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I distinctly remember tornadoes flattening some churches in the Bible belt and many were killed! I am sorry but such events are not to be seen as divine intervention but for what they are: Natural disasters!Not all disasters are natural:
Psalm 83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Stop wickedness, stop problems.
God is perfect.
Not all disasters are Psalm 83 disasters. In fact, most come from Mama Nature.I distinctly remember tornadoes flattening some churches in the Bible belt and many were killed! I am sorry but such events are not to be seen as divine intervention but for what they are: Natural disasters!
Good question.How do we tell them apart?
As difficult as this may be to explain to some, God created all and is in control of all. God allows because God is perfect. God is in complete control.
So what? What does that have to do with acknowledging they won't vote for him? One can be a veteran and still be a socialist.Yeah and he also said those 47% didn't care about their lives and only wanted government handouts... including retired seniors and veterens.
How do we tell them apart? I remember some preacher saying that the Haiti earthquake was God's retribution! Could you give us the method used to discern the two?
Excellent answer but must I be answered by a heathen like me? Come on AV; Give it a shot mate!I bet I can give the method they use to discern the two.
Many believers assume as a matter of course that their God loves what they love, supports what they support, and hates what they hate.
So it stands to (their) reason that whenever something bad happens to their enemies, it must be happening to God's enemies as well, and therefore, it's God's punishment. OTOH, if it happens to someone whom they have no reason to hate, then most of the time it will be written off as a "natural disaster."
I say "most of the time," because there are some believers who continually believe that they are underestimating God's ability to hate, and will assume that the people being hit have committed some offense for which they have deserved obliteration.
Funny, isn't it? Believers (around here and elsewhere) are quick to believe that God hates more than they do; not so quick to believe that He loves more than they do.
Let me guess, you saw this preacher on TV right? Anytime you put a camera in someone face it changes everything. Also I would guess this preacher made that statement after the fact. Since the NT the whole world is judged then I doubt God is trying to make any statement through natural disasters.How do we tell them apart? I remember some preacher saying that the Haiti earthquake was God's retribution! Could you give us the method used to discern the two?
You must be a barrel of laughs at parties.
As you can read, God does not control this world, but He does know all about it.
The ones that get drunk off the saints blood, on their hands, find it hilarious.
Blimey. Is that what the word 'party' means to you?
Regardless of mans doubt, God is in complete control. Satan is aware of it and hates it.
How about the ones He kept alive? are you willing to comment on them as well, or just the ones you can use to put God in a negative light?I'm sure the people God kills with his natural and unnatural disasters aren't too fond of His "complete control" either.
THIS THREAD QUESTION IS FOR EVERYBODY, anybody can answer and participate in the discussion.
Do those who literally interpret the passages in Genesis 1-9 also literally interpret these passages:
1 - Women should not teach or have authority over men.
2 - Nobody should work on the Sabbath.
3 - Pork and shellfish are unclean and should not be eaten.
4 - Women should not wear pants.
5 - Nobody should wear clothes woven with different fabrics.
6 - Nobody should sit in the same place a woman during her period has sat.
And so on...
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