Something about God I don't get.

Happy murdered children reach for Jesus

I don’t mean to get into some kind of a pissing contest with my Christian friends, but there is something about the religion or the perception of some of the religion that I just don’t understand. There have been several Christian statements on Facebook since the tragic killing of children and adults in Connecticut, some of which just ask for prayer and others get more pointed. One asserted through a graphic of Jesus holding out his hand to happy children who were killed, but now are with him. Another asserted that the Devil walks the earth and this was his work (or something close to that). Yet another simple asserted that although this was a tragedy it was God’s will.

Let’s take these one at a time.

 Prayer. No problem there except in many Christian sects God is portrayed as having started free will and won’t interfere with human affairs. So what good is done by a prayer to a God who doesn’t listen? In other sects God is seen as directly intervening in human affairs, thus prayer should help. Those Christians can pray and hope that God is listening (he is by definition) and cares enough about the specifics to do something. Many times prayers go unanswered.
Jesus wants children with him and they will be happy for ever. If that is true, why not take them all? Why wait until some madman murders them? Will they be happy if they never grow up? Who wants to spend eternity as a 6 year old? Are their parents suffering for some arcane reason (karma coming down?)? Doesn’t make any sense to me.
The Devil walks the Earth. If the Devil is a fallen angel then he should be subject to God’s will like all the rest of us. So why does God let him roam the earth doing evil things to innocents? Just so Jesus can have them to play with? Why doesn’t God just take him out?
Just God’s will. Ok, I know the assertion that we can never know the mind of God, so we can never know why he would do something completely mean and cruel. I thought God loved us so much that he can’t stand to see us suffer. Really? Cancer? War? Rape? Murder of children? This is love? I don’t get it. Really, I don’t get it. And if all those children, and the thousands of other children killed each year in wars and by diseases and by starvation and by murder are killed because it is God’s will, who wants a God like that?
Which brings me to this point: I certainly don’t want one like that.

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Not a Ball or Ovary in Sight.

 
Fiscal cliff? What a crock! Pure showmanship at work when the SOBs should be at work getting the mess in the country straightened out. Of course we have a massive problem, brought on by decades of neglect of responsible governing. Of course we have huge debts and not enough income. Nobody denies that. But we also have gutless politicians (and have had for decades) always willing to “kick the ball down the road” and instead go for the pork. For themselves of course.
Well boys (and girls) it is time to cut the crap and get it right. Cut spending and raise income. What does it take to get this simple point over? Look at your own situation: you get in debt, either on purpose or accidental and what do you have to do? Cut spending and/or increase income. The “and/or” here is important. If you cannot cut enough spending then you MUST increase income. Get a part-time job. Get a better job. Something to raise income.
So the government should cut spending but cannot cut enough spending to cover the nut. Income must be raised. How? Now that is the question. Close loop holes; raise taxes; increase tariffs; stimulate the economy to increase production/sales/jobs.
I don’t know what they should do, but my gut tells me all of the above and more will be needed before this mess is over. My gut also tells me that the mess will never really be over. My gut also tells me that the rich will make out like the bandits they are and the rest of us will get screwed somehow.
 My gut also tells me that the gutless bastards in Congress don’t have the balls or ovaries to really do it right. Very, very sad.