Do YOU remember 9-11? And how the Churhes were filled...?
I was in Indianapolis Indiana the morning of 9-11. I drove my rented car back to Florida, for the Airlines were not FLYING! I flew each week for the Next Month and found No Children on those flights! Remember how MANY WENT TO CHURCH, that had Never Before Attended? MY QUESTION: What has happend to change = THOSE THAT WERE SEEKING GOD = = IN That Time Of National Terror and Concern FOR Themselves and for Our Nation? ? ? Thanks, RR
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those people now realize that there is no god because september 11th wouldn't have happened in the first place
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The only people that thought "god" was going to protect them are also stupid enough to forget their fears very quickly.
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I could never forget 9/11. Tragedies like that do tend to send people seeking answers. But it soon wears off I guess when things get comfortable again. But it doesn't mean they didn't get any answers. Maybe they just seek the answers within, instead of in a group setting, like a church.
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That is exactly how Americans are failing God.
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I remember 9-11 but it gave me absolutely no desire to return to church. I do remember telling my wife though that it was a good thing I was pushing 40 or I might have had the urge to join the Army.
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It does seem fickle but that is the general nature of people. Apart from those who are utterly devoted to the church, many only run to God in a time of crisis. When it seems like there is nothing else to believe in, why not take a punt on the big guy? I'm sure that many started in that time of despair and stuck with it.
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That's a good point. I remember seeing people praying in the streets, restaurants and grocery stores. Where I work we had 7 people in those trade towers when they got hit. People at work were openly praying for those people. But now, we get in to trouble for having a Bible study during lunch hour.
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Some times people have to be scared out of their witts to go and seek God and Jesus. Yah I remember that morning. I drove past Hancock International Air Port at about 6:30 AM that day, and aircraft wise. nothing was coming in or going out.
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Yes, by gum, I do! And don't you think it would be just dandy if we had a national disaster of that dimension every week, so the churches could be full all the time? We need more death and disaster so God is not forgotten.
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I'm not sure what your point is here, but one doesn't have to go to church to seek God. By the same token, you can't just assume that someone who attends a church service IS seeking God by being there. God is just a natural part of my every day life, as I live by His scripture that assures us that He will never leave us, nor forsake us. I don't have to attend a church service to know that. There are many people who have decided to concentrate on being spiritual, and having a personal relationship with Christ, rather than a religious one. It's what is in peoples hearts that is important, not how many people are filling up the pews.
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I remember, I wasnt even a Christian yet but I went to church too. Yes, it was packed. Im sure some went out of fear by the initial shock, something to reassure them that God is still here and paying attention. A lot of people stopped going once they got reconsumed with their own lives, but then there were people like me who were moved to consider life and eternity as something more than just a philosophy. If you can take a minute (and anyone here who wants to) go visit my blog and read my 9/11 entry entitled "My Ground Zero" Id like you're feedback on it (click my name for a link to my 360 )
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That's a good point. Don't you think it says a lot about why people choose religion in the first place? They want answers in turbulent times and they will put their faith in what ever satisfies their immediate needs. But some soon realize that religion does NOT have the answers (or at least not very good ones). So most satisfy themselves elsewhere. Some, will decide that THEY need to do things that will uplift the world for religion never can.
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That is a good question,My opinion would be,When things are smooth,we tend to forget ,untill something happens, that we can"t control .We will call on God,so maybe that is one way He gets our attention. What would grab our attention now,I don"t know.
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Because we were born with a natural desire to worship God. God put that in us. But, some people push that down and turn away from it. Some people worship false gods. When disasters happen, peoples first inclination is to cry out to God.
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It's amazing how these things happen people don't want anything to do with God until they need their lives saved they seem to think that if they pray when they need him that he will just be there for them nomatter what! God does not work that way, would you? I doubt very much that if someone was only using you that you would want to help them when they need you and the rest of their time they never even thought of you at all or even to think to say hello to you when they saw you, down the road, People seem to orget that God knows their inermost feelings of their hearts, so he knows the motivations and when it's a put on just to save oneself, and God also knows that under those conditions that is just a selfish thing to save oneself if time and again people think they don't need God until something bad hapens to them or near them that they then think that God could help them with then thae may try to attach themselves to God do they really think that God is so desperate that he will help them under that type of relationship the throw at him, they themselves wouldn't accept that type of relationship from someone would they
