Re: Asian natural disaster or evolution in action?

From: Raymond Griffith (tiffirgrReverse_at_ctc.net)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:05:21 -0500

in article C_CdnQPVqIjJ6UncRVn-jw@comcast.com, anonymous person at
at@dot.com wrote on 12/30/04 4:34 PM:

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> "deowll" <deowll@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>> "anonymous person" <at@dot.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Elmer Bataitis" <nylicens@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> "-M" <trevor.mcnicol@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:1104332859.491369.91450@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>> Your post shows an obvious lack of intelligence. You seem to have no
>>>>>> understanding of what evolution is. If you did you would know that
>>>>>> there is no correlation between a natural disaster and a tidal wave,
>>>>>> with the exception that perhaps those that survived were genetically
>>>>>> stronger swimmers. Natural selection has no correlation with
>>>>>> controlling populations or ridding the world of poverty.Natural
>>>>>> selection is genetic mistakes that are discarded 99.9% of the time
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> perhaps passed on if they provide some advantage.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And to answer your question. Your lack of understanding suggest you
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> posting from the US, perhaps bible belt area.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think what he was trying to get at is why, if you think we and all of
>>>>> this
>>>>> is just some random cosmic happenstance, do you consider the tsunami to
>>>>> be a
>>>>> disaster?
>>>>
>>>> I think what he was trying to get at is why, if you think we and all of
>>>> this is just something
>>>> intended by God, do you consider the tsunami to be a disaster?
>>>
>>> Interesting. You are the second person to turn the question around and
>>> not address it.
>>>
>>
>> I consider pain and suffering on a large scale to be a disaster.
>
> Why? Pain is simply a response to stimulus. Suffering is nothing more than
> pain amplified over time. So why a disaster? Been happening daily for
> billions of years. I'll bet those dinosaurs were in pain and suffering at
> the end.
>
>

Maybe he has more compassion than you do? More of a "Christian" trait than
you possess, even though you claim to be a Christian?

Death and suffering may be natural, but God ordained it, remember? According
to your theology, He decreed that the whole world should suffer for
thousands of years because of a single sin by two people.

Your response to the disaster and your decision to use it to rag people who
do not agree with you shows your own cold, hard heart.

Bless those who persecute you: bless, and do not curse.
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
Live in harmony with one another, do not be haughty, but associate with the
lowly. Do not be conceited.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.
Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God's wrath, for
it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord.
Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a
drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:14-21

Regards,

Raymond E. Griffith

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