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In reply to the discussion: Woman Said she Redirected Tornado to Another Neighborhood When God Gave her authority over winds [View all]rockfordfile
(8,709 posts)145. Religion is a scam
I think that religion is a scam and built upon greed. I think that the woman has some sort of mental problem, but then again this is Texas.
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Woman Said she Redirected Tornado to Another Neighborhood When God Gave her authority over winds [View all]
kairos12
Dec 2015
OP
How do you feel about that woman steering the tornado away from her home and...
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2015
#32
Astronauts, like most professions, require education, training and experience.
cleanhippie
Dec 2015
#103
Wait. We're discussing belief in a god, you make the reference to unicorns
cleanhippie
Dec 2015
#121
If you are accusing someone of not being a "genuine Christian" then you most certainly are
cleanhippie
Dec 2015
#125
Sure, but belief in the absurd is the one shared characteristic of religious belief.
cleanhippie
Dec 2015
#74
Right! She steered the storm away from her place right into other people's homes and she got...
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2015
#34
She willfully, out of self-protection asked God to save her even if it causes other deaths.
ladjf
Dec 2015
#66
So basically she asked God to flatten somebody else's house with a tornado?
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2015
#76
Well, isn't she a "darksided" so-and-so! Go kill THOSE people, now, you mean old wind, you~!!!
MADem
Dec 2015
#77
I would hope the surviving familys who were not so lucky could have a case to sue her.
randr
Dec 2015
#80
Sounds like the curses, spells and other magical junk of many other religions/cults, doesn't it? n/t
bobthedrummer
Dec 2015
#122