[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

I wrote down a short list of pretty common sentiments that we heard after the hurricane. Only the truly nutty said "got did it to punish the sinners", but people say the other stuff all the time. "My house/life got saved by God", "my relative went to God", "God willing, we'll be okay in the end".

I don't know what the people you know believe, but this is the kind of thing we hear all the time after a something bad happens.

Unless, I guess, what these people mean is "the hurricane happened naturally, but God saved me from it" or "God decided my mom's time was up, while the hurricane was coincidentally happening" or "the hurricane happened, and God had nothing to do with it, but hopefully he'll help us out now that it's gone".

I think a lot of that stuff is said without thought. Almost as a figure of speech.

I say God Damnit all the time...I certainly don't think I am asking god to damn whatever the target of my rage is at the time.