QUOTE (tsth @ Dec 22 2008, 05:25 AM)

Dear John, Are you sure you posted this story in the right topic? It is very sad, but I'm not getting the connection here?
In His Love, Suzanne
I couldn't find a really appropriate topic. Probably should have created one.
When I see a story of death occuring
in a "church" or "
church bus falls off side of mountain"]
I wonder how the members reconcile death
in their church with their belief that they are Children of God being constantly watched over.
Every religion/"church" has to explain death in general.
But how does a religion reconcile [for instance] "stampede
at Hindu TEMPLE kills 100"
or "stampeed
at Hajj in Mecca kills 200"?
If crazed devil worshipper enters "church" building and physicallly kills a member,
then one has a martyr.
But when the death is just an "accident", then how is it explained ?
Much less when the death is due to "act of God."
How does the will of God fit into the fact of an earthquake on a Sunday morning that kills 300
in "church" building ? [search engine
earthquake cathedral ]
Basically, death
in a "church", especially due to "act of God",
cannot be a Divine ringing endorsement of that "church".