“Quite frankly, we've just been thanking God. You know, God’s been so good to us, and he protected us,
Never fails to amaze me how someone can completely disregard the hard work and sacrifice of other human beings and instead praise an imaginary skyguy.
Same imaginary skygod who put them in harms way to begin with. Never did understand.
No, no: that's the other skyguy. We're like the kids in a bitter divorce, constantly bounced between a good parent and a bad parent, with no actual agency. Except to thank good skyguy, otherwise they might not protect us from bad skyguy next time.
Skyguy whims sometimes feel arbitrary and capricious, but there's divine or diabolical intent, which means it's way better than being lost to the randomness of chaotic but determinate natural forces. How terrifying would the world be if stuff just happened for no reason?
Weird how they never thank god for the successful attacks.
Exactly, if God prevented this attack, it means he wanted the successful ones to take place. He really works in mysterious ways...
Dramas get boring when nothing bad happens. Hes just making our lives a bit interesting and sometimes end it all.
They didn't pray hard enough.
Seriously. Not alert citizens. Not technology. Not good policework. Dog.
Unreal these morons.
Dog.
Not the person you're responding to, but I'd thank any given dog before I thanked any given god, so why not
Dogs like being praised and talking to imaginary friends is a sign of mental illness so I agree.
Yep I can't stand this. What about the little girl who dies of cancer? God didn't feel like protecting her?
Fuck off
Well, if he's consistent with his behavior in the Bible, it's not that he failed to protect her. He killed her himself
And if all those people were shot up, you can be damn sure they wouldn't be saying it's thanks to God. Mass of idiots.
Man, I know a woman who got COVID bad and got a double lung transplant. Not a word about any of her doctors or other care staff that kept her alive while on a ventilator for 6 month. Not even a mention once. But it was constant "look at the power of prayer" and "thank the good lord for my recovery" and shit like that.
Which is hilarious considering how many "good Christians" died for refusing the vaccine. Confirmation bias in action!
Even when I was a theist I still made a point of thanking doctors and nurses. Everyone can get credit.
It's a mistake to dismiss religious people as stupid, but they really make it hard not to sometimes.
That's an odd way to spell "natural reflex", but it's close.
God, when he fails to prevent all the other mass shootings that happened in places of worship:
"Lol that was part of my plan, too."
"That's not a plan! You're just a jerk!" -Jerry
I inka dinka binka bonka understood this reference.
"Why does God's plan involve so many priests molesting alter boys?"
I mean, it is a church. I think it's stupid, but it's not like it's a car dealership. What do you think they're going to say?
Repoter: So, the police arrested a gunman moments away from shooting up your dealership. What are your thoughts?
Dealer: It was wild. Absolutely crazy.... Almost as crazy as ThEse CraZy deAls We'vE GoT RigHt nOW. JUst cHeCk Out ThE PriCe oN ThiS '88 MaliBu. It'S CrAaaaZy!
Fair point!
In his actual statement he thanked the police and everyone involved. NBC Washington felt that only the snippet thanking God was worth reporting.
Thanks for clarifying
Arresting someone before they've had the chance to kill people is AGAINST the Second Amendment! The ONLY time you're allowed to intervene is AFTER they've killed an adult in public or child in school!
Honest what is that? Attempted murder. Do they give the Nobel Prize for Attempted Chemistry?
How does one find random posts on Instagram near them? I only see the people i follow and some ad type posts. Was she following this guy?
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