Fire, flood, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, lightning, and other "acts of God" . . . By insuring their property -- especially church property -- against acts of God, do Christians (or other religions for that matter) mock the benevolence and kind graces of their diety?
2007-07-27 11:25:06 · 13 answers · asked by Nailing Jello 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Are you joking? Here, you get an equally as ridiculous answer.
God destroyed my house with Katrina. God also made insurance companies (that's the kind graces you're talking about). That way, I could rebuild my house. See, He was putting me through a rough time, to make sure I prayed to Him and test me and all that jazz, but He still gave me a way to rebuild my life.
Isn't "when God closes a door he opens a window" something Christians say? Aren't the insurance companies the window he leaves open?
God made everything, right? Including insurance!
2007-07-27 11:32:57 · answer #1 · answered by a.lane 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What tha***
Why is it that people blame God for the things they do themselves???
Nature is the gentlest there is. It does not change drastically at all, but in a gradual manner that takes billions of years! (Look at the Geologic Time Scale.) Climate change happen only when a drastic outside element has entered its closed system. As far as I know, over this very short period of time (geologically speaking) man has been on Earth, it changed the environment too much. That is how we are experiencing this catastrophic occurrences. We are the ones creating these.
God didn't ordered us to build homes near volcanoes and fault lines. God didn't told us to cut down trees so that there'll be mass erosion. God didn't told us to pollute our rivers and overharvest our oceans. God didn't ordered us to put poison in our airs that burrow through our ozone layer. God didn't told us to overheat our planet and cause it to create hurricanes, typhoons and climate change. When he created the Earth, He made it as habitable for us as possible that He even had to get rid of the dinosaurs!
If we only know that we control all that is happening to us... We control every single one of them...
It's not fair. God is not to blame, but us.
When will we stop mocking Him?
2007-07-27 12:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by medea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
As mentioned already an act og God is a secular term used by insurance companies foe weasling out of claims. Years ago I did hear of a person who was told his destroyed home was not covered since the catastrophy was an act of God... he tried to sue his church b thereafter.
Michael
2007-07-27 11:31:35 · answer #3 · answered by Michael Kelly 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
lol no
these "acts of God" that you are refering to are not to punish ppl. not always. sometimes its to make sure that the Christian ppl are doing their job. and if a congregation has put their money into having a nice facility then it is perfectly ok to insure that.
2007-07-27 11:34:00 · answer #4 · answered by Meg B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not religious, but an "act of God" is a secular term, not having anything to do with religion.
2007-07-27 11:27:31 · answer #5 · answered by sam l 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Silly, Silly, Silly :) :)
God permits natural disasters, but we are also to take prudential steps to prevent them, as God's will is manifest in what happens in spite of the fact that we have taken the measures we should have, for God's will involves a complex of factors.
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2007-07-27 11:40:05 · answer #6 · answered by canx_mp058 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I must admit that, after checking your profile, my firm belief is that you have one of the best screen names on Y/A. Furthermore, I once forgot and left a pint of ice cream in my car overnight.
2007-07-27 12:34:20 · answer #7 · answered by Grey Raven 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I mock all gods. What a ridiculous concept for the unintelligent. Children are gullible and that too often stays with many adults.
2007-07-27 11:29:24 · answer #8 · answered by guru 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
"...The rain falls on the just and the unjust..." Matthew 5: 43-48
It is going to happen.
Why not buy insurance for when it does happen?
2007-07-27 11:28:40 · answer #9 · answered by ME 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm going to have to say that this is a non sequitur.
2007-07-27 11:44:28 · answer #10 · answered by dru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