Protestantism

» HeadZenCards - The God Who Was Not There

If you were all-loving and all-powerful, you would have stopped the shooter. Since you believe in an all-powerful, all-loving god, why didn't he?

You said "When I pray for God to comfort the victims families, I am doing for them, not me." Is your idea of God so garbled that he, as the supreme everything, NEEDS you to demand that he comfort grieving people before he lifts a finger? I didn't think so. So, therefore, you pray to make yourself feel good, unless you think there is a magic telephone that connects your words and the victims families' ears.

Maybe your idea of God needs to be reminded that he screwed up in not stopping one of his own flock from murdering 32 people.

Yes, Cho did relate his experience to what he was taught about both the OT LORD GOD and Jesus in his mailings to NBC news between shootings. Cho seems to have been the proto-typical, "nut-job" christian. But then Jesus taught christians not to judge lest you be judged, so, between you and me, I am the only one who'd better call a Cho a nut.

As a christian, Cho probably asked for forgiveness before blowing his head off and thought he would spend eternity with Jesus. And no christian can make a judgment on this, lest they be judged! This is why I am sticking to protesting christianity here. In a political chat room, I would protest easy access to guns.

Wouldn't it better at this point to ignore this ghost-like god and comfort the child in your neighborhood who has access to guns and perceives himself as being persecuted? Try to get him to relate to a similar circumstance in your life. You could be a life saver.

The idea of God is not a joke. It is a hoax. Many hoaxes have positive effects but on the whole I'd say we are better off without them.

-- posted by HeadZenCards