Not a single Church burnt!

[ikonographics]

Amidst the tragedy of the fires near Athens that cost nearly 100 lives there have been numerous miracles...one being that not a single church or shrine was damaged in the slightest. The fires just passed them by! https://agiotopia.blogspot.com/2018/08/blog-post_71.html?spref=fb

 

[Anhelyna]

That's incredible !!

Glory to God !

 

[Milos]

My friend who is in the military told me a story of how a member from our Church survived a blast from a mine without a scratch. I believe God truly protects the followers of Christ.

 

[Chinchilla]

My friend who is in the military told me a story of how a member from our Church survived a blast from a mine without a scratch. I believe God truly protects the followers of Christ.

Only when his purpose is not fulfilled , some people had purpose to die for thier faith like Peter for example giving us thier testimony untill death .

 

[ArmyMatt]

glory to God!

 

[SkyWriting]

Amidst the tragedy of the fires near Athens that cost nearly 100 lives there have been numerous miracles...one being that not a single church or shrine was damaged in the slightest. The fires just passed them by! https://agiotopia.blogspot.com/2018/08/blog-post_71.html?spref=fb

"fires ...that cost nearly 100 lives"

 

[rusmeister]

"fires ...that cost nearly 100 lives"

She said “amidst...”.
We know there was tragedy. Loss of life is always tragic. Are we qualified to judge who is to die, when and why?

That no churches were burned remains miraculous even in the face of the tragedy.

 

[SkyWriting]

She said “amidst...”.
We know there was tragedy. Loss of life is always tragic. Are we qualified to judge who is to die, when and why?

That no churches were burned remains miraculous even in the face of the tragedy.

If there were survivors found in the churches,
that would be a story worth repeating.

 

[rusmeister]

If there were survivors found in the churches,
that would be a story worth repeating.

Christian materialism is a philosophy that misses the essence of the Gospel: “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and on those in the tombs bestowing life!”
The Christian materialist holds this present temporary mortal life not merely sacred, as we all do, but as the only life. He or she loses sight of eternity, as well as of the sacred in general in this life. Thus, like for the atheist, for the Christian materialist, physical death seems the greatest evil that can happen. Concern about one’s soul in eternity, as well as the ability to recognize the value of the sacred in this life, become secondary, or at least, harder to perceive or care about.

You won’t find anyone here that thinks it good that people died in the fires. But, this being the congregational forum TAW (in which you are a welcome guest), many recognize it as good that sacred spaces were spared, even though we wish that no one had died. Our hope is in Pascha, and in the resurrection of the dead.

 

[ArmyMatt]

If there were survivors found in the churches,
that would be a story worth repeating.

actually God sparing those Churches affirms His mercy on those who died. so it is a story worth repeating.

 

[SkyWriting]

actually God sparing those Churches affirms His mercy on those who died. so it is a story worth repeating.

I can't stop you from claiming the victory of 100 deaths and church buildings all spared.
I'd prefer the opposite result of 1 near death and 99 buildings gone.

 

[ArmyMatt]

I can't stop you from claiming the victory of 100 deaths and church buildings all spared.
I'd prefer the opposite result of 1 near death and 99 buildings gone.

of course it would be infinitely better for every parish to be torched and all people spared. however, being as how that is not what happened, we can and should rejoice in God's reminder that He was present even in the midst of that tragedy.

and I didn't say you were trying to stop me from doing anything.

 

[RobNJ]

I can't stop you from claiming the victory of 100 deaths and church buildings all spared.
I'd prefer the opposite result of 1 near death and 99 buildings gone.

Perhaps you missed this earlier thread, from when the fires were still burning.

https://www.christianforums.com/threads/pray-for-greece-at-least-49-dead.8074620/

The current thread is an attempt to find a "silver lining", in the midst of all the tragedy.

 

[~Anastasia~]

B

 

[RobNJ]

B

An amazing display of brevity, considering..

 

[~Anastasia~]

An amazing display of brevity, considering..

I thought better of it. And realized it's not my place.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

Am I nuts (don't answer that) or is it just plain crazy that we have an inspirational story from the OP showing something miraculous and it turns out by someone in here to be a BAD thing?

Ay yay yay.....

How do we know how many people were SAVED and spared by God!? That fire had the potential kill far more than 100. We don't know the extent of God's mercy or His motives.

 

[~Anastasia~]

Am I nuts (don't answer that) or is it just plain crazy that we have an inspirational story from the OP showing something miraculous and it turns out by someone in here to be a BAD thing?

Ay yay yay.....

How do we know how many people were SAVED and spared by God!? That fire had the potential kill far more than 100. We don't know the extent of God's mercy or His motives.

No you're not crazy.

It's all a matter of perspective.

Of COURSE we are not rejoicing in anyone's tragic death.

But we can rejoice that in the midst of tragedy - there are glimpses of mercy of God.

 

[RobNJ]

Am I nuts (don't answer that) or is it just plain crazy that we have an inspirational story from the OP showing something miraculous and it turns out by someone in here to be a BAD thing?

Ay yay yay.....

How do we know how many people were SAVED and spared by God!? That fire had the potential kill far more than 100. We don't know the extent of God's mercy or His motives.

Your point is valid... even in spite of your well known level of sanity (or, lack thereof )

 

[~Anastasia~]

Your point is valid... even in spite of your well known level of sanity (or, lack thereof )

Haha maybe Rob is closer.

I defer ...