I was so disgusted last Friday morning when I woke up and saw this on my Facebook news feed:
Please pray for my parents!! They just have 2 more days in Honolulu, Hawaii, and after an 8.9 earthquake in Japan there is a tsunami warning estimated to hit Waikiki. God is good and hears our prayers!
I just couldn't believe that after all the death and destruction that in Japan where the death toll is estimated to be almost 10,000, someone could actually be so short-sighted that all they're worried about are their parents in Hawaii. Hawaii, which received sufficient advance warning to ensure that everyone was safe.
It could be that I'm being too harsh. After all, when these kinds of natural disasters occur, it can be hard to conceptualize it unless it directly affects someone you know. I know a lot of Japanese people because the majority of my LL.M. classmates were from Japan, so my immediate concern was them and their families. (So far I think everyone is okay.)
But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it wasn't this person's concern for their parents that irked me so much, it was the invocation of prayer and God, etc, that didn't sit well with me. "God is good and hears our prayers." Thousands of people are dead in Japan, but your parents are safe because God is good and hears your prayers? I don't know when I first realized how self-centered a lot of Christianity is, but I do know that it's a big part of why I don't like to go to church. Christianity is not about you. It's about Jesus. Get over yourself.
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you just know, God doesn't love Buddist's as much as He does Christains. don't forget Hawaii is part of the good old USofA and everyone knows God bless America and every other country; well-they are on the their own.
oh wait, Hawaii is part of the USA unless you happen to be Black, President and born in Hawaii.
One can see that she's caught up
in the material world,
'cos she's a material girl.
Amen, sister!
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