul 8 #30

If you ask these "Christian" people about God taking good Christian children, mucholderthandirt Jul 8 #32

People who didn't want to spend the money for sirens. Period. Srkdqltr Jul 8 #33

This week purple_haze Jul 8 #34

Why do these people always tell us how great it is up there and they're just passing thru to the promised land Deuxcents Jul 8 #38

So why did God kill those children in the first place? comradebillyboy Jul 8 #40

But I see it as God's punishment for Texas' anti-immigrant stance. sinkingfeeling Jul 8 #41