[SEL] Interesting - OT

[fero_ah at city-net.com]

Hiya Lyle,

No need to wait for "someday" to understand why people die in natural disasters.
 It's simple English.  Natural - an event that can be expected to happen; like
New Orleans flooding when hurricanes hit and trailer parks getting shreaded in
tornado alley.  Disaster - Lotsa folks get killed.

The sad part is that folks choose to put themselves in the path of "Natural
Disasters" year after year.  If you live 12 feet below sea level on the Gulf
coast, you should NOT be surprised when you get wet.  If you live in a trailer
park in tornado alley, you better own ruby slippers and a dog named Toto.

The equally sad bit is that folks moan about how they can't understand "the
Lords ways" when it comes to natural disasters or other events.  Perhaps,
there's a far simpler solution; shit happens.  There's an old principle,
Occam's Razor, that should be applied to such deep philosophical musings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_Razor

Some prefer the simplier version - KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid.

Basically, the concept is to go for the simplest explanition for an event, don't
needlessly complicate it.  Going for a bunch of all powerful, invisible
critters as the reason that everything happens is a classic case of overly
complicating things.  Especially if you're gonna moan about not understanding
the complication you introduce.  KISS!

See ya,  Arnie

PS - The VERY BEST place to engage in deep discussions of mumbo jumbo is over on
Slick Willy.  This is a list similar to the SEL except that such discussions
are welcomed there.  This tries to be an engine list.

PPS - When your engines quit running, do you throw up your hands and moan about
"not understand the Lords ways" or do you check to see if you've run out of
gas?

Arnie Fero
Pittsburgh, PA
fero_ah at city-net.com

Quoting Lyle DeWitt Myles <lyle45859 at netzero.com>:

> Yes and we may not always understand the Lords ways but we should never
> question His love for us. It is sad for the people who have passed away from
> natural disasters and I'm sure someday we will understand why this has to
> happen.