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In reply to the discussion: "I don't understand it, but I know my god does." [View all]Grammy23
(6,124 posts)4. Yep, I heard this man make this statement this afternoon. I cant imagine the kind of grief
He and his wife are experiencing. It is beyond comprehension. But he did manage to say the standard thing when incidents like the Texas shooting happen. It just blows my mind the brainwashing it takes to say that and truly believe it. The members of his church and churches like his everywhere across America are told to just suck it up and accept it. Dont dare question it because HE knows the plan. And while we dont understand it, we just have to trust HIM.
I grew up being taught that but one day I just couldn't make sense of it any more. It had no logic and was way too complicated. I never did get what someone dying on a cross had to do with absolving me of my sins. I had too many questions that no one could answer.
So these poor people will have to stuff whatever questions they have because HE has the plan and we dont get to question it.
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Yep, I heard this man make this statement this afternoon. I cant imagine the kind of grief
Grammy23
Nov 2017
#4
I'm just wondering if trashing the Second Amendment by not letting mentally deranged people buy guns
world wide wally
Nov 2017
#9
When they organize, and speak "in God's name" of upending the Constitution . . .
hatrack
Nov 2017
#34
I agree. If that belief gives him comfort I'm not going to fuss about it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Nov 2017
#79
Which explains why mass shootings in places like the UK, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark, Canada, Holland
hatrack
Nov 2017
#23
Well, my Goddess says human beings have free will and brains, and that there are consequences...
Hekate
Nov 2017
#13
Nor am I. People grieve and hurt just as hard when loved ones die for stupid reasons...
Hekate
Nov 2017
#68
Religion! Delusional mindsets to explain the unknown. Millions, billions? have been
RKP5637
Nov 2017
#52