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Sorry I didn't see this

Bluesplashy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:33:00 +0000

In reply to USAir Flight 1549: Do you believe?

Sorry I didn't see this earlier. Thank you Deadman for posting this. We hear this stuff all the time without giving it any thought to what is really being said - God saved me (so that means I am special). I hope I can remember to point out how ... I'm trying to think of a work somewhere between selfish, creepy and stupid... that remark is next time I hear it.

that was exactly my point,

Deadman — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:24:19 +0000

In reply to As one US Airways flight 1549

that was exactly my point, godlovesmebest. not that i don't understand why a survivor would feel that way. It's arrogant, and presumptous, and simplistic, and yes oddly unconcerned with why god decided to cause the plane to crash in the first place, but it other ways it also makes perfect sense, and I'm sure if I went through a similar experience, I could possibly be thinking the same things: 'There's a reason I was saved. I must have a purpose I'm supposed to fulfill."

and heck, if the experience makes someone on that plane be a better person, or accomplish something they may not have otherwise accomplished, all the better. what i have a problem with much more than someone feeling they were saved because they have a purpose to fulfill are the devout folks who feel they have a right to tell people mourning a huge loss than god works in mysterious ways. as if that is supposed to be comforting...

As one US Airways flight 1549

Godlovesmebest — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:26:12 +0000

In reply to USAir Flight 1549: Do you believe?

As one US Airways flight 1549 survivor put it, "God was certainly looking out for all of us." So I guess what this fortunate fellow means is, God, the old man with the beard who lives up in the clouds, decided that all the people on US Airways flight 1549 were so special, that he decided to frighten the crap out of all of them by faking a fatal plane crash, systematically making them think that they were going to die, then at the very last minute, God said, "HA-HA! Just kidding! I'm not going to kill you! I just wanted to scare the shit out of you, and then save your asses, since you're all so special, and I really want you to know that I care for you and love you, so I'm going to save you now, so that you believe in me. The passengers on Flight 800, and other catastrophic fatal crashes were generally not good people, and so I disposed of them... After all, I'm God, damn it, and I exterminate bad people. The Sudanese victims of genocide are generally bad people, which is why I don't let them live. 9-11 rescue workers, trapped and crushed on 9-11... Obviously bad people... Jewish victims of the Holocaust? Well certainly I had to kill them since they didn't believe in the divinity of my son Jesus. I mean, no brainer there." There you have it folks. If you survived a near fatal plane crash, it wasn't because a highly trained and experienced professional crew exemplified ingenuity, composure, and magnificent skill to save your ass, it's because God apparently loves you more than others, whom he has previously allowed to perish.

Taking the "miracle" aspect

Lugosi — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:59:08 +0000

In reply to USAir Flight 1549: Do you believe?

Taking the "miracle" aspect of this story a step further: If you truly believe that this is proof of God, then why should we bother training pilots how to deal with emergency landings? Better yet, why bother with pilots at all? If the plane's already going to the lord's will, then why not just assign a random passenger to sit in the cockpit and play with the controls? Better yet, why don't televangelists invest their millions of dollars in a new plane that flies using nothing but "prayer power?"