I think God is teaching us a lesson

[Anonymous]

Don't you think this whole virus thing is God teaching us a lesson about being so greedy and narcissistic? The effects of the virus have wiped out all the stock market gains since Trump was elected (the stock market being one of reasons republicans used to justify Trump as president). It is primarily affecting old people (most likely to vote Trump). The virus is forcing us all to stay home and reunite with our families, reexamine our priorities, and find ways to re-connect that truly meaningful (that is turning our backs on division). And the young people have to step and self-isolate in order to sav the old and sick (that is, teaching us selflessness). Is God teaching us a lesson?

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

God is teaching us a lesson by killing people. Nice...

[Anonymous]

I would love to agree, but that would put me in the same camp as those who thought Hurricane Katrina was God's way of teaching New Orleans a less, or that AIDS was God's way of teaching gays a lesson. I just can't do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't you think this whole virus thing is God teaching us a lesson about being so greedy and narcissistic? The effects of the virus have wiped out all the stock market gains since Trump was elected (the stock market being one of reasons republicans used to justify Trump as president). It is primarily affecting old people (most likely to vote Trump). The virus is forcing us all to stay home and reunite with our families, reexamine our priorities, and find ways to re-connect that truly meaningful (that is turning our backs on division). And the young people have to step and self-isolate in order to sav the old and sick (that is, teaching us selflessness). Is God teaching us a lesson?

Wow that sounds like one horrible god you believe in

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

No, OP, I don't think we are significant enough that any higher being (if one exists) would be concerned with "teaching us a lesson."

Didn't you ever have pets when you were a child? Or read about illnesses among wild animal populations? Sickness and suffering are part of life.

[Anonymous]

Is God strictly striking down the wicked?

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

OP, if God didn't teach us a lesson with the Holocaust, we are unteachable.

[Anonymous]

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.

I completely agree with this. Earth is a self correcting system and will be here long after we’ve killed ourselves off.

[Anonymous]

God isn't teaching us a lesson. However, life, with its many peaks and valleys, always affords us an opportunity to find God in the midst of joy, sorrow, happiness, and sadness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't you think this whole virus thing is God teaching us a lesson about being so greedy and narcissistic? The effects of the virus have wiped out all the stock market gains since Trump was elected (the stock market being one of reasons republicans used to justify Trump as president). It is primarily affecting old people (most likely to vote Trump). The virus is forcing us all to stay home and reunite with our families, reexamine our priorities, and find ways to re-connect that truly meaningful (that is turning our backs on division). And the young people have to step and self-isolate in order to sav the old and sick (that is, teaching us selflessness). Is God teaching us a lesson?

No, that's the devil trying to unseat the president and harm people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't you think this whole virus thing is God teaching us a lesson about being so greedy and narcissistic? The effects of the virus have wiped out all the stock market gains since Trump was elected (the stock market being one of reasons republicans used to justify Trump as president). It is primarily affecting old people (most likely to vote Trump). The virus is forcing us all to stay home and reunite with our families, reexamine our priorities, and find ways to re-connect that truly meaningful (that is turning our backs on division). And the young people have to step and self-isolate in order to sav the old and sick (that is, teaching us selflessness). Is God teaching us a lesson?

No, that's the devil trying to unseat the president and harm people

What are you smoking?

[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.

What the deuce does this mean?