Speaking of newspaper headlines, I noticed one today in the Toronto Sun in a street dispenser (I would not actually buy such a rag) which read: "PRAY FOR NICE". On the assumption that they are referring to Nice in southern France, the site of the recent crazed truck rampage, which killed 84 and injured hundreds more, and not the popular cookies, or possibly just a typo or omission ("PRAY FOR NICE WEATHER" perhaps), this must be one of the stupidest headlines I have seen in some time.
Statistically, a good proportion of the dozens who were killed or injured in this massacre were Christians, and probably prayed to God on a regular basis. And a fat lot of good that did them!
I am fairly certain (it always seems to happen after disasters of any sort) that many others who survived the tragedy are being quoted in the press right now as thanking God for sparing them, never once thinking to ask what the hell God was thinking in allowing such a tragedy to unfold in the first place, and placing them in severe danger of loss of life or limb.
Not to mention that a different group of people have been praying frantically to the same God (under a different name) to allow them to kill as many infidels and unbelievers as possible, and are probably playing again right now, giving thanks for this very same massacre. Don't expect me to explain it, but it's true!
So: "PRAY FOR NICE". What exactly would you pray for? And why would you expect some unseen being somewhere to actually act on it? And why anyway would you use that as your main front page newspaper headline? Ah, I despair...
Statistically, a good proportion of the dozens who were killed or injured in this massacre were Christians, and probably prayed to God on a regular basis. And a fat lot of good that did them!
I am fairly certain (it always seems to happen after disasters of any sort) that many others who survived the tragedy are being quoted in the press right now as thanking God for sparing them, never once thinking to ask what the hell God was thinking in allowing such a tragedy to unfold in the first place, and placing them in severe danger of loss of life or limb.
Not to mention that a different group of people have been praying frantically to the same God (under a different name) to allow them to kill as many infidels and unbelievers as possible, and are probably playing again right now, giving thanks for this very same massacre. Don't expect me to explain it, but it's true!
So: "PRAY FOR NICE". What exactly would you pray for? And why would you expect some unseen being somewhere to actually act on it? And why anyway would you use that as your main front page newspaper headline? Ah, I despair...
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