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- deaftly, on 10/27/2009, -12/+54Cue the 500 comments about god not existing
- ftc08, on 10/27/2009, -3/+38Obviously they weren't throwing enough virgins into it.
- Elsewhere42, on 10/26/2009, -17/+52Hmmmm.... maybe a hint?
- BalancingAct, on 10/26/2009, -0/+33Here is a bit more about events before it became a volcano, where villagers had noted many decades before that it was simply a small hole in the middle of the cornfield that seemed bottomless and emitted a "pleasant warmth"
http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Evolcano/Se17p19.html
Paricutin volcano will never erupt again because it's monogenetic. - mikemehak, on 10/27/2009, -19/+40I'm not one to judge.
But they might want to try a new god. - davidrools, on 10/27/2009, -4/+23Title seems a bit misleading. The church was the only thing left standing after 9 surrounding villages were destroyed by the volcano, according to the article.
Also, all those people hinting that God destroyed the church is a sign...that reminds me of the fundies saying AIDS was God's wrath on gays. - photochopped, on 10/27/2009, -6/+23From 500 people who didn't RTFA long enough to see that the church was the only thing left standing.
- Hyperian, on 10/27/2009, -5/+21WHEN GOD GIVES YOU LEMONS YOU FIND A NEW GOD
- vtnerd, on 10/27/2009, -3/+17That church would have been and remains completely unusable. However, it is typical religious behavior to try and spin something negative into a reinforcement of fictional beliefs. This is also known as the "it was God's plan" school of thought.
If something bad happens, it was God's plan. If something good happens, it was God's plan. The truth is that nobody planned that lava flow; it definitely wasn't planned by an imaginary sky fairy. - mattypantsmaxx, on 10/27/2009, -3/+15Acolnahuacatl is pleased
- photochopped, on 10/27/2009, -0/+12Maybe that they should have been in church since it is the only thing left standing.
- inajeep, on 10/27/2009, -0/+10Supply and demand being what it is today...
- Syric, on 10/27/2009, -1/+11If by "left standing" you mean half-engulfed in lava with anyone who remained inside likely getting killed, sure. The only reason you can still see part of it is because it happened to be the tallest building in the town. If there had been a giant statue of Satan's penis in the town, it would've been "left standing" too.
- Charlotte_Web, on 10/27/2009, -0/+9I hope they had good backups of their servers.
- mparker21311, on 10/27/2009, -0/+8I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence. ~Doug McLeod
- UrineEngineer, on 10/27/2009, -1/+9she?
- krisjanis, on 10/27/2009, -2/+9\m/
- Chromatik, on 10/27/2009, -1/+8And the lord came unto me and said, "NOM NOM NOM".
- zephc, on 10/27/2009, -3/+10except the Fundies actually believe it - no one here saying God did it actually believes it.
- mparker21311, on 10/27/2009, -0/+5Cue the comments cueing comments about god not existing
- handy7390, on 10/27/2009, -7/+11Obviously most people posting thus far did not even read the article. The church is the only building standing. Hmmmm looks like God WAS watching out for his kind... Digg dumb asses.
- jakobrowning, on 10/27/2009, -0/+4...but the church wasn't destroyed. It's all that's left.
- Ryuuken117, on 10/27/2009, -4/+8Maybe the priest was a little too friendly with the altar boys.
- Krakerjax, on 10/27/2009, -0/+4I enjoy watching religious folks try to raise the value of their god.
I also enjoy watching non-religious folk try and demean the value of others.
It speaks volumes about people, it really does. Also, facts clearly state the church was the only building standing. That says something...
about the architectural value of stone. - Syric, on 10/27/2009, -0/+4Or maybe churches happen to be tall? The bottom half of the church was flooded with lava and the whole thing is still an unusable ruin.
- Syric, on 10/27/2009, -1/+5The comments are presented in an ironic fashion and are thus a source of humor.
- ZombieSociety, on 10/27/2009, -0/+3"His last name is Hong. Jesus Hong. Says he has no idea where people are getting 'Christ.'"
- eddygoombah, on 10/27/2009, -1/+4one down....
- DirtPile, on 10/27/2009, -4/+7This is why there are no lava lamps in churches.
- Feckinmik, on 10/27/2009, -0/+3"I am Vinz Clortho keymaster of Gozer! Are you the Gatekeeper?"
- caseycoold, on 10/27/2009, -0/+3Volcanologists long ago learned to not say "never" when it comes to volcano's.
- oninbonin, on 10/27/2009, -0/+2AND IT WAS SO.
- hauntedchippy, on 10/27/2009, -0/+2Me?
No. It must be new thing, but I get email alerts when people reply to my comments. - Rfriaz, on 10/27/2009, -0/+2I remember when I was crossing dimensions all the time.
