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trotsky

(49,533 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 08:18 AM Jun 2015

'God Allows Terrorists to Strike' Because 'We Don't Give Him Our Attention Until We Are Desperate'

...Says Billy Graham's Daughter Anne Graham Lotz

http://www.christianpost.com/news/god-allows-terrorists-to-strike-because-we-dont-give-him-our-attention-until-we-are-desperate-says-billy-grahams-daughter-anne-graham-lotz-140466/

"Today, we are consumed by superficial things. Some of the areas of the world they are not. If you go to Syria or Iraq, those Christians over there, I will guarantee you, are very focused," Lotz continued. "In America, we are just neglecting God and ignoring Him. I just saw a piece about the rise of atheism, people walking away from the church. In fact, the Christian church is declining, according to Pew Research."

Lotz added that God sends wake-up calls to let people know that His judgement is coming and that they need to turn to Him, repent and pray that He will send His blessings instead of harsh judgement.

"That is why God sends us wake-up calls. That's why he allows the terrorists to strike or a tornado to rip through our city, because for whatever reason, we don't seem to give Him our attention until we are desperate," Lotz contended. "If we don't give Him our attention, then He is going to allow things to happen to make us more and more desperate until we do cry out."

Although God sends wake-up calls, Lotz said that there eventually comes a "point of no return" where God will no longer listen to pleas for His mercy and will simply unleash His judgement if people still aren't repenting even with the warning signs.


Wow, he allows terrorists to kill innocent people because we aren't paying him enough attention? What a horrible, evil god Lotz and her ilk believe in.
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'God Allows Terrorists to Strike' Because 'We Don't Give Him Our Attention Until We Are Desperate' (Original Post) trotsky Jun 2015 OP
Why anyone would worship such a monstrous being rhiannon55 Jun 2015 #1
Why does God allow Cartoonist Jun 2015 #2
So, "God" is a petulant narcisist? Kelvin Mace Jun 2015 #3
thus ends today's lesson. You may show your love for God by sending money rurallib Jun 2015 #4
What an ignorant, ridiculous, stupid, offensive, sad woman she is. mr blur Jun 2015 #5
And the ironic thing is that the same people who preach this Grammy23 Jun 2015 #6
Basically gcomeau Jun 2015 #7
Don't be ridiculous. trotsky Jun 2015 #8
Touche. -eom gcomeau Jun 2015 #9
So her God is an insecure tyrant and a murderer. Consistent with the bible I guess. AtheistCrusader Jun 2015 #10
It's on exactly the same level as the comment Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2015 #11
They just make it up as they go, don't they. Iggo Jun 2015 #12

rhiannon55

(2,671 posts)
1. Why anyone would worship such a monstrous being
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 08:32 AM
Jun 2015

is beyond me.

And they don't even question the absurdity of it.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
3. So, "God" is a petulant narcisist?
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 09:28 AM
Jun 2015

What decent father would allow his children to come to mortal harm because the children didn't send him regular birthday cards?

 

mr blur

(7,753 posts)
5. What an ignorant, ridiculous, stupid, offensive, sad woman she is.
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 11:03 AM
Jun 2015

Reminds me of the old Adventure pulp fiction we used to read in which the local tribes who lived closest to the volcano just knew that if you didn't throw a few virginal women in there from time to time the thing would destroy you. It was true! - remember the times when it overflowed - that was because people didn't behave properly!

These people are so wilfully stupid they make me want to

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
6. And the ironic thing is that the same people who preach this
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 11:22 AM
Jun 2015

Or who hear it and believe it also will tell you that "he" will never abandon you. How they hold firmly to both of those thoughts is beyond me. And why would they continue to listen to someone who tells them what a petty, cruel god they are supposed to worship and in the next breath says forgiveness of your "sins" by this god is a central tenet of the faith.

Maybe if she actually listened to what she was saying she could get a clue why the number of people identifying as Christians is declining.....

 

gcomeau

(5,764 posts)
7. Basically
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 01:36 PM
Jun 2015

...God as spoiled attention seeking tantrum throwing 4 year old with super powers...that's what these people worship.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
8. Don't be ridiculous.
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 01:46 PM
Jun 2015

Most 4-year-olds have a sense of empathy. Their god is clearly no more developed than a 3-year-old toddler.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
10. So her God is an insecure tyrant and a murderer. Consistent with the bible I guess.
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 02:11 PM
Jun 2015

SOUNDS like her God was made in mans image, if you ask me.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
11. It's on exactly the same level as the comment
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:22 PM
Jun 2015

Jerry Falwell said on The 700 Club on the day after 9/11:

I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say "you helped this happen."

Pat Robertson, who was sitting next to him, concurred.
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