Re: Non PD: To or From God?

[Nancy Dreyfus <NDreyfus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not offended. But I guess as I see it, we all have free will. God
didn't kill those people. Crazy people did. I wouldn't blame it on God. I'd
blame it on those crazy people.

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> From:         Elaine Goodrich
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> A CNN news anchor stated on September 11 that when a tragedy occurs like
> the one that occured that day people naturally seek comfort and hope from
> a higher power. Judging from what I have seen on TV and in  those around
> me, that seems to be true for many people. But I have great difficulty
> understanding why. As a gesture of support for my friends and the
> survivors in a time of distress, I attended a prayer service in memory of
> those killed on September 11. The deity was asked to comfort and have
> mercy on the families and friends of those who died. While I wish for
> every comfort and mercy for these people, I cannot see why we should want
> to ask the deity to see to it. To me, what was being said was the
> following: "God, you have killed, or allowed to be killed, several
> thousand innocent people. Now I ask you to comfort and have mercy on the
> survivors." Does this make sense? A deity who was all-powerful and
> all-knowing surely could accomplish both of these things. But surely a
> deity who was all-good would never have allowed the first so as to have
> to be requested to do the second. Contrary to what the CNN commentator
> stated, a tragedy of the kind that happened on September 11 moves me away
> from the idea of such a "higher power," not toward it. I cannot take
> comfort in the idea that there is an all-powerful deity who would permit
> the devastation of September 11 to take place.
>
> Does anyone else see it that way? I send this not to offend but with
> genuine philosophical puzzlement.
>
> Ken (care-giver)
>
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