tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post7291824323392377849..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: THE GREEKS HAD A NAME FOR ITRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-48755622027772994502013-07-26T16:02:53.398-04:002013-07-26T16:02:53.398-04:00I am not a dinosaur, but I was only pointing out t...I am not a dinosaur, but I was only pointing out that in fact God has not kept "life safe from falling asteroids," when 1) dinosaurs died from asteroids, 2) there is still a risk an asteroid could hit earth (a meteor hit Russia just in the past year!).<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9HzU73JPxQ<br /><br />I don't really have a cousin with ALS, my point was, if you want to thank god for the fact that certain natural disasters/diseases haven't killed you (yet?), then you only need to question why the same guy you're thanking is letting others die in droves from natural disasters/diseases. Unless you think tsunamis hitting SE Asian countries, and hurricanes killing Haitians aint so bad.<br /><br />If I'm to be thankful for "God's Gift" I'm also to be peeved, chagrined, annoyed, shocked, etc, at the big lump of coal I see in everyone's stocking (e.g., ALS, malaria, AIDs, spina bifida, cancer, etc).Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-70694247235124759202013-07-26T15:30:27.733-04:002013-07-26T15:30:27.733-04:00Are you a dinosaur? I hope not. Some campers wen...Are you a dinosaur? I hope not. Some campers went hiking the other day and killed a bunch of mosquitoes. I guess we both can't be thankful to God for our lives because those mosquitoes died.<br /><br />I am serious when I say I am sorry to hear about your cousin. <br /><br />But what's wrong with both you and me being thankful to God for not having ALS or for not being the victims of a large comet or asteroid strike? The answer is: there is nothing wrong with such a course of action.<br /><br />However, I can easily tell where this argument is going: no where. You will never be thankful for God's gifts, and I will not be able to convince you to be thankful. Let's leave it at that. But wait... I expect another brilliant reprimand.Michael Llenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689105280485818465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-26391171045773244242013-07-26T08:42:48.773-04:002013-07-26T08:42:48.773-04:00The Skeptic: But asteroids have caused an ELE - on...The Skeptic: But asteroids have caused an ELE - on the dinosaurs, which was bloody and painful. Not to mention it's hard to thank god for not hitting us with asteroids when he put them up there in the first place. Finally, I'll be sure to tell my cousin dying of ALS that hey, at least an ELE isn't killing you!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-44993265589498858682013-07-26T00:52:17.225-04:002013-07-26T00:52:17.225-04:00If its 15% I will take it. I would rather live her...If its 15% I will take it. I would rather live here than on Mars or the Moon. And as far as thousands of natural disasters, I hope no one goes through one, but what is worse than the Sum of all Fears? An Extinction Level Event caused by a large asteroid. Or an E.L.E..Michael Llenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689105280485818465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-19484648626602414562013-07-25T21:08:22.449-04:002013-07-25T21:08:22.449-04:00I will answer the non-skeptics answer: Only 15% of...I will answer the non-skeptics answer: Only 15% of the earth appears to be habitable by humans, and the lord never kept us safe from *insert thousands of different naturals disasters other than asteroids here*.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-60538748082282780872013-07-25T18:34:51.150-04:002013-07-25T18:34:51.150-04:00The skeptic said: "What has God done for me l...The skeptic said: "What has God done for me lately?" <br /><br />I will answer the skeptic: 'He has given you air to breathe and a life safe from falling asteroids.'<br /><br />Unless you think that stuff is packaged and shipped by SAFEWAY?Michael Llenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689105280485818465noreply@blogger.com