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AND had she been religious was she going to answer no?
WTF kind of stupid questions is this.. Journalists in these situations are *******s, we had a house fire and the TV reporter is asking "How do you feel?".... "I feel like ripping your head off is how I feel"
Yeah, he probably just expected to hear that, as it is the heart of The Heartland. Buckle of the Bible Belt and all that.
Truth is, (as I keep saying on the forum, so forgive me if I sound like a broken record) Oklahoma is quite diverse. There's a good mix which includes people of all nationalites, some sovereign nations contained within its borders, nonbelievers, pagans, artists, old first-generation hippies, old first-generation punks (like myself)...plenty of freaks and flakes here.
But really, I have no issue at all with believers. Some of the kindest, most intelligent people I've ever known are religious in one way or another. Whatever gets people through the night and offers them comfort and fellowship in a world that is often too dark to bear. Or gives them some slace through a tragedy like this.
Who knows? Maybe they are even right to believe in some kind of deity or higher power. I don't personally believe that, but I could be wrong. The universe is vast and we know very little about it, ourselves or "reality" at this point.
Being a Christian and an American, I thank you for your comments. Very well said and very understanding of those with different beliefs than yourself.
I have atheist friends that continuously make fun of those of us that do believe and its refreshing to see someone that admits that none of us truly have proof of their views other than faith.
I saw this myself on CNN. Having spent a lot of time in Oklahoma, I know what was in Blitzer's mind. Religion is part of the air in that state, and after a disaster like this he probably heard "God this" and "Jesus that" so many times from victims, store owners, radio shows, that he just assumed that everybody was praising the Lord and that doing so was cathartic for the victims. His ears were ringing. He was offering her the opportunity to give praise and thanks that he assumed she needed. She may well have been the first victim (and last) he talked to that did not take him up on it.
I saw this myself on CNN. Having spent a lot of time in Oklahoma, I know what was in Blitzer's mind. Religion is part of the air in that state, and after a disaster like this he probably heard "God this" and "Jesus that" so many times from victims, store owners, radio shows, that he just assumed that everybody was praising the Lord and that doing so was cathartic for the victims. His ears were ringing. He was offering her the opportunity to give praise and thanks that he assumed she needed. She may well have been the first victim (and last) he talked to that did not take him up on it.
you do realize that tornadoes were hitting this part of the country long before the first Christian was even born right? Right? RIGHT?
I MEAN YOU DO GET THAT RIGHT???????
No..i really don't.
God is omnipotent and omnipresent. He's also omniscient. I mean, this is what Christians tell me. (of course i don't believe any of these things myself)
So why doesn't he simply change the pattern of tornadoes, or get rid of tornadoes altogether? Oklahoma is supposedly "God's Country" according to many residents of the state. And no state has as many so called 'devout' people.
What did the people of Oklahoma do to deserve such destruction? What's the since of worshiping someone that won't protect you, yet protects an atheist? Ehhhhhh?
Why shouldn't this tornado hit such places as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, New Orleans, or Miami....you know, those wicked Godless places and spare those devout Oklahomans?
Blitzer put his foot in his mouth, but i can understand what he was thinking. This IS Oklahoma after all. Most people would be safe in the assumption he made. Unfortunately, he ran into one of the smarter Oklahomans. LMAO...
I saw this myself on CNN. Having spent a lot of time in Oklahoma, I know what was in Blitzer's mind. Religion is part of the air in that state, and after a disaster like this he probably heard "God this" and "Jesus that" so many times from victims, store owners, radio shows, that he just assumed that everybody was praising the Lord and that doing so was cathartic for the victims. His ears were ringing. He was offering her the opportunity to give praise and thanks that he assumed she needed. She may well have been the first victim (and last) he talked to that did not take him up on it.
I agree. He would normally be quite safe in that assumption. Oh well...lesson learned.
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Just happens to be in the path of 2 competing jet streams
Okay.
Again, omnipotent and omnipresent. Sounds to me like someone could change those jets streams to save his devout believers. Otherwise, what's the use?
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Being a Christian and an American, I thank you for your comments. Very well said and very understanding of those with different beliefs than yourself.
I have atheist friends that continuously make fun of those of us that do believe and its refreshing to see someone that admits that none of us truly have proof of their views other than faith.
If you don't have proof, then why have faith? I mean, there should at least be a preponderance of strong evidence if not outright proof.
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My point exactly. Most of the time religion is not brought up during a tragedy until the person being interviewed brings it up. Messed up about how he kept insisting to know.
I don't think he was too insistent. He was just trying to make good TV. Hell, he's a Jew...he could care less.
I saw this myself on CNN. Having spent a lot of time in Oklahoma, I know what was in Blitzer's mind. Religion is part of the air in that state,....
When I was traveling the country we stopped at a McDonald's or something like that in either Arkanasa or Oklahoma, where I live you don't take your hat off when you go to a McD's. It seemed like we were being stared at, it wasn't until we were leaving that we noticed the the giant hat rack with all the hats on it on the way out.
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