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Religion and Ethics Discussion => Christian Topic => Topic started by: Owlswing on July 26, 2016, 11:42:22 AM

Title: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Owlswing on July 26, 2016, 11:42:22 AM
They "accidentally" forgot their child while they went to pray!

ACCIDENTALLY? ? ? ?

http://fox17online.com/2016/07/25/child-dies-in-hot-car-while-family-worships-in-church/
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: floo on July 26, 2016, 11:49:35 AM
Jesus obviously considered himself more important when he told people to leave their families and follow him!

Anyone thinking god/Jesus is more important than their kids is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. They should have them removed if they are neglected because of that crazy notion.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: splashscuba on July 26, 2016, 11:54:40 AM
They "accidentally" forgot their child while they went to pray!

ACCIDENTALLY? ? ? ?

http://fox17online.com/2016/07/25/child-dies-in-hot-car-while-family-worships-in-church/
Bad stuff happens all the time like this

http://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/heat-stroke/

I suspect parents of these children are religious or not.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: BeRational on July 26, 2016, 11:54:55 AM
For me god is a important as pink unicorns.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on July 26, 2016, 12:32:05 PM
They "accidentally" forgot their child while they went to pray!

ACCIDENTALLY? ? ? ?

http://fox17online.com/2016/07/25/child-dies-in-hot-car-while-family-worships-in-church/
Are you suggesting they murdered their child?
This has happened to people shopping, eating, having their hair done and going to work.
I guess nobody can punish these people more short of cutting bits off them.
It is a tragedy which I wouldn't score points off.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: floo on July 26, 2016, 12:41:41 PM
Are you suggesting they murdered their child?
This has happened to people shopping, eating, having their hair done and going to work.
I guess nobody can punish these people more short of cutting bits off them.
It is a tragedy which I wouldn't score points off.

Manslaughter certainly through wilful neglect!
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on July 26, 2016, 12:44:54 PM
Manslaughter certainly through wilful neglect!
That's up to Robespierre to decide not the crone hovering around the basket at the bottom of the guillotine.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Nearly Sane on July 26, 2016, 12:50:33 PM
Manslaughter certainly through wilful neglect!
'Wilful' in what way? Justify your statement with reference to the facts you have to hand.

Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on July 26, 2016, 12:57:00 PM
I feel Floo is equating church involvement with wilful neglect .........a typical swivel eyed antitheism stunt.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Sebastian Toe on July 26, 2016, 12:58:09 PM
That's up to Robespierre to decide not the crone hovering around the basket at the bottom of the guillotine.
At last. You managed to post - before it wore off!  ;D
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Owlswing on July 26, 2016, 12:58:24 PM
'Wilful' in what way? Justify your statement with reference to the facts you have to hand.

H T F do you remember four kids and forget the fifth!
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Sebastian Toe on July 26, 2016, 12:59:09 PM
H T F do you remember four kids and forget the fifth!
Have you never watched Home Alone?
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Nearly Sane on July 26, 2016, 01:01:56 PM
H T F do you remember four kids and forget the fifth!

Argument by personal incredulity.

Does this mean you think David Cameron left his daughter in a pub deliberately?
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Owlswing on July 26, 2016, 01:02:21 PM

That's up to Robespierre to decide not the crone hovering around the basket at the bottom of the guillotine.


So God is the bloke who inflicted The Terror on France and Floo is a crone - not very charitable or gentlemanly are you?

Of course this si a question I knew the answer to before I posted - you have proved yourself to be no gentleman on too many previous ocassions.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Owlswing on July 26, 2016, 01:04:09 PM

Have you never watched Home Alone?

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Except for one thunderingly huge fact - that "Home Alone" is fiction and no-one died!
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Owlswing on July 26, 2016, 01:04:48 PM
Argument by personal incredulity.

Does this mean you think David Cameron left his daughter in a pub deliberately?

No 'cos he was pissed!
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Nearly Sane on July 26, 2016, 01:06:06 PM
No 'cos he was pissed!


Was he? Proof? Or just your opinion?
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: floo on July 26, 2016, 01:42:21 PM
'Wilful' in what way? Justify your statement with reference to the facts you have to hand.

