Here I have been doubting the possibility of ‘god’ just because my precious mother is dying.
I need doubt no longer, because you see, I saw a bit of the Grammys. I saw some group win for best R&B I think, and the guy getting the award said: THIS IS GOD’S WORK.
Now it is all so clear. Mom is dying, people are getting aids, there is war, famine, crack babies…all because ‘god’ is apparently in the music biz.
Another Einstein told the world to: PRAY FOR HIP HOP!
I am gonna get right fucking on that, let me tell ya!
How could I be so totally selfish in my suffering, and the pain that my dear old Grammy and Grampy are feeling at the impending loss of their daughter, my beloved aunts and uncles, my cousins…and my children, her grandchildren. She will be just a foggy memory to them. I am SO selfish. You see, HIP HOP needs my prayers.
It appears that the lord only answers the prayers of the music business.
Satan, if you see him around, tell him he is fired for gross incompetence and total dereliction of duty.
If I hear one more fucking person thank ‘god’ for an award, I will puke. The oscars are coming up, god will be busy. I guess we are really fucked now.
kellibelli,
I’m really sorry for you. I’m not a believer in God (well, not the organized one anyway) and I cant explain the workings of any of the Deities that people wish to believe in, but, I know these people are glad that they have been given a talent (what that talent is I dont exactly know) and they wish to express their thanks.
I hope you have the strenght to go through what is to come for you.
Best wishes,
John
J
Because Fido ate the Hand Grenade for me,
When the Tans came round to search the house at tea,
I said, “Take this, dog, and eat”,
He thought it was a can of meat,
It was the hand grenade that Fido ate for me.
God doesn’t answer players just for hip hop artists. He also does foul shots for NBA players. He genuinely cares who wins the Super Bowl every year as well.
“God nearly had us down when Jesus blitzed on 2nd and 13 and sacked the QB. Lucky for us he was called for off-sides and we made the kick as the clock ran out.”
Because, whilst prayers are always answered, sometimes the answer is “No”.
“I don’t just want you to feel envy. I want you to suffer, I want you to bleed, I want you to die a little bit each day. And I want you to thank me for it.” – What “Let’s just be friends” really means
Next time you light the insense and start chanting, crack open a window…your nrain isnt geting enough oxegen here!
You say:
To see the hand of God in every good fortune, whether large or small, seems quite common for Christians.
yup, TOO COMMON! and if someone blames’god’ for their failures, the churchy flok have an excuse of how ‘god’ cant control the free will on man…blah blah blah!
then you said:
Yet it’s odd that so many other Christians should feel the need/right to stand in judgement of another persons prayers. Also common.
I never said I was christian, and IF I was, I sure as hell wouldnt be PRAYING FOR HIP HOP!!!
You conclude:
Shouldn’t you all be celebrating the same faith instead of sniping at the cause of another persons prayers.
celebrating the same faith??? You think there should be only one faith? WTF??
I truly doubt I have anything in common spiritually with someone who credits a higher power for the poor taste of the record buying public.
You must be on the wrong board man, try turning LEFT!!
Re the OP: Considering that the average black male has a better chance of going to jail than finishing college…well, maybe his faith in God DID have a hand in some hip-hop artist’s success.
And I’d rather have him thank God than thank his agent who he will be suing in ten years forabsconding with all his cash…
kelli:
I’m sorry to hear about your mother. My dad almost died when I was 12, so I have some sympathy. It is hard to go through something like that, and having rappers or athletes thanking (half heartedly) God for their success does cheapen prayer. The problem of evil, or why bad things happen to good people, is one of, if not the toughest, of the tough question for Xianity. As a Xn, I too, get frustrated when people say it is all “part of God’s plan.” God planned the Holocaust? God planned for your mother to die? God planned for me to stub my toe last night? These might fall on slightly different spots on the evil continuum, but the inherent problem is just the same. Unfortunately, I don’t have the answer for you. Or myself. C. S. Lewis might.