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Atheists & Agnostics

Brainstormy

(2,445 posts) Tue Dec 14, 2021, 07:36 PM Dec 2021

Anybody else gritting their teeth [View all]

at the confirmation bias and sheer lunacy coming from the "faithful" over the tornado tragedies? I just heart a pastor whose church was totally demolished say, in all seriousness, "God is in control."

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Anybody else gritting their teeth [View all] Brainstormy Dec 2021 OP

it's always ridiculous, and it is pure arrogance Skittles Dec 2021 #1

So.... If God's in control, and your church was just destroyed, doesn't that tell you that God RockRaven Dec 2021 #2

.......... Warpy Dec 2021 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #3

Yes. SharonClark Dec 2021 #4

Exactly, Ma'am The Magistrate Dec 2021 #6

God is in control? Bev54 Dec 2021 #5

He smited them over their arrogance and letting 800k die relayerbob Dec 2021 #7

To show you how brainwashed the people are, Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #8

It's his will. dem4decades Dec 2021 #9

While I do like it when I am able to find good in bad things, Gore1FL Dec 2021 #10

I think it was the Sci-fi writer Robert Heinlein SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #11

God IS in control... IF you believe in an all-powerful God. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #12

If he/she is all powerful, Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #15

CBR - Cash Based Religion. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #16

If god is in control EmmaLee E Dec 2021 #19

It's that conundrum stuff, eh? keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #21

Never expect rationality from religious people. n/t spike jones Dec 2021 #14

Absolutely! Duppers Dec 2021 #17

Descartes proved with logic that God exists. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #20

I think Auschwitz disproved the theory of God. n/t spike jones Dec 2021 #22

it never fails RussBLib Dec 2021 #18