How could they leave the kid in the car and not notice they were missing?
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Nearly Sane on July 26, 2016, 01:46:49 PM
How could they leave the kid in the car and not notice they were missing?
And another argument by personal incredulity.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: splashscuba on July 26, 2016, 01:47:28 PM
How could they leave the kid in the car and not notice they were missing?
I don't know, nor do any of us here.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Nearly Sane on July 26, 2016, 01:50:55 PM
So any evidence that it was deliberate, Floo?
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Brownie on July 26, 2016, 01:52:23 PM
That is a really horrible story, my heart aches for that poor little one.
Stupid ignorant parents.  It wasn't five minutes, it was forty-five.  All sounds very dodgy.
Doubt we'll hear much more of it though so not much point in speculating.

Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on July 26, 2016, 01:54:24 PM
So God is the bloke who inflicted The Terror on France and Floo is a crone - not very charitable or gentlemanly are you?

Of course this si a question I knew the answer to before I posted - you have proved yourself to be no gentleman on too many previous ocassions.
No ........when I say Robespeare I am talking about the judge and jury who will decide on this case.

And yes I am a bit of A nonchivalrous curmudgeon .......although I would have used the same analogy had you said it.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Owlswing on July 26, 2016, 02:36:45 PM

Was he? Proof? Or just your opinion?

Prove he wasn't!

And at least he was out socially; he wasn't on his knees to his God! Unlikely in a piub, wouldn't you say?
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Owlswing on July 26, 2016, 02:38:06 PM
No ........when I say Robespeare I am talking about the judge and jury who will decide on this case.

And yes I am a bit of A nonchivalrous curmudgeon .......although I would have used the same analogy had you said it.

I don't doubt it!
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Nearly Sane on July 26, 2016, 02:40:52 PM
Prove he wasn't!

And at least he was out socially; he wasn't on his knees to his God! Unlikely in a piub, wouldn't you say?
Your claim, your burden of proof.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: jeremyp on July 26, 2016, 05:24:46 PM
Just read the story.

It seems the parents were in separate locations inside the church and each thought the child was with the other.

This is no more than a tragic accident as far as I can see.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on July 26, 2016, 05:28:20 PM
You'd think with all the electronic shit they put in cars for comfort, this type of incident might become a thing of the past.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: wigginhall on July 26, 2016, 05:57:44 PM
Correlation ≠ causation.  In other words, the fact that they were in church doesn't mean that 'God is more important than family', no more than going in the pub and forgetting your kid would mean that drinking is more important.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Gordon on July 26, 2016, 06:01:21 PM
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Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Sebastian Toe on July 26, 2016, 06:02:14 PM
Have you never watched Home Alone?




Except for one thunderingly huge fact - that "Home Alone" is fiction and no-one diednyhoo it does demons!
Really? I thought it was a fly on the wall documentary!  ::) 
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: floo on July 27, 2016, 08:28:56 AM
So any evidence that it was deliberate, Floo?

Either deliberate, or so 'spirit filled' with god juice, they weren't on message where their child was concerned, which is disgraceful to say the least.

If a faith causes people to neglect their children, or put them in danger it is pernicious. I have mentioned that guy, Abraham, in the not so good book, many times. How could he attempt to sacrifice his son just because he believed that was what god wanted? He should have told god where to stick such an evil suggestion! Then there are the parents so don't seek medicial attention for a sick child preferring to pray in the hope god will ride to the rescue.

It is fine to have a faith providing it doesn't cause harm to the person concerned, or others, in which case it is a ghastly liability.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Nearly Sane on July 27, 2016, 08:30:39 AM
Either deliberate, or so 'spirit filled' with god juice, they weren't on message where their child was concerned, which is disgraceful to say the least.

If a faith causes people to neglect their children, or put them in danger it is pernicious. I have mentioned that guy, Abraham, in the not so good book, many times. How could he attempt to sacrifice his son just because he believe that was what god wanted? He should have told god where to stick such an evil suggestion! Then there are the parents so don't seek medicial attention for a sick child preferring to pray in the hope god will ride to the rescue.

It is fine to have a faith providing it doesn't cause harm to the person concerned, or others, in which case it is a ghastly liability.
So that would be a no.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Brownie on July 27, 2016, 10:12:06 AM
Extracts from the Fox article:

A church member told KDFW the boy’s mother and father were in separate groups at the church. When the couple reunited 45 minutes after arriving at the church, they realized they only had four kids and their youngest child was missing.

