well, Phil, I simply thought, and to me reasonably considered, that if 
others are allowed to express their beliefs in the form of praise to their 
chosen entity, that I too should be able to freely and without senture, be 
given the opportunity to express my opinion and belief system on said 
entity.  Because, I too have a belief system and values and opinions.
If someone can say god bless" or "blessed by god" then surely I can freely 
express my own belief system even if it doesn't align with the original 
comment?  Or are we not to disagree with those who feel God blesses every 
single aspect of their existence, as if he or she has the time, or even 
desire to do so lol.
I suppose it comes down to what is accepted, and not accepted right.
If you believe that the sun shines at night strongly enough, then I guess 
it's OK to go around stating it as fact and expecting others to believe you 
and not disagree or point out the flaw in your reasoning.
The fact is that the sun does shine at night, somewhere else, but not within 
the context of the belief system and therefore, the reasoning is flawed and 
cannot withstand scrutiny.
And I know, people get upset when you scrutinize their beliefs because they 
tend to begin to doubt and that is a scary thing when you have based allot 
of ideas, decisions and your entire adult life upon false reasoning.
Again, JMO and only one mans at that.
73
Colin, V A6BKX

Seems logical to me...

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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 3:25 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Lightning Strike

> Colin,
>
> Do you feel better now?  That was quite a thought provoking speech.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Lightning Strike
>
>
>> Yes, of course, God did it because God certainly didn't cause the
>> lightening...that must have been the Devil that caused the lightening and
>> God protected Phil from it...except he didn't protect the power company,
>> or
>> the guys who had to fix the power grid, or the gas station who probably
>> had
>> to replace a bunch of electronics...odd dude this God...probably because
>> God
>> really determines ones eligibility for protective services by how much
>> money, influence or authority one has...IE, he wouldn't protect the power
>> company against loss in a lightening strike because they're rich and
>> influential, but he would certainly protect Phil because he's just a
>> citizen
>> who doesn't deserve any harm from lightening.
>> If this God is like you say, protective of just one person and not 
>> others,
>> I
>> don't think I like your God very much.  He seems like a fickle
>> inconsistent,
>> unpredictable entity who seemingly just does things at random.
>> I just find it so very strange, illogical, unreasonable and down right
>> stupid, that out of one side of ones mouth, one says God creates all,
>> including lightening, and out of the other side, one says God protected
>> you
>> from the lightening...why create something if you then have to protect
>> someone from it? seems illogical...but then again, this God seems pretty
>> illogical so I guess it's not strange after all.
>> I know, I know, we're just human, not meant to understand, and we are
>> supposed to have Faith...in other words, we, as Humans, come up with
>> totally
>> off the wall crap on what God is and isn't, and we justify our garbage
>> with
>> the concept that we are just too far beneath God to understand him.
>> From what I gather, God wants to be understood, and actually has gone to
>> great lengths to provide clear and concise explanations and reason to 
>> help
>> us understand him/her and what he/she does, and doesn't do.  But, being
>> Human, as I said, we like to come up with our own justifications for lies
>> and mistruths and blame it on God.  It's the american mentality after 
>> all.
>> Americans pray for football, for success in war, for money, for a new job
>> for a new car, and for the rains to grow the crops.  They pray for sick
>> Aunt
>> mary, and they pray for the lightening not to hit their house.  They pray
>> for the poor blind because obviously, the devil caused that, and if only
>> god
>> hears those prayers, he might do something about it...even though we 
>> thank
>> God for creating all things in that same prayer including disease and the
>> human condition.
>> Contradiction much?
>>
>> The beautiful thing about all this is that everyone has the right to
>> believe
>> what they want to believe...and no doubt, that is thanks to God as
>> well...though apparently in some places, he doesn't give a crap and so
>> people aren't allowed to believe what they want to believe without harm.
>> again, contradiction much?
>>
>> And now we know why religion and politics are best left to churches, and
>> governments and coffee shops and bars, and not to email lists and on the
>> air.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX