Peace life and ideas

God--Really

I read a Blog recently where the Blogger was complaining about how people use God in thier lives. He pointed out quite rightly that when the world thought the 12 miners were saved it was "Praise the Lord, God has given us a miracle" It was big and bold and spontaneous. When the miners were found to have perished the Lord got off scot free and it was Kill the Company, Have better Safety rules, more Federal inspections etc etc.

The writer was definitey anti religion which I am not (being a good Catholic boy) but he defintely gives us the windshield view of human hypocrisy.

Then today I read this from AP

New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S.
Jan 16, 10:57 PM (ET)

By BRETT MARTEL
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Ray Nagin suggested Monday that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms were a sign that "God is mad at America" and at black communities, too, for tearing themselves apart with violence and political infighting.

"Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroyed and put stress on this country," Nagin, who is black, said as he and other city leaders marked Martin Luther King Day.

"Surely he doesn't approve of us being in Iraq under false pretenses. But surely he is upset at black America also. We're not taking care of ourselves."

Nagin also promised that New Orleans will be a "chocolate" city again. Many of the city's black neighborhoods were heavily damaged by Katrina.


"It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans - the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans," the mayor said. "This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans."

A day earlier, gunfire erupted at a parade to commemorate King's birthday. Three people were wounded in the daylight shooting amid a throng of mostly black spectators, but police said there were no immediate suspects or witnesses.


It makes you shake your head. I don't really know how God works (in spite of being a good Catholic boy) but I hope God Helps New Orleans one way or the other.

posted by hockeyman @ 8:38 PM