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LINK Hurricane Florence: Residents ignore evacuation orders in North Carolina ‘hoping God protects us’ as storm hits | The Independent

A part of me thinks they will deserve what they get, but another part of me hopes the survivors will determine their beliefs to be false, and wise up some.

#beliefs #god #naturaldisaster #DarwinAward #hurricane #Florence #USA
snytiger6 9 Sep 14
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We know is impossible to fight ignorance.

We can fight ignorance, and even make a difference, but it is unrealistic to believe we can totally eliminate ignorance.

@snytiger6 We can fight ignorance -even win the battle- if we are referring to reading, writing... but when it comes to concepts as the one discussed in this thread we will never succeed over ignorance; culturally (traditions / legends . myths...) are a lot more powerful than any / all reasoning.

@DUCHESSA Probably not in out lifetimes, but I am still optimistic. I do think evolution has a bit further to go before ignorance will not be that common.

@snytiger6 Well, hopefully you are right.
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It is the definition of an "Act of God" so praying to thwart or seek special privileges from their God's will is a little rich. ?

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I hope they don’t have to find out the hard way that their god is bogus.

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Those are the same morons now expecting the first responders to risk thier own lives to save them.

And they won't be rescued. They were warned...so...
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We'll see if it saves them.

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Level 9

It's far too easy to rationalize religion...to ''explain'' why their sky pal didn't rescue them, blah, blah, blah. If you really think about religious stories, myths, etc...it's childish babble. Nothing more.

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I've never known a religious person to notice irony. They rationalize whatever they must, to maintain their denial.

tru dat
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