tomhudson's Journal: Proof god hates "christian" rock music ...

From here:

Dozens hurt as B.C. church floor collapses

The Canadian Press

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. Witnesses say excited rock fans were urged to stop jumping up and down in a B.C. church before a large section of the floor collapsed and the lighting system fell from the ceiling.

More than 40 people were injured at a concert at Abbotsford's Central Heights Church Friday night when the floor gave way.

The collapse people in the crowd falling several metres into the basement below.

(whoever wrote that last sentence - some words went AWOL. Raptured? Too much B.C. Bud?)

Vinet said detectives will now try to determine what caused the collapse.

Two options:

1. God exists, in which case he obviously hates christian rock music - and who could blame him/her/it - "christian rock" is a blasphemy against real rock music - maybe they should have been playing "Stairway to Heaven" or "Highway to Hell" instead

or

2. God doesn't exist, in which case it's just karmic.

For those "true believers" who are going to try to argue that god exists by saying "See, lots of people could have been killed if God hadn't intervened", I'd like to point out that presupposes that God actually allows this sort of thing to happen, and that it must be for a reason, so stop with the "christian rock" shite, before he/she/it/whatever gets REALLY pissed!

... and please please PLEASE stop with the stupid church bells on Sunday morning. Sunday morning is for sleeping in. If you don't believe it, look at how many people are nodding off in church before lunchtime during any boring sermon.

Conserve energy - sleep in on Sunday instead of driving to church - it's your patriotic duty to send fewer petro-dollars to the terr'rists.

umm...

[Neop2Lemus]

Xian rock music is a travesty. I mean, try to convert Rachael Welch dancing to rock music to a religious experience - you can't do it; all right, you can, in fact it is, BUT no in a fundy sense!. Damn I think I'll fire up that video, and have another beer.

As a Liberal Xian I am horrified and embarrassed by the modern evangelical stuff like this. I simultaneously hope that no one was hurt, and that everyone was slightly injured.

O.M.F.G.

[plover]

I hadn't ever been in one of these "modern" megachurches before, but yesterday we went to one for my wife's niece's confirmation.

O. M. F. G.

It was an auditorium that seats about 2,500 people, a giant stage with a drummer encased in a plexiglass booth (I assume to stop people throwing tiny little wineglasses at him), giant projection screens with Powerpoint lyrics (thanks for posting "La la la la la la!" up there, I wasn't getting it,) and for that crowning touch, a cross complete with color-coordinated

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[tomhudson]

3) God exists, but in no way whatsoever resembles any of the fairy tales humans have used to attempt to control other humans - whatever God is, It apparently does NOT have time, energy or attention to spare on whatever we choose to do to ourselves, each other, or anything else we might collectively or individually have impact on - we're on our own folks, fairy tales and invisible friends notwithstanding.

Just a thought: Wouldn't that effectively be the same in terms of "how we should lead our lives", etc

As a 'radical atheist'...

[rthille]

I find it funny that going to see an Alanis Moriset concert, I enjoyed 'Switchfoot' (a x-tian rock band) more than Alanis. Maybe she was having an off night, or an off-tour, since I really like her generally.

Switchfoot doesn't seem to get too in my face with their god shit, and I like the music to listen to, without thinking about what the lyric say (which hurts my brain :-)

...or option THREE

[Timex]

Vinet said detectives will now try to determine what caused the collapse.

Two options:

1. God exists, in which case he obviously hates christian rock music - and who could blame him/her/it - "christian rock" is a blasphemy against real rock music - maybe they should have been playing "Stairway to Heaven" or "Highway to Hell" instead

or

2. God doesn't exist, in which case it's just karmic.

...or

3. God DOES exist, didn't find the music particularly interesting and went off on holiday, leaving the people to suffer the consiquences of doing something really stupid, like (oh, I don't know) over-stressing the structure of the building, causing things to collapse. (This isn't necessarily what happened, but it's more plausible to me than the first two options.)

For those "true believers" who are going to try to argue that god exists by saying "See, lots of people could have been killed if God hadn't intervened", I'd like to point out that presupposes that God actually allows this sort of thing to happen, and that it must be for a reason, so stop with the "christian rock" shite, before he/she/it/whatever gets REALLY pissed!

You're forgetting the fact that people are prone to doing block-headed things, all by themselves. You do recall the whole notion of "fre

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[tomhudson]

I'm still waiting for the resolution of the conflict between free will and predestination ... ;-0

There's also a 4th option - god is one mean-spirited mother-f*cker. We don't hear that one too much, but a lot of the goings on in the bible would support it as a workable thesis.

Look at the messes we have to deal with in our own personal lives that have absolutely nothing to do with any decisions or actions we took (hence, no free will), and which are very unjust. I for one wish life were simpler, know wha