Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Oh please Mr. Murderer… we beg you please help the innocent orphans…

We were all touched by the sad event that recently took place in Haiti. The horrific pictures of innocent people suffering, pictures of men women and children lying dead in the streets of Port-au-Prince as trash scattered on a windy day. The images of the injured, the heart breaking video clips through the news agencies. I remember watching A popular clip of A twelve year old girl that was being rescued while she was crying and begging for her parents, but they were nowhere to be found, sadly she died a few days after her rescue due to her injuries.

As sad as all this was, it was heartwarming to see how people from all over the world opened their wallets, and poured money to the various organizations, to reach out and support the Haitian people. Thousands of volunteers picked themselves up from all over the world, and went to a land where they do not know anyone, all they cared about was to help strangers with their skill and expertise, they went to help strangers that they probably will never know, and never see again. Last but not least, the prayers, thousands and thousands of people were praying for the victims, so the trapped ones should be found and the injured to be healed.

Did it cross their minds for a moment who they are praying to? Is there anyone listening to those prayers? Who is collecting those tears that may have been shed? Who is listening to all of this? There was a article online about the chief rabbi of England with nothing but good intensions that made a special prayer for the victims of Haiti that all of the Jewish community in England should reside the shabbos (Saturday) after the quake, in the prayer it reads "Almighty God, we beseech you, send comfort to the bereaved, and healing to the injured." Now that is a humble act, to pray on behalf of all the victims and God is the one and only that controls everything that happens, everything we do and everything we think, or who else would they pray to? For sure not the clouds cause that would not make any sense… Right? Doesn’t this sound a bit odd to pray to God? Isnt God the one that allowed the earthquake to take place? Isn't it God that allowed those people to get killed and injured in the first place? Why would he bother helping them after he made it happen? Isn’t he the one that made this whole thing happen in the first place?

I know the BS that everything is for the better good; everything happens for a reason but would you mind asking the survivors if they saw any better good in all of this? What did they benefit from this better good? They got nothing but dead or injured family members, hunger, starvation, damaged infrastructure from the little they had before this, ruined mom and pop shops ruined buildings, hospitals and schools. Should this be considered for the better good? To sum it up in one word hell is what they got. If he is so super, all he would have to do is use his incredible super power so that it should be pleasant, without people having to suffer. However, he did not and I think I know why, because this leads me to believe, that there is no god, there is no reason, no divine plans, no super powers, nothing, just nature at its worst.

What’s your opinion?

2 comments:

  1. Mark Twain's "Letters from the Earth" discusses this conundrum and many others. It's an enjoyable read. Check it out at http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/twainlfe.htm

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  2. That seems to be very interesting "e". i wil definitely read it when i have some extra time. Thanks for sharing.

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