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Indeed. That post you responded to here was in very bad form. As to prayer, bear in mind many of the folks offering these prayers are quite sincere, and donate much, both individually and via collections taken up via their churches. Its not fair, at all,to scorify them as "just offering uuseless gestures". That's FAR to general and broad, and quite judgemental. Just sayin'.....
God can help , as He did not start the fire , but He does have things which will shorten the tragedy ........Please don`t tell people to not pray and ignore God .....If you don`t believe in God that is your business , but people who know God can be a bonus , as God can help , as God can close down confusion and even change the wind in a different direction if faith is engaged .............See a close friend of mine sister and her son and grand children live in Fr. Murray
Change the wind??....LOL! Hopefully your friend is taking more proactive measures then waiting for that.
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Indeed. That post you responded to here was in very bad form. As to prayer, bear in mind many of the folks offering these prayers are quite sincere, and donate much, both individually and via collections taken up via their churches. Its not fair, at all,to scorify them as "just offering uuseless gestures". That's FAR to general and broad, and quite judgemental. Just sayin'.....
What would have been useful, since we don't know if they donated, that they had posted the Red Cross Donation information that many have (without the prayers), and did something real.
No, instead we get these useless, "I'll pray for you", which translates into, "I have thoughts, and this makes me look like I really, really am concerned and care". Great, we all have thoughts, but better to transmit real information, rather than bragging about how friggin' pious you are.
Meanwhile, my son had to spend the last two nights staying in the downtown section of Ft. McMurray, setting up the Emergency Response center. Think I was concerned? You bet, especially talking to him last night and he telling me that he could see smoke surrounding him no matter where he looked, and every once in awhile another building go up. Fortunately the downtown area is not burned. Every time he had to move, the only way he was allowed was by police escort through town. There are only limited breathing masks, so all he had was a paper filter type. He volunteered to go up. That's doing real work, not talking to your best imaginary friend, so yeah, I'm upset about those stupid memes.
This is the kind of stuff he had to endure for almost 48 hours. Thankfully, he is back home now.
cupper you are bitter, angry, upset, and filled with hate
all the time
the word that comes to mind is "unhinged"
you marinate and burn in the toxic venom generated by your own ugly bitterness.
if you really care about your kids and family, then get professional help
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No, instead we get these useless, "I'll pray for you", which translates into, "I have thoughts, and this makes me look like I really, really am concerned and care". Great, we all have thoughts, but better to transmit real information, rather than bragging about how friggin' pious you are.
Being from an area that goes through multiple natural disasters every year and having lived through numerous natural disasters myself I'm here to tell you that believers often say "I'll pray for you" AND do something besides pray. They/we donate money, volunteer with the Red Cross/ Salvation Army/Mennonites/LDS/Catholic Charities, help people evacuate their horses and animals, help neighbors evacuate, check on elderly/handicapped neighbors, pass out coffee and sandwiches, give shelter to total strangers..... We do this alongside atheists, Buddhists, Mormons, Hindus and none-of-the-above's. No one asks religious affiliation. No one cares.
Many times the people doing this have suffered great loss themselves.
I don't know how it's done in Alberta, but in So Cal whenever there is a fire or earthquake or mudslide it is impossible to NOT know how to donate/help. TV/radio stations and social media constantly stream info on where and how to help. They also stream info on how and where to evacuate and where food and clothing is available and where victims can get vouchers for motel rooms.
Thankfully, I've not known one atheist, in all of the natural disasters I've witnessed, who complained about people praying when thousands of people are evacuating because the hills are on fire and houses are going up like matchboxes. Congratulations. You're the first one. SMH.
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