God is Good! And so random too.

[SoProudNole]

DEADHORSE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A father says he’s lucky to be alive after he was attacked by a bear and bitten in the face during a hunting trip to Alaska.

Jadon Nicoara, a 27-year-old father of two, is now resting at home after he was attacked by a brow
n bear while hunting caribou around 100 miles outside of Deadhorse.

“I’m very thankful to be alive,” Nicoara said. “Glad to have my eyesight and the use of all my limbs. God is very good.”


Dude was hunting caribou in Alaska, but thought it was so weird to be attacked by a bear. But GOd was right there. Awesome.

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[Aardvark86]

Don’t think of it as random. Think of it as someone who reckons time differently than we do.

 

[LiveFreeOrDie97]

That god dude is one hell of a mind phuck. Kind of an ahole too. Some people seem to like him though.

 

[SoProudNole]

Don’t think of it as random. Think of it as someone who reckons time differently than we do.

 

[bagdropper]

I'm sure God told the bear to bite him in the face, too. God is good like that, too.

 

[SoProudNole]

 

[Aardvark86]

that's a quality rodney gif.

Ultimately, on matters like this, I generally am aligned with the views of Reverend Lovejoy:

 

[tarheelbybirth1]

Don’t think of it as random. Think of it as someone who reckons reality differently than we do.

FIFY.

You want to see the truly and weirdly awful way these nut cases see "time"?

A Kansas woman killed by a grizzly bear on a trail near Yellowstone National Park last Saturday was a "beautiful free spirit", her mother says. The body of Amie Adamson, 48, was found by park officials in a wooded area near the town of West Yellowstone, Montana. Bear tracks were spotted close by and the authorities have laid traps to try to capture the grizzly.

Adamson's mother Janet says she was an avid hiker and marathon runner who died doing what she loved best.

"God is so good. He took her by nature, not by any evil deed, bad accident or bad illness," Mrs Adamson told CBS's Kansas radio station KWCH-DT.

"He took her where she was out doing what she loved and that gives us comfort."

In this case, God is good because he let the bear tear her apart. But it's ok... she would have loved being mauled to death and being part of nature and all.

Religionists are f'n wacko.

 

[Aardvark86]

FIFY.

You want to see the truly and weirdly awful way these nut cases see "time"?

A Kansas woman killed by a grizzly bear on a trail near Yellowstone National Park last Saturday was a "beautiful free spirit", her mother says. The body of Amie Adamson, 48, was found by park officials in a wooded area near the town of West Yellowstone, Montana. Bear tracks were spotted close by and the authorities have laid traps to try to capture the grizzly.

Adamson's mother Janet says she was an avid hiker and marathon runner who died doing what she loved best.

"God is so good. He took her by nature, not by any evil deed, bad accident or bad illness," Mrs Adamson told CBS's Kansas radio station KWCH-DT.

"He took her where she was out doing what she loved and that gives us comfort."

In this case, God is good because he let the bear tear her apart. But it's ok... she would have loved being mauled to death and being part of nature and all.

Religionists are f'n wacko.

so you're a glass half empty kinda guy?

Look i get it, I'm not much on the whole presbyterian (and related spinoff) "double predestination" thingy either.

But this question of 'why does god let bad things happen to good people (and vice versa for that matter) is an old one which neither the pro-god nor the anti-god side really has much of an answer for. The best I can give you is that he does allow us to live in a condition of freedom, where good things and bad things can happen. Usually the limits on the bad things (like here) are ordinary rather than miraculous. but if it gets us thinking about things, perhaps that's not horrible.

 

[LiveFreeOrDie97]

Religionists are f'n wacko.

You could have just said this.

 

[tarheelbybirth1]

Here's one who's REALLY scary.



In response...

 

[LiveFreeOrDie97]

Here's one who's REALLY scary.



In response...

Everyone hates crack dealers. Religion dealers are more dangerous.

 

[tarheelbybirth1]

so you're a glass half empty kinda guy?

 

[QChawks]

 

[tarheelbybirth1]

so you're a glass half empty kinda guy?

Look i get it, I'm not much on the whole presbyterian (and related spinoff) "double predestination" thingy either.

But this question of 'why does god let bad things happen to good people (and vice versa for that matter) is an old one which neither the pro-god nor the anti-god side really has much of an answer for. The best I can give you is that he does allow us to live in a condition of freedom, where good things and bad things can happen. Usually the limits on the bad things (like here) are ordinary rather than miraculous though.

I have an answer. It's really simple. God ain't "letting" anything happen to anyone. Go where there are bears and most of the time nothing happens. Sometimes you'll get mauled, sometimes you'll get killed. Why the difference? Luck. The idea that some "loving god" mauled this woman to death is pretty sickening.

