Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand

PLEASE PRAY FOR NEW ZEALAND! Christchurch was hit by a 6.3 earthquake. This is the third time Christchurch has been hit by earthquakes._
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Seriously?

Dang.

Maybe that really isn't Christ's Church? If that's the third time, I'd go to a different church because God is trying to see "GTFO" or something. That, or he's REALLY testing the people of the church. Seems awful, really.

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It sucks that the Cathedral's spire collasped, they put a lot of work into it over the years

@dadudemon It's a name... get over it. Was just a request. Taking things literally in this situation is bordering on rude.
I'm quite worried about what's going on around the planet, and if you make jokes in lieu of these circumstances you loose much of any respect that I may have... for any of you. Just a pre-warning.

Despite my little outburst, I'd appreciate any of you sparing a thought toward the victims of the natural disasters that are beginning to pop up everywhere. Life is about to get more interesting for us all.

Originally posted by TRiNiTYfemi
@dadudemon It's a name... get over it. Was just a request. Taking things literally in this situation is bordering on rude.

I'm quite worried about what's going on around the planet, and if you make jokes in lieu of these circumstances you loose much of any respect that I may have... for any of you. Just a pre-warning.

I'm a Christian and my "Christian" thoughts automatically lead me to believe that if a church building has been hit by three earthquakes in a short period of time, several things are true*:

1. It's being run by evil people and God is trying to tell them something.
2. God thinks the congregation, as a whole, is evil.
3. He REALLY doesn't want those guys there.
4. He is testing their faith, big time.

That's not jokes, that's not "taking things literally" that's reading the dang bible and knowing when to take a hint from God. If I were one of the people of that Church, I'd definitely be saying, "God, I can take a hint and I know you work in 3's: where should I go and what do you want me to do?"

How you got "jokes" from an obviously serious post, I don't know. I'm actually a little bit offended that you took genuine sympathy and twisted into something ugly.

*The practical side of me things that it is just darn coincidence that he church was built near a fault line because it seemed like a good spot for worship at the time it was built.

Kinda reminds me of 2012 when the Vatican (may have spelt that wrong) got destroyed

Originally posted by dadudemon
I'm a Christian and my "Christian" thoughts automatically lead me to believe that if a church building has been hit by three earthquakes in a short period of time, several things are true*:

1. It's being run by evil people and God is trying to tell them something.
2. God thinks the congregation, as a whole, is evil.
3. He REALLY doesn't want those guys there.
4. He is testing their faith, big time.

That's not jokes, that's not "taking things literally" that's reading the dang bible and knowing when to take a hint from God. If I were one of the people of that Church, I'd definitely be saying, "God, I can take a hint and I know you work in 3's: where should I go and what do you want me to do?"

How you got "jokes" from an obviously serious post, I don't know. I'm actually a little bit offended that you took genuine sympathy and twisted into something ugly.

*The practical side of me things that it is just darn coincidence that he church was built near a fault line because it seemed like a good spot for worship at the time it was built.

Christchurch is actually a large city, not just a church.

@TRiNiTYfemi Maybe it's HAARP controlling the weather?

Thought you here a morman

Originally posted by dadudemon
I'm a Christian and my "Christian" thoughts automatically lead me to believe that if a church building has been hit by three earthquakes in a short period of time, several things are true*:

1. It's being run by evil people and God is trying to tell them something.
2. God thinks the congregation, as a whole, is evil.
3. He REALLY doesn't want those guys there.
4. He is testing their faith, big time.

*The practical side of me things that it is just darn coincidence that he church was built near a fault line because it seemed like a good spot for worship at the time it was built.

Now forgive me for saying so, but heres why I dont believe that.

1: An unfair, unwarrented, uniformed assumption which is far uglier than you accuse the OP poster of being when she objected, especially as for all you know they could be nice, hard working people, some of which may be dead of dying.. It reads like an interfaith spat-dig from a Mormon hinting that their non-mormon Christianity was to blame.

2: In this assumption you assume you know god well enough to make that assertion. You claim to be Christian AND Mormon, and as provable here, they are differing definitions of god:
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-acb/acb-r002a.html
So which versions of god are you speaking for in assumption number 2?

3: You assume that god at least is a man, so is that Smith's flesh and blood god your siding with for this one...? God hasn't sorted out the LAST bit of promised land yet.... Will he now be earthquaking the middle-east?

4: Classic silly circular argument built for logic confrontation avoidance.

Even the asterisk caveat cannot make up for the glaring conflicts in your reasoning.. I think tbh OP poster's noting of your tone was accurate.... It was facetious/flippant at best.

I thought Christianity was the one with the loving and forgiving god.

Religion aside, thoughts with Christchurch tonight.
May the people and rescue workers be on form...sounds like a lot of work ahead of them...fingers crossed that the most of the damage be merely structural in nature..

I don't even

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No they aren't. I know this because imgay

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Oh okay. Then thats fine.

Then of course there's the possibility that God didn't have anything to do with this and earthquakes just happen, most days if not everyday around the world. Is there a fault-line near the city?

65 people where killed from this 6.3 quake; that's pretty good considering.

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This isn't a good sock, dude. Please think of a better shtick with a higher lol-factor.