Comments on Don't Feed the Animals: You Don't Get To Invoke God With Haiti

I don't really mind people thanking god or god...

2010-01-19T21:29:14.620-05:00

I don't really mind people thanking god or gods for people surviving, but all things being equal, you've gotta blame that god or those gods for all the people that are suffering and that have died. Saving people indiscriminately and murdering people indiscriminately are really the only way of suggesting that some supernatural being had a hand in this. You don't get to have your cake and eat it too.

Loved it and I couldn't agree more. I've ...

2010-01-19T10:34:52.543-05:00

Loved it and I couldn't agree more. I've always been confused as to how people have faith in a god that allows such tragedy to occur to innocent people. Somehow, as you mentioned, it is played off as a challenge that god will help them through. And...that same god gets credited again when something good happens in his/her life. It's a complete lack of personal accountability for anything.

I don't get it.

Thanks for the comment. I would love to attend suc...

2010-01-19T09:40:19.246-05:00

Thanks for the comment. I would love to attend such a meeting if it were in the NYC area. I hope you come back to read some more.

Very well said. And thanks for the head's up a...

2010-01-18T23:57:34.362-05:00

Very well said. And thanks for the head's up about the charity. I was having a discussion with a friend about how all the charities that we know about seem to be affiliated with a church or faith organization--and sadly ones I am trying to not support because of recent political actions. The biggest protest you can do is with your dollar, no?
Heh. With how you laid out everything, it makes me wish you were present at our rationalists club meeting.