 

[AFM22]

I donno, he had a brown bear on top of him biting his face and he come out not only alive but with his hearing and eyesight. I can see how he would be thankful and how a religious person would thank God.

 

[Aardvark86]

I have an answer. It's really simple. God ain't "letting" anything happen to anyone. Go where there are bears and most of the time nothing happens. Sometimes you'll get mauled, sometimes you'll get killed. Why the difference? Luck. The idea that some "loving god" mauled this woman to death is pretty sickening.

As I said, god didn't burn your house down homer.

 

[tarheelbybirth1]

As I said, god didn't burn your house down homer.

God doesn't burn houses down, either. Faulty wiring or a stove left on or lightning or any of dozens of other things burn houses down. The religionist will celebrate their house burning down by saying their god saved them. The next religionist will thank their god for burning their child alive because now that child is with their god. That is one f'n sweet deal for this god character.

 

[Gibbs_dontbanmetom]

I still find it weird how a lot of you love to hate on God but can never come to the conclusion that evil (devil) exists as well.
Maybe the man that was attacked knows that the devil sent the bear and God helped save him. But of course that’s not possible to the God haters. It’s all Gods fault.

 

[Aardvark86]

God doesn't burn houses down, either. Faulty wiring or a stove left on or lightning or any of dozens of other things burn houses down. The religionist will celebrate their house burning down by saying their god saved them. The next religionist will thank their god for burning their child alive because now that child is with their god. That is one f'n sweet deal for this god character.

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Some of your first example may be plausible, but i don't think that quite accurately describes the feelings about the child "being with god". They may take comfort with that, but I don't think there are too many people that will thank him for the fire.

 

[PinkShizzle]

When I was 21 and my mom died some people, including the pastor at the funeral, said God "needed another gardener up in heaven." There were plenty of "amens" and "god is good" before and after the funeral. What a joke.

The mythical sky fairy truly is a prick, and apparently selfish. My mom's flower gardens were indeed top-tier, though.

 

[Aardvark86]

When I was 21 and my mom died some people, including the pastor at the funeral, said God "needed another gardener up in heaven." There were plenty of "amens" and "god is good" before and after the funeral. What a joke.

The mythical sky fairy truly is a prick, and apparently selfish. My mom's flower gardens were indeed top-tier, though.

Perhaps they were just complimenting your mother.

 

[alaskanseminole]

I find it interesting people will spend a lifetime studying politics, physics, history, philosophy, or the universe and accept they don't fully understand everything...but those same people are remarkably quick to dismiss the possibility of God as the absurd Spaghetti Monster in the sky. Scripture says, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." It also speaks of God having written something of Himself and His moral law on the human heart.

Personally, I believe God exists outside of time itself. So I don't expect my limited, human perspective or brain to be fully capable of neatly explaining every tragedy, coincidence, or apparent contradiction. That doesn't mean we shouldn't ask questions or use said brains...it just means recognizing not understanding everything is not the same thing as proving there is nothing to understand (if that makes sense).

 

[PinkShizzle]

Perhaps they were just complimenting your mother.

They were by saying she was a good gardener.

It's also extremely stupid to add in the "God took her because he needed another gardener" line.

 

[TrooneyLoons]

When I was 21 and my mom died some people, including the pastor at the funeral, said God "needed another gardener up in heaven." There were plenty of "amens" and "god is good" before and after the funeral. What a joke.

The mythical sky fairy truly is a prick, and apparently selfish. My mom's flower gardens were indeed top-tier, though.

 

[AFM22]

They were by saying she was a good gardener.

It's also extremely stupid to add in the "God took her because he needed another gardener" line.

Grief is hard and everyone experiences it differently. Sometimes when people try to say something nice, it can be often misunderstood.

Not saying he was right, or you were wrong, or vice versa. Maybe he was just trying his best to sound nice, even thought he was dumb.

Sorry about your mom.

 

[r_desihawk]

I find it interesting people will spend a lifetime studying politics, physics, history, philosophy, or the universe and accept they don't fully understand everything...but those same people are remarkably quick to dismiss the possibility of God as the absurd Spaghetti Monster in the sky. Scripture says, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." It also speaks of God having written something of Himself and His moral law on the human heart.

Personally, I believe God exists outside of time itself. So I don't expect my limited, human perspective or brain to be fully capable of neatly explaining every tragedy, coincidence, or apparent contradiction. That doesn't mean we shouldn't ask questions or use said brains...it just means recognizing not understanding everything is not the same thing as proving there is nothing to understand (if that makes sense).

your second para i suspect resonates with most including the non-religious. dissonance arrives only when people forcefully insert religious texts and associated characters into public discourse and policy

 

[TrooneyLoons]

DEADHORSE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A father says he’s lucky to be alive after he was attacked by a bear and bitten in the face during a hunting trip to Alaska.

