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Oct. 3rd, 2006 08:18 amTo the Amish Elders who got Quoted in the Newpsapers:
I know you're upset, and you were probably confused and under pressure to Say Something Appropriate, but I can't think of a theology in which a guy murdering a bunch of kids qualifies as an "Act of God," rather than a human behaving really really badly. The killer sinned, big time, and you can condemn or forgive him according to your beliefs, but the world doesn't need anybody else thinking God tells people to kill little girls.
Possibly the papers mis-quoted you or took you out of context or something, in which case I apologize and address my argument to them.
Addn - see misia's comments: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/hanne_blank/3279.html
I know you're upset, and you were probably confused and under pressure to Say Something Appropriate, but I can't think of a theology in which a guy murdering a bunch of kids qualifies as an "Act of God," rather than a human behaving really really badly. The killer sinned, big time, and you can condemn or forgive him according to your beliefs, but the world doesn't need anybody else thinking God tells people to kill little girls.
Possibly the papers mis-quoted you or took you out of context or something, in which case I apologize and address my argument to them.
Addn - see misia's comments: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/hanne_blank/3279.html