Chile earthquake begs question of what is happening to our Earth
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Huge earthquake in Chile, Tsunami threatened, earthquake in Haiti, crazy cold weather in Ireland and the U.S. What is happening to our world?
In a word nothing, or at least nothing we can explain.
Of course the doomsayers say we are bound for perdition, the global warmers will say it is all a sign of impending future disasters, global coolers will point outside their windows and say see it is snowing,therefore no global climate change.
None of them know whether they are talking sense or blather.
We live in a random world,where the unexplained happens all the time,. Why does one person die and not another? Why are our lives so full of doubt and uncertainty? Some will say religion explains it all ,others that nothing does.
Neither is satisfactory because we just don't know.Sure we can speculate and in the case of religion,put forward a formidable case, but until someone returns from the other side and tells us how it is we are all just guessing.
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld put it best .There are unknowns and known unknowns --Which means its all unknown.
In a word nothing, or at least nothing we can explain.
Of course the doomsayers say we are bound for perdition, the global warmers will say it is all a sign of impending future disasters, global coolers will point outside their windows and say see it is snowing,therefore no global climate change.
None of them know whether they are talking sense or blather.
We live in a random world,where the unexplained happens all the time,. Why does one person die and not another? Why are our lives so full of doubt and uncertainty? Some will say religion explains it all ,others that nothing does.
Neither is satisfactory because we just don't know.Sure we can speculate and in the case of religion,put forward a formidable case, but until someone returns from the other side and tells us how it is we are all just guessing.
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld put it best .There are unknowns and known unknowns --Which means its all unknown.
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Intercessor | Mar 04, 2010, 05:45 PM EST
"If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray, I will heal their land" (2nd Chronicles, 7:14).
In a time when every nation needs to be healed spiritually, financially and emotionally, we all need to look to our precious saviour, who alone has the power to bring us peace.
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Spiritranger | Mar 01, 2010, 12:08 PM EST
Sin pollutes the land and the earth vomits out its inhabitants (Leviticus 18). Repent, oh backsliding nations, prepare to meet your God.
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Spiritranger | Mar 01, 2010, 11:44 AM EST
Jesus is coming soon.
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Monsoonman | Feb 27, 2010, 11:30 AM EST
The earths climate/seismic/volcanic activity is not affected by us, that is for certain. Look at petrified tree rings they tell you the story of climate thousands of years ago. Look at mountain ranges that have heaved up out of valleys. The wx is the wx. Rain will fall on your fields, sometimes softly, sometimes not.
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odubhlaoich | Feb 27, 2010, 09:28 AM EST
Well put. But you could have omitted the last sentence. Quoting a big-business-war-criminal begs to give him credibility. You might instead consider the words of John F. Kennedy: "Life isn't fair".
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