Big earthquake on Saturday in Indonesia.

Posted by Les on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 12:36 PM. Read 950 times. Tags:
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I don’t tend to pay attention to the news much on the weekends, less so when it’s a three day weekend, so I’m just getting caught up on what’s been happening. Seems there was a magnitude 6.3 quake in Indonesia Saturday with some 5,000+ estimated dead so far. As if that weren’t enough, the quake was followed by torrential rains and the very real possibility that Mount Merapi might erupt at any second.

Has anyone started a pool on how long it’ll be before some asshat Christian claims it’s punishment from God? I’ve not noticed any such pronouncements yet, which is surprising given the speed they’ve come in the past.

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Sadie Jane United States Posted on 05/30/2006 at 01:51 PM

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Has anyone started a pool on how long it’ll be before some asshat Christian claims it’s punishment from God?

Like death and taxes, it’s inevitable.  oh oh

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Mr Hines United States Posted on 05/30/2006 at 05:55 PM

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On the bright side, there’s a few less potential illegal aliens to deal with…

J Silverthorn United States Posted on 05/30/2006 at 06:07 PM

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Sexy Sadie, I appologize, I just stumbled onto this site and was curious about what pool would be started for?...... Forgive me for being a little sllllllooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww.......

j silverthorn United States Posted on 05/30/2006 at 06:11 PM

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o.k. forget that last comment, I read the paragraph that you were referring to. too much work and not enough sleep make for not so bright comments.

Moloch United States Posted on 05/30/2006 at 10:31 PM

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Indonesia Earthquake Kills at Least 2,700

Subarjo, a 70-year-old food vendor, sobbed next to his dead wife, his house destroyed. “I couldn’t help my wife … I was trying to rescue my children, one with a broken leg, and then the house collapsed,” he said. “I have to accept this as our destiny, as God’s will.”

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Beware the beast man, for he is the Devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother’s land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home, and yours. Shun him, for he is the harbinger of death.

Mr Hines United States Posted on 06/01/2006 at 04:44 PM

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It probably has to do with them having no souls…

Last_Hussar United Kingdom Posted on 06/01/2006 at 05:02 PM

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I stumbled across a post board that was discussing this.  Th xian view appeared to be that it was not up to God to stop deaths from natural disasters.  I can only assume this then means that some natural phenomenom are not God’s doing, but, well, natural.  This makes sense on the Micro level- i.e. he invented plate tectonics etc, but He doesn’t necessarily get involved after.  On the Macro scale it does pose the question ‘Why do it to start with?’.

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