Guardian Angels

[Raziaar]

Okay... you know, I was just watching a news story on that helicopter that crashed into a house, killing two on board and the entire family in the house survived.

I hear the dad say something along the lines of, "Somebody was protecting us".

I can't remember the exact quote, but it was something along those lines.

So it gets me thinking that the notion of guardian angels and how over half of Americans believe they are protected from harm by them.

When somebody in a helicopter crashes into your house, and the people on board die, and you and your family are spared, you should be very thankful and consider yourself lucky. But believing you were spared by some greater power, while two other people died in the event? Your guardian angel protected you? Where was their guardian angel? Where was he when they crashed? Did their guardian angels rationalize that god wanted better things for them as part of his divine plan by ending their lives in a horrible fashion?

Where are the guardian angels when little kids develop cancer, living out the rest of their limited days miserably before dying? Are they up in heaven doing better things with god? If god was so sure he wanted them up there with him as part of his divine plan so soon, why did he give them life on this painful earth and providing them with painful and heartbreaking existences? To build character?

Where are the guardian angels of victims of violent crime? Did the guardian angels of the criminals subdue the guardian angels of the victims and prevent them from delivering protection? Did the godlessness of the criminals trump the godliness of the victims?

What are we teaching our kids here?

"Hey Billy! Don't forget your Guardian Angel is protecting you! That is, unless he's not and you die."


Sorry. I'm bitter. I wanted to make a stupid thread.

 

[Escaep]

Sorry. I'm bitter. I wanted to make a stupid thread.

And you succeeded. Why did you not put this is the other religion slamming thread that was just closed?

 

[Raziaar]

And you succeeded. Why did you not put this is the other religion slamming thread that was just closed?

What other religion slamming thread? If there was one, I haven't seen it. And this thread focuses on one particular issue, not religion in general.

 

[Barnz]

I had sex with my guardian angel *goes back to watch "Hey Arnold!"*

 

[Jintor]

And you succeeded. Why did you not put this is the other religion slamming thread that was just closed?

I perceive this as a different thread, but because Raz put it so eloquently straight off, there's not much to discuss.

 

[Gemma]

there not protected my angels
its just luck

 

[Escaep]

I perceive this as a different thread, but because Raz put it so eloquently straight off, there's not much to discuss.

That other thread basically ended up trashing religion which this one pretty much seems to be doing or will end up doing.

The other thread is the "religion-sham or truth"

 

[Lucid]

I was touched by an angel.
;(

 

[Jintor]

That other thread basically ended up trashing religion which this one pretty much seems to be doing or will end up doing.

The other thread is the "religion-sham or truth"

He's pretty much raging against the phrase here. Guardian Angels aren't really specific to any religion (although they're associated most with Christianity, obviously) but if you take what he's saying here, it's more like "If you've got a god (of protection etc) then everybody's got a god".

And as for why he didn't put this in the thread that was closed, well duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.