OP didn’t mention anything about wanting people to come together, did they? |
I'm bothered by the crosses erected on GW Parkway across from Gravelly Point. There were people of many different faiths that died in these crashes. It's just gross. |
And probably people of no faith, too. Christianity is definitely seen as religion in the US and the presumption is that everyone is Christian -- or should be. |
They need to get taken down. It's governed by the National Park Service, right? That can't be legal. And it's incredibly offensive. |
I kind if agree though. How can he pick and choose? It makes me cringe when people say He chose some and not others to save. |
I am Muslim and am struggling with my faith, particularly after Gaza. But I suspect a lot of people don’t give up on faith altogether for the same reason that’s stopping me: we have nothing else. |
What do you mean "nothing else"? You've got common sense, right? and probably a whole community of like minded muslims if you looked for them. |
But those whom He supposedly chose feel very special, so it's worth to them. |
Their friends and family are welcome to erect whatever symbols and icons that would bring them peace. You do know that you would be abridging 1A rights by preventing this display? Not to mention, it would be horrifically unpopular. |
You think those crosses were erected by friends and families? No, they were likely some random group trying to politicize a tragedy. And a group who only care about Christians (which is what Jesus would, do right?). So don't pretend like they have good intentions or are just some loving memorial set up by loved ones. |
+1 |
And most religious people don't think of God as a "supreme being that oversees human events", so do you know what you are actually raining against, or do you have a vague idea and decided that must be what every thinks? |
It's a misunderstanding to say "He chose this person not that person." That is the part that isn't true, even though yes, some people do say those words. But people find many different ways to make sense of tragedies, and we won't all agree with everyone else's way. One person's words of comfort often are painful to another. Death and dying are very difficult to talk about for most people, and even more difficult for people in mourning to make sense of. There are many "cope" words and phrases. |
It's a prt of His plan, which you are incapable or unable to understand. ![]() |
hopefully, you forgot the /S. |