Can't Wait To Hear The Church's Explanation For This One

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12467604/?GT1=7938

  1. It’s all part of God’s plan.

  2. They didn’t pray hard enough.

  3. They were sinners.

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  1. God was trying to win the Darwin Award

  2. God didn’t feel like altering the laws of physics that day

In any case, why would anyone pray, or even stand, next to a lightning rod? I mean, metal on a hill, that’s just asking for it.

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During a lightning storm, no less!

  1. They had the effrontery to ask Him for something before first groveling in his exuberant omnipotence and their own infinitesimal inconsequentiality.

  2. They weren’t [insert name of Christian sect to which speaker belongs here].

-Q

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  1. Hellooooo, they were Mexican!
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  1. They were praying for help illegally crossing the border, and G-d doesn’t like illegal immigrants.
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  1. They were praying for help illegally crossing the border, and G-d doesn’t like illegal immigrants.
  1. They didn’t bring pie.
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  1. He didn’t like the way they had tricked out their bicycles with hydraulics, neon lights, and Old English letters.
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  1. They’d grow up to be future Hitlers.
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  1. What’s to complain about? They were struck by lightning, a miracle of the heavens, and instantly transported to heaven, which was probably what they were asking God for in the first place.
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  1. They were not Muslim, and they were directing their missguided devotion at a Crusader symbol (Yes, I know we’re making up explanations for a Christian church).
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Oh my, was I wrong for chuckling at this one? :slight_smile: