I think God is teaching us a lesson

[Anonymous]

He has nothing to do with this.

Or anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God doesn’t work that way. However, Gaia always seeks balance. She isn’t punishing us. She is simply protecting herself, which in turn benefits all the beings on this planet. A bobcat isn’t punishing a deer when he hunts and kills it. This virus isn’t good or bad. It just is.

No cupcake. The virus is bad. Just ask anyone who has a relative who died from it.

[Anonymous]

Disagree entirely. Don't let your religion use this to convince you that we deserved a punishment, or that donations to their pockets will make everything better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God doesn’t work that way. However, Gaia always seeks balance. She isn’t punishing us. She is simply protecting herself, which in turn benefits all the beings on this planet. A bobcat isn’t punishing a deer when he hunts and kills it. This virus isn’t good or bad. It just is.

No cupcake. The virus is bad. Just ask anyone who has a relative who died from it.

The virus is a very bad thing for humans who catch it, but is not evil on its own. It doesn't actively seek to harm people, it just "is."

Think in terms of poison ivy -- it doesn't try to infect people, but it does and can make us miserable. Luckily most of us know poison ivy when we see it and can avoid it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would not call it "God" I would call it the earth. Our way of life, our consumption, our damage to the environment was not sustainable. Animals are venturing out more, people are staying in, and we're all slowing down. What we have been doing... could not continue.

Koyaanisqatsi -- "a way of life that calls for another way of life." Paraphrasing.

I like this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is God strictly striking down the wicked?

no

b/c the wicked are tested b/c they have money and connections

[Anonymous]

Much of this was predicted in Revelations Satan is running many countries right now, not just the USA. Locusts, fires, floods, plagues..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not call it "God" I would call it the earth. Our way of life, our consumption, our damage to the environment was not sustainable. Animals are venturing out more, people are staying in, and we're all slowing down. What we have been doing... could not continue.

Koyaanisqatsi -- "a way of life that calls for another way of life." Paraphrasing.

I like this

Me too. Our global choices and way of life set this up. Hopefully we can learn from our own mistakes and transition to a more sustainable way of living.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God is teaching us a lesson by killing people. Nice...

Isn't It? What a comforting thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Much of this was predicted in Revelations Satan is running many countries right now, not just the USA. Locusts, fires, floods, plagues..

We've had lots of all of those things for centuries -- and during the time the Bible was compiled, as well.

It's all part of nature. along with cherry blossoms, spring breezes, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Much of this was predicted in Revelations Satan is running many countries right now, not just the USA. Locusts, fires, floods, plagues..

No. Not even close. There is no “Satan”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disagree entirely. Don't let your religion use this to convince you that we deserved a punishment, or that donations to their pockets will make everything better.

ITA on the bolded.

I don't think we "deserve" this, but one reaps what one sows, ie, natural consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Much of this was predicted in Revelations Satan is running many countries right now, not just the USA. Locusts, fires, floods, plagues..

lol who do you think created Satan? Satan is an arm of God.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol who do you think created Satan?

Same guy who created Loki, who is the one really causing all the trouble.

[Anonymous]

Mother Earth is mad.

Disrupting clogged urban centers, killing off the excess elderly, forcing humans to curb carbon emissions, and demanding that we cut unnecessary consumerist, greedy ways. She will win. She always does.