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Posted on: May 10, 2008 - 3:03pm

Theia

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Mainstream News and God

Ok, I had to roll my eyes in disgust when watching the news this morning. Right after talking about the tragic death of more than 100,000 people in Myanmar they went to news about a small airplane that crashed into a woman's house. The pilot died but there was only a passing mention of that. The main focus was on the "miracle" of how the woman walked out unharmed when the entire room around her was destroyed by the plane. They said her "guardian angel" was obviously watching over her. Yes, this was the newscaster who actually credited a guardian angel for the woman's survival. And this was mainstream network news, not something like The 700 Club.

I find it interesting they report with somewhat indifference on the deaths of 100,000 people (and the pilot) but suddenly get all goofy over one woman's escape from disaster, implying her survival is evidence that God and his angels are hard at work watching over us and protecting us from harm. Nevermind the 100,000 people in Myanmar whose guardian angels were apparently on vacation the other day.

And why is mainstream news even using terms like "miracle" and "guardian angel" anyway? Leave that crap to likes of The 700 Club.

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Posted on: May 10, 2008 - 3:17pm #1

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There, by the Grace of God,

There, by the Grace of God, goes somebody else.

Posted on: May 10, 2008 - 8:47pm #2

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Stalin wrote:One death is a

Stalin wrote:

One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.

I think theists think a million deaths is a statistic, one survival is a miracle.It's probably a way to reconcile the suffering in the world to their loving god.

'Sure thousands of children are dying of hunger, but look! God saved this one person once.Isn't he great?'

Psalm 14:1 "the fool hath said in his heart there is a God"-From a 1763 misprinted edition of the bible

dudeofthemoment wrote:

This is getting redudnant. My patience with the unteachable[atheists] is limited.

Argument from Sadism: Theist presents argument in a wall of text with no punctuation and wrong spelling. Atheist cannot read and is forced to concede.