Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[HisMajestyBOB]

"Let My power and presence re-enter this land!"

One wonders what the all powerful god was waiting for

Maybe he's also looking for a janitor with a key to the door.

[Admiral Yi]

 

[The Minsky Moment]

That's really something.  It's hard to think of a more effective argument against religion than that.  "stormed through Heaven's Gate"???  Truly revolting. 

[Barrister]

That's really something.  It's hard to think of a more effective argument against religion than that.  "stormed through Heaven's Gate"???  Truly revolting. 

It's really hokey, but "At least they're in a better place now" has been a way of dealing with unimaginable tragedy for centuries.

[frunk]

It's really hokey, but "At least they're in a better place now" has been a way of dealing with unimaginable tragedy for centuries.

Sure, but the way it is written it sounds like the killer had the right idea and the only issue was that not enough people were killed.

It's tough to interpret this as anything other than a threat after celebrating that 19 kids died, "He gently whispered to her, "I'll take care of Mom and Dad."" 

[Barrister]

It's really hokey, but "At least they're in a better place now" has been a way of dealing with unimaginable tragedy for centuries.

Sure, but the way it is written it sounds like the killer had the right idea and the only issue was that not enough people were killed.

It's tough to interpret this as anything other than a threat after celebrating that 19 kids died, "He gently whispered to her, "I'll take care of Mom and Dad."" 

Like I said it's poorly written and hokey, but other than the brief and vague turn into earthly politics I only took it as an attempt at comfort.

[Admiral Yi]

Sure, but the way it is written it sounds like the killer had the right idea and the only issue was that not enough people were killed.

It's tough to interpret this as anything other than a threat after celebrating that 19 kids died, "He gently whispered to her, "I'll take care of Mom and Dad."" 

That's a very strange way to interpret it.

[Zanza]

Why is the BIG embrace written in upper case?

[The Brain]

Why is the BIG embrace written in upper case?

Have you ever written a screenplay?

[Zanza]

No, I have not.

[Barrister]

Sure, but the way it is written it sounds like the killer had the right idea and the only issue was that not enough people were killed.

It's tough to interpret this as anything other than a threat after celebrating that 19 kids died, "He gently whispered to her, "I'll take care of Mom and Dad."" 

That's a very strange way to interpret it.

I mean there's always been a certain level of tension in Christian thinking around death - that if Heaven is so great and wonderful then we really should all drink the kool-aid and get there as fast as we can!  Christian theology on the other hand is said to revere life so suicide is considered sinful, making earthly existence some kind of penance we have to go through before going to Heaven.

But the way frunk looks at it anytime you say "well they're in a better place now" you could be accused of taking the side of the shooter/cancer/drunk driver/heart disease...

[frunk]

But the way frunk looks at it anytime you say "well they're in a better place now" you could be accused of taking the side of the shooter/cancer/drunk driver/heart disease...

It sounds very mobsterish to me, I'll "take care" of Mom and Dad.  Saying that someone is in a better place is different from having people in heaven worry about those who aren't and Jesus saying that the parent's problems will be rectified.

[Barrister]

It sounds very mobsterish to me, I'll "take care" of Mom and Dad.  Saying that someone is in a better place is different from having people in heaven worry about those who aren't and Jesus saying that the parent's problems will be rectified.

Context matters!

Did you really think that in that mawkish drivel that Jesus was saying he'd go murder the child's parents so they could also be in Heaven?

[Berkut]

Sure, but the way it is written it sounds like the killer had the right idea and the only issue was that not enough people were killed.

It's tough to interpret this as anything other than a threat after celebrating that 19 kids died, "He gently whispered to her, "I'll take care of Mom and Dad."" 

That's a very strange way to interpret it.

I mean there's always been a certain level of tension in Christian thinking around death - that if Heaven is so great and wonderful then we really should all drink the kool-aid and get there as fast as we can!  Christian theology on the other hand is said to revere life so suicide is considered sinful, making earthly existence some kind of penance we have to go through before going to Heaven.

But the way frunk looks at it anytime you say "well they're in a better place now" you could be accused of taking the side of the shooter/cancer/drunk driver/heart disease...

But that is the point - this isn't suicide, so according to that theology, and this interpretation, the killer did them all a favor.

[The Minsky Moment]

That's really something.  It's hard to think of a more effective argument against religion than that.  "stormed through Heaven's Gate"???  Truly revolting. 

It's really hokey, but "At least they're in a better place now" has been a way of dealing with unimaginable tragedy for centuries.

Put the best possible spin on it, and it still amounts to minimizing and trivializing the reality of what happened, all in the name of making *us* feel better about it.  These kids aren't "storming" anything, they were brutally murdered.  And if we can't even accept that basic reality and deal with the real life consequences, we are truly lost.