- BlueStarr, on 10/27/2009, -0/+2haha I got dugg down. you mama's boys.
- cuervoman914, on 10/27/2009, -0/+2that's pretty bad ass
- adc86, on 10/27/2009, -0/+1Ahh, someone took the bait.
You were refreshing your history page every few minutes in anticipation, weren't you? - Hetman, on 10/27/2009, -0/+1In heaven you obviously do nto have free will. If you did you would be capable of mourning the people that went to hell. However as all preachers have told me it is a place where I will be enternally happy. If I cannot chose to be mad, angry, sad then I do not have free will.
- Ibox, on 10/27/2009, -0/+1There is such a place, its called heaven... Earth is what we make of it.... BTW incase you all missed the article no one died...
- denizen42, on 10/27/2009, -3/+4If a God gave only rewards, he wouldn't be a God.
- DesertTripper, on 10/27/2009, -0/+1"a small satellite ciber cone"
See! The Mexicans were already making computers from friggin' volcanoes before we started farting around with ENIAC!!
Reading this account is interesting. The story I always heard was that the farmer was working in the field when he saw smoke issuing from a hole in the ground, and when he went to look at it, it started spewing rocks out. The actual account is similar but different (a fissure instead of a hole, etc.) A rare and fascinating first-person account of a once-in-a-millennium (if that) phenomemon.
I have poked around several of the numerous cinder cones scattered throughout the eastern Mojave Desert. I often wonder what things must have been like when they were erupting, by some estimates 10,000-100,000 years ago. As they, too, are made of viscous, "a-a" basalt, they must have had similar life-cycles to Paricutin.
One time I asked a leading vulcanologist if he had any idea what determines the periodicity of volcanoes and volcanic eruptions. His simple answer was, "We have no idea." A humbling statement from a leader in the field. - Trav1289, on 10/27/2009, -1/+2HINT, HINT!!!
- Suricou, on 10/27/2009, -0/+1Tall, and made of stone.
- Hetman, on 10/27/2009, -1/+2Nope I did not read nor look at the picture.
- swagv, on 10/27/2009, -1/+2"This just in from 1943..."
- Vector713, on 10/27/2009, -1/+2This saddens me, not from a religious standpoint, but as an architecture major. We have so few examples of beautiful old architecture, and this church seemed to be a prime example. Anyone have more pictures of this church before it met its demise?
But alas, out with the old, in with the new. - ryrocker, on 11/07/2009, -0/+1if there was a personal, all powerful god, my rational behind this is that god doenst care...
being involved with something i have 100% control over would bore me too... - jakobrowning, on 10/28/2009, -0/+1Well the bible would say that if you place your faith in man you will always be let down. Why would we not be allowed to lament the torment of the damned? That would be pretty harsh. One might theorize that we could be shielded from it I suppose. Just like we feel bad for the victims of 9/11 but, without knowing the pain directly, none of us can never truly understand.
I'm not trying to turn this into a sermon, I just wanted a discussion about the discussion. But that's my 2cents in this case.
@Hetman: don't get me started on fanatics. Just try to remember that they don't represent the majority of Christians, just the most vocal ones. I'm behind you just about 100% on your points. But it's not the "why God let's it happen" thing that bothers me. It's the unending barrage of the same question over and over and over (on both sides mind you). I know all too well how embarrassing and awkward christians can make a debate. I just get tired of the question because at this point it's moot. Atheists use it to "prove" God doesn't exist and Christians take such issue with it that they turn into whiny little bitches or guys named jakobrowning that rant about it. I guess I feel like humans should be able to handle their own problems.
BTW: I maintain that for a theological debate, atheists are the best partners because they actually educate themselves. Where as my fellow christians have no problem just listening to some guy "tell it like it is" rather than doing ANY leg work for a God they claim to be so dedicated to. When confronted with an atheist, a lot of Christians shut down because they have no knowledge of their faith. (ex1. 20yr old college christian jumps out a 2nd story window (not hurt) during an argument with my atheist friend so they could make a theatrical exit to somehow "prove" God existed. I guess he was filled with the Holy Ghost or something.) (ex2. my boss became an atheist when he was a kid. His pastor placed his hand on the boy's head and began shaking vigorously, stopping only to ask "now do you believe?" Perhaps my boss wasn't holding his tongue right.) I swear that Christians have a propensity for mental atrophy sometimes. I'm not trying to be apologetic for my faith, I'm just saying that Christians need to PICK UP THE ***** BOOK THEY KEEP BEATING PEOPLE OVER THE HEAD WITH!!!
I say, let Christians judge Christians and leave the world to judge the world. Let God deal, or not deal, with that however God so chooses. - ryrocker, on 11/07/2009, -0/+1im enjoying Krakerjax's sense of "live and let live"
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