Jadon Nicoara, a 27-year-old father of two, is now resting at home after he was attacked by a brow
n bear while hunting caribou around 100 miles outside of Deadhorse.

“I’m very thankful to be alive,” Nicoara said. “Glad to have my eyesight and the use of all my limbs. God is very good.”


Dude was hunting caribou in Alaska, but thought it was so weird to be attacked by a bear. But GOd was right there. Awesome.

Link

If this was some sandal-wearing mooozlem who said, "allahu akhbar" you'd have never made this post, but you WOULD vote for him.

 

[SoProudNole]

If this was some sandal-wearing mooozlem who said, "allahu akhbar" you'd have never made this post, but you WOULD vote for him.

You’re a weird, brain dead f.ucker.

 

[alaskanseminole]

your second para i suspect resonates with most including the non-religious. dissonance arrives only when people forcefully insert religious texts and associated characters into public discourse and policy

hence why I hate the weaponization of the Bible into policy designed to control people. It's a gross missuse of God's word.

 

[PinkShizzle]

Grief is hard and everyone experiences it differently. Sometimes when people try to say something nice, it can be often misunderstood.

Not saying he was right, or you were wrong, or vice versa. Maybe he was just trying his best to sound nice, even thought he was dumb.

I get that, true. I'm just not a fan of "it was God's will" and those sorts of lines when a tragedy happens.

It wasn't just the pastor, it was a lot of people. And at that time I was still a believer of God, so it wasn't me being biased or anti-religion.

 

[AFM22]

I get that, true. I'm just not a fan of "it was God's will" and those sorts of lines when a tragedy happens.

It wasn't just the pastor, it was a lot of people. And at that time I was still a believer of God, so it wasn't me being biased or anti-religion.

I find it weird when someone is taken early by death and a common thing to say is "It's all part of God's plan."

I think people just don't know what to say in those situations, but they just really want to say something.

 

[PinkShizzle]

I think people just don't know what to say in those situations, but they just really want to say something.

I agree.

 

[BelemNole]

I find it weird when someone is taken early by death and a common thing to say is "It's all part of God's plan."

I think people just don't know what to say in those situations, but they just really want to say something.

Those people have never spent time in a child cancer wing. If He's real and that is part of his plan then He's an a.sshole.

 

[AFM22]

Those people have never spent time in a child cancer wing. If He's real and that is part of his plan then He's an a.sshole.

Probably not, and I don't think they really understand how the person going through grief really hears those words.

They're just trying to comfort.

Sometimes saying "damn, that fucan sucks" would prob be better received than "It's all part of God's plan."

 

[RollingballofButcherKnives]

FIFY.

You want to see the truly and weirdly awful way these nut cases see "time"?

A Kansas woman killed by a grizzly bear on a trail near Yellowstone National Park last Saturday was a "beautiful free spirit", her mother says. The body of Amie Adamson, 48, was found by park officials in a wooded area near the town of West Yellowstone, Montana. Bear tracks were spotted close by and the authorities have laid traps to try to capture the grizzly.

Adamson's mother Janet says she was an avid hiker and marathon runner who died doing what she loved best.

"God is so good. He took her by nature, not by any evil deed, bad accident or bad illness," Mrs Adamson told CBS's Kansas radio station KWCH-DT.

"He took her where she was out doing what she loved and that gives us comfort."

In this case, God is good because he let the bear tear her apart. But it's ok... she would have loved being mauled to death and being part of nature and all.

Religionists are f'n wacko.

People cope in different ways. I don’t get it but if it helps them…..

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

That god dude is one hell of a mind phuck. Kind of an ahole too. Some people seem to like him though.

 

[Aardvark86]

I find it weird when someone is taken early by death and a common thing to say is "It's all part of God's plan."

I think people just don't know what to say in those situations, but they just really want to say something.

Of course.

And while as noted I'm not into any sort of rigid predestination theology, I do think that the reference to "God's plan" is a shorthand for what Catholics refer to as "mysteries" (ie, unknowables), and either way may better relate to what happens next. To take a simple example, sometimes people are motivated by tragedy to help others, or cure diseases, or other "good" things. Conversely, if you are a little too focused on some of the predestination stuff, maybe you get angrier and reject God, and regardless of what "flavor" of believer you might be, that's kinda generally never a good thing from a theological standpoint. So, maybe perfectly harmless, but maybe also important.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

I'm sure God told the bear to bite him in the face, too. God is good like that, too.

God doesn't control the bears.................that's why they're still the greatest threat to American national security.

 

[Aardvark86]

God doesn't control the bears.................that's why they're still the greatest threat to American national security.

I'm going to use that line the next time my wife tells me to "be quiet so I can get closer to get a better picture of the mama bear and her cub"