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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The world is playing out according how we have manipulated it since the dawn of time.  God does not interfere or manipulate us.  What He does is reach out His hand to us to carry us through it with faith.  These are scary and uncertain times but I feel a level of peace that God has given me the strength and patience to cope.[/quote]
Yours is the most GOD logical explanation.  Freedom of choice results in some of the most catastrophic events in history.  I tend to believe God (if you're a believer) is sending the message in your last sentence.  We are now looking to Him for solace, love, understanding and realization that regardless God is still in control.  If God were to totally release the reins, we would dissolve in seconds.

I note there are a lot of none-believers and atheists in this forum which absolutely is their right.  However, and I anticipate the usual negative response, my comments and the PP's are directed at believers and not to proselytize.  It is a message for us to remember where we go for strength in this terrible time as we try and rationalize this painful ongoing tragedy.

A bit off topic, I used to be an overnight home hospice nurse.  During my tenure in hospice, I noted that while the pain of loss was very difficult, the majority of immediate family I encountered who had a belief system in place communicated to me their grief differently.  Though very few, [b]my heartbroken people who had no belief system were totally discouraged, fully overwhelmed at the finality of their loss.[/b]

Recently, I lost a dear first cousin, a lifelong Buddhist along with other Buddhist and Christian family, who was in home hospice.  My family asked me to maintain contact with the hospice nurse.  I sat by her bedside while she was comatose and read to her Buddhist teachings for many days and hours..  That was her belief system.  No proselytizing on either side, only mutual respect.

That is what I would ask non-believers and believers.  Mutual respect.[/quote]

Understandable, since they do not think they would see their loved one again.  It would be  easier to think your loved one is looking down at you from heaven and that you will meet them again someday.[/quote]

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