You may not have much in the way of material resources or time, but you can pray.
This is an island with a population of over 3 million and it has no electricity.
It's heartening to see the aid pouring in, but this is going to be a long, painful slog.
This is the kind of situation that provides us an opportunity to grow spiritually.
Just remember Puerto Rico whenever you pray.
It's a reminder that real suffering goes on in this broken world, and it's there that we see His face.
Pray for money to rebuild. The US doesn't have enough for its own people even. What did PR do to deserve this, legalize gay marriage or something or is it perhaps because they are a territory of that One Nation under God that God is so upset with. What did Mexico do to deserve their catastrophic earthquakes?
ReplyDeleteNeither of them did anything to deserve it. That's not how reality works.
ReplyDeleteWell then, how do we know God is not happy with the US then? How will he punish us if not with fury? Will He cause us to lose a war for once or twice? What will He do, you who say He's displeased with US?
ReplyDeleteThat's the way it worked in the world for all but Noah and Co. once. And of course there was Sodam & Gammorrhah and Jericho and a lot of countries who misused his chosen people. He even did it to His chosen people to keep them in line, or so their prophets and rabbis said. Or threatened. Just as I thought, that's not reality and apparently you agree.
ReplyDeleteHow do we know? Well, for starters, the nation is polarized as never before, its culture, if you can call it that, openly celebrates sin, and we're on the brink of a nuclear conflict.
ReplyDeleteNatural disasters that befall us aren't relevant to the discussion. The fruits of our rebellion are glaringly obvious.
OK, I know they are not relevant to the discussion, great that you agree. Help me see the fruits of our rebellion. Is it because the rich won't come off of their stack and pitch in and help instead of relegating more and more people to poverty? Is it gays out of the closet, refusing to be ridiculed and even arrested and having their lives ruined because of what they are? Efforts to stop sin such as the Drug War are really the problem. Cops are assholes about it and that just gives them license to trample on peoples' rights. The jails are full of losers in that war.
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You can stop being infantile any time now. Homosexuals weren't merely interested in "refusing to be ridiculed." They have constantly pushed for full legitimization of their sin, which took a great stride in 2013, with the Supreme Court conniving out of whole cloth some kind of possibility that they can be "married." Which of course greatly bolstered their ability to persecute Christians for conducting business according to their faith.
ReplyDeleteAnd this business about how "cops are assholes about drugs," which besides being a sweeping generalization of the law-enforcement profession, and the use of a crude term due to the inability to articulate your point more fully, actually speaks to part of the real rot going on today. All this take-a-knee activity has its roots in the hands-up-don't-shoot gestures four years ago in the wake of the Michael Brown case, gestures that perpetuated the lie that Brown was killed in cold blood, and, more broadly, that black Americans get killed by police in large numbers. The upshot is a climate of increasing public mistrust of those whose job is to ensure our safety.
And speaking of sweeping generalizations yours about"rich people not getting off their asses and pitching in, instead relegating more people to poverty" is a doozy of a drive-by deliberate distortion. A lot there to unpack. Would you care to put some net-worth figures to it, or cite examples of "rich people not getting off their asses" or the biggie "relegating more people to poverty?" How does that work? How are they doing that?
ReplyDeleteOn second thought, of that sounds like a lot of bother, don't worry about it. Your whole argument is an attempt to skew the discussion away from this post's main point, which I suspect, when you put aside this perverted desire to be obstinate for its own sake, you know is exactly how things are in post-America.
I said rich people won't come off their stack and help, Not get off their asses. More elaboration later as O am working, earning my daily bread now while I can.
ReplyDelete"Rich people" is a meaningless term. There are all kinds of rich people. Some are very generous with their time and skills and ability to marshal their resources and networks to do great things for society. Some are the opposite.
ReplyDeleteMost people know this and find offhand remarks about "rich people" in general not "coming off their stacks" utterly useless.
Cops these days are more interested in finding drugs on you than your safety and welfare when you cross paths with them. 2 generations of cops have enforced Nixon's draconian laws.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. Of course you're right. I guess I get an F. Aww....
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