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Church collapses in BC

vedderfan10vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
edited April 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
The floor of a church collapsed in Abbotsford during a christian rock concert last night. Everyone fell three metres into the basement below - there were a bunch of non-live-threatening injuries, no deaths....

I guess god doesn't like to party after all...


And I saw this outside a church yesterday and thought it sounded very threatening:

"I also have a list, and I'm checking it twice...God"
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    obviously they just weren't praying hard enough. :D

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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Yeah... that's great, let's joke about it because it's a church and God may or may not be involved.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Yeah... that's great, let's joke about it because it's a church and God may or may not be involved.

    oh come on mark. it is amusing. religiouspeeps thank god for the most inane things most of the time, so why not think he was behind this collapse?
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    catefrances wrote:
    oh come on mark. it is amusing. religiouspeeps thank god for the most inane things most of the time, so why not think he was behind this collapse?

    Why does God have to figure at all? Some people got hurt. And this thread is in danger of using the opportunity to just take the piss out of Christian belief.. again.. as if we haven't got something better to do.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Why does God have to figure at all? Some people got hurt. And this thread is in danger of using the opportunity to just take the piss out of Christian belief.. again.. as if we haven't got something better to do.
    \
    yeah well you know i aint got nothing better to do. ;):p:D

    so tell me then mark..why is it that christians(not all mind you) are so quick to thank God for the goodness in their lives, but when it comes to misfortune, tis as if he doesn't exist?
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  • BrotherLoveBoneBrotherLoveBone Posts: 264
    You don't always have to raise the roof to have fun, just lower the floor
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    catefrances wrote:
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    yeah well you know i aint got nothing better to do. ;):p:D

    so tell me then mark..why is it that christians(not all mind you) are so quick to thank God for the goodness in their lives, but when it comes to misfortune, tis as if he doesn't exist?

    Some of us are pretty fickle and naive I guess.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Some of us are pretty fickle and naive I guess.

    oh boo hoo mark... who do you think youre talking to? you cant fold like that with me, you know that. :)

    do you accept the bad with the good is all im asking. if God is capable of all the good then surely he's capable of the bad, no? afterall he created it all, didnt he?
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    catefrances wrote:
    oh boo hoo mark... who do you think youre talking to? you cant fold like that with me, you know that. :)

    do you accept the bad with the good is all im asking. if God is capable of all the good then surely he's capable of the bad, no? afterall he created it all, didnt he?

    No, he didn't. If there's a good side, God, there's a bad side too.. and then there's good old random chance.. Ecclesiastes is all about it.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    No, he didn't. If there's a good side, God, there's a bad side too.. and then there's good old random chance.. Ecclesiastes is all about it.

    no he didn't? he didnt create the bad? so youre telling me he isnt all powerful. omniscient? omnipresent?
    no i dont believe that... random chance? why would an omnipotent God leave things to chance? help me here mark. :)
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    catefrances wrote:
    no he didn't? he didnt create the bad? so youre telling me he isnt all powerful. omniscient? omnipresent?
    no i dont believe that... random chance? why would an omnipotent God leave things to chance? help me here mark. :)

    You want me to try and convert you right here, right now, on a message board? We both know it ain't gonna happen... you'll just continually tell me how illogical I am. It'll be fun for you and not for me.

    But to vaguely answer your questions, it depends entirely what you mean by all-powerful and all-knowing.. My belief on that definitely isn't traditional.. I certainly don't believe God controls everything like clockwork, and I don't believe God knows everything I'll ever do to the letter.. I subscribe to the 'Openness of God' theory or 'Open Theism'.. I'd suggest you read a bit about it if you're interested, it's pretty fascinating. :)

    Edit: by the way, no, I don't think God created bad. But he created potential for decay and evil, because that potential is present in everything which is created.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    You want me to try and convert you right here, right now, on a message board? We both know it ain't gonna happen... you'll just continually tell me how illogical I am. It'll be fun for you and not for me.

    But to vaguely answer your questions, it depends entirely what you mean by all-powerful and all-knowing.. My belief on that definitely isn't traditional.. I certainly don't believe God controls everything like clockwork, and I don't believe God knows everything I'll ever do to the letter.. I subscribe to the 'Openness of God' theory.. I'd suggest you read a bit about it if you're interested, it's pretty fascinating. :)

    Edit: by the way, no, I don't think God created bad. But he created potential for decay and evil, because that potential is present in everything which is created.

    you're not gonna convert me. you know that. i know that. everyone who reads my posts knows that. and thats not what im asking. and no it wont be fun for me. dont you know me well enough to know that nothing is fun for me mark... nothing.

    i know there are different camps that ascribe different powers to God. one says he created EVERYTHING and controls everything. another says he created the earth but thats it...everything after that is man's doing. its confusing.
    i'm asking for guidance here. you of all people know i need something. i dont ask these questions lightly.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    catefrances wrote:
    you're not gonna convert me. you know that. i know that. everyone who reads my posts knows that. and thats not what im asking. and no it wont be fun for me. dont you know me well enough to know that nothing is fun for me mark... nothing.

    i know there are different camps that ascribe different powers to God. one says he created EVERYTHING and controls everything. another says he created the earth but thats it...everything after that is man's doing. its confusing.
    i'm asking for guidance here. you of all people know i need something. i dont ask these questions lightly.

    I'd be happy to talk about this stuff by e-mail.. we're writing to each other already, this might give me more to say.. I'll work on something later if you like?
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I'd be happy to talk about this stuff by e-mail.. we're writing to each other already, this might give me more to say.. I'll work on something later if you like?

    yeah well youve been a bit slack in that department since youve found your happy, mark. :p
    sure i'll respond to anything you care to write me. :)
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    catefrances wrote:
    yeah well youve been a bit slack in that department since youve found your happy, mark. :p
    sure i'll respond to anything you care to write me. :)

    I got your latest this morning... I'll write back tonight :)
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Urban HikerUrban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    I wonder if they all thought they were going straight to HELL. :rolleyes: ;)
    Yuk, Yuk, Yuk :D

    Hope everyone heals well.
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  • vedderfan10vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    Hey! This was all tongue-in-cheek! No fighting...Harmless, why you gotta be so defensive? There is nothing wrong with dark humor...As a great man named Robert Plant once said, "Lighen Up, lighten up..." Whatever it is, god or whatever, it seems to have a dark sense of humor...and some believe it is capable of inflicting a lot of wrath on its "children"... Typical parent...

    Anyway, that band must have been awesome - they brought down the house!

    The kids were left lying in their own pew? Anyone?
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