So in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina many people are trying to rationalize God’s actions by saying that this all happened because the USA pressured Israel to disengage from Gush Katif (Gaza). First I’ll make a general statement. God’s actions by definition cannot be rationalized. If any human could easily rationalize the way God worked he would no longer be God. Any attempt to rationalize is an attempt to bring comfort to oneself and should be acknowledged as such. It is comforting to a person to think you know the way the world works and why things are the way that they are.
Now to the specifics: Even if you want to rationalize God’s actions by saying that God was punishing the citizens of New Orleans because of the disengagement is foolish. I noted on Tonny’s blog that: “Yea I definitely think G-d decided to get even by killing thousands of black poor people who couldn't afford to evacuate. These people are the real movers and shakers in the political world who decided to put pressure on Israel to abandon Gaza.” And I stand by this statement. My point was that even for humans this thought was hardly rational let alone for God. My opinion is the same for people who make similar comments about the tsunami. While it is important to reflect on our own actions whenever a tragedy of this magnitude hits the world doing so in this method I’m sure doesn’t comfort the citizens of New Orleans or any of their relatives who may have lost family members or homes and I’d even venture to say that it is insensitive.
Side Rants
-First Shabbos at Brandeis this weekend. Have a good one wherever you are.
-Leaving for NY on Sunday. Hooray for inflated gas prices!
-Don’t you love it when a teacher assigns a paper due in less then a week from the first class? And you need a specific text for it and the university library and book store doesn’t have it? And don’t you love it when the paper is due on Tuesday and even if you had the text there is no way you’d get it done since you’ll be away Sunday and Monday for your cousin’s bat mitzvah?
-I’ll be at Dougie’s on 72nd street at 7:30 Sunday night. Let me know if you want to meet me.
-Wow two posts in one week! What has gotten into me?
Friday, September 02, 2005
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6 comments:
boston doesnt have inflated gas prices?
It does but we're driving to NY which means that we'll go through a lot of inflated gas.
I dunno Dani i was driving today in Newton and regular gas was $3.13 I think that's a little inflated seeing that everywhere else here is just $2.69-$2.89
are you people stupid or just dumb. Dani was saying gas is inflatewd everywhere and now hes driving the 100 something miles to New York where gas is expensive everywhere. Am I the only one with a brain who reads this blog. Actually Tonny nevermind!
the only inflated gas I know of is helium. Oops I forgot my own natural gas...
yeah tonny being stupid!!! maybe you'll grow a brain in Israel.
Also with this whole word verify thing I wouldn't mind it if it was short but I had to type "pouekyjx" just to leave a comment thats ridiculous
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