The father immediately left the church and ran to the parking lot, where he found the boy unresponsive inside the family’s SUV.


I'm not excusing the couple, indeed it was gross carelessness, but as they were going to separate groups, each grabbing a child or two, I can see how it happened.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Nearly Sane on July 27, 2016, 10:36:11 AM
When I was 7, my eldest sister got married. Somehow on leaving the church I  decided to help guests find the buses to take them to the reception. I was a helpful, if slightly bossy, child. While I was doing that there were the various pictures taken at the church, and then the official cars took my family to the reception. I got there on one of the buses.

At the hall for the reception, more photos were taken of the families and I mingled with the guests.. Eventually the guests were allowed into the main hall and the reception carried on. It was only when the photos were seen that my family realised that I hadn't been present with them from the time of exiting the church to the guests getting into the reception, a period of about an hour.


These things happen, as per David Cameron's mistake. This resulted in tragedy here and using it incorrectly as deliberate to indulge in some petty points scoring against Christians is distasteful.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Brownie on July 27, 2016, 10:51:17 AM
I quite agree, well it is Fox news but I wouldn't be at all surprised if other media picked up on it.
Stuff happens, this wasn't deliberate neglect or abuse.  It's a great pity this particular happening was reported, can't remember now without looking if the parents were named but it is even more shocking if they were, they have enough to cope with.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: jjohnjil on July 27, 2016, 12:09:20 PM
I quite agree, well it is Fox news but I wouldn't be at all surprised if other media picked up on it.
Stuff happens, this wasn't deliberate neglect or abuse.  It's a great pity this particular happening was reported, can't remember now without looking if the parents were named but it is even more shocking if they were, they have enough to cope with.

It does seem odd though that God helps Spud find his mislaid car keys and yet let's something like this happen when that whole family were going out of their way to learn how good he is.  You'd think he'd be a bit more consistent.  He certainly moves in mysterious way!
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Brownie on July 27, 2016, 12:15:05 PM
No answer to that jjjohnjil  ;D !
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: floo on July 27, 2016, 12:16:01 PM
It does seem odd though that God helps Spud find his mislaid car keys and yet let's something like this happen when that whole family were going out of their way to learn how good he is.  You'd think he'd be a bit more consistent.  He certainly moves in mysterious way!

God is very good at trivia, like a nice day for the Church fete, but not so good when it comes to really serious matters! 
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Brownie on July 27, 2016, 12:20:12 PM
How come he doesn't stop it pouring with rain every day of a holiday in Devon?
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: jjohnjil on July 27, 2016, 12:23:05 PM
How come he doesn't stop it pouring with rain every day of a holiday in Devon?
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It's to make the grass grow and so make the cows provide us with all that lovely Devon cream.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Nearly Sane on July 27, 2016, 12:35:00 PM
God is very good at trivia, like a nice day for the Church fete, but not so good when it comes to really serious matters!
he's always on my pub quiz team, and it's always a cheap night out as we just order water and yet still get pissed.
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: ippy on July 27, 2016, 07:47:45 PM
NO!

ippy
Title: Re: Is God more important than family!
Post by: Hope on July 27, 2016, 08:57:40 PM
They "accidentally" forgot their child while they went to pray!

ACCIDENTALLY? ? ? ?

http://fox17online.com/2016/07/25/child-dies-in-hot-car-while-family-worships-in-church/
Not sure how you get from the story to your thread title, Owl.  This kind of thing can and does happen under a whole load of contexts.  I know it makes a great sound-bite for a thread title, but over the years it has happened whan parents have gone to do their weekly shop and - because they have gone in different directions and to different places - they have left a child in the car, or in the shop when leaving.  It has happened when people have been on holiday and have left their child(ren) in the car whilst getting things - only to be unavoidably delayed.

OK, it is an extremely tragic story, but by no means uncommon - http://noheatstroke.org; http://bit.ly/2av2T9v (thankfully, the child survived in ths case).

To suggest a link between God and the death in the way you have means that you are also creating a link between such deaths and a whole host of other contexts.