*** Burning

Or ducks and geese, albastrosses or gannets! Maybe they were creatures in arms!

Thanks Rachel.

However, God did allow the destruction of Sinful dominions; like Sodom and Gomorrah.

We need to remember that these are leading up to the Lord's return. Repentance is needed ASAP.

TheCatWoman said:

it's a reminder, if I needed one, of why I'm not a Christian and never will be

Well think back to the times of Noah - people were doing bad things and his response was effectively genocide of the human race and all land animals & birds.

Leave a handful to tell the story and wiping out 99.9999& of the living things is the act of a loving god.

Personally I think it was orchestrated by the fishes - you didn't see any of them get hurt in the flood did you?

Having read the OP all I can say is that it's a reminder, if I needed one, of why I'm not a Christian and never will be.

Thank you for creating this thread as a good reminder of how toxic social media (this forum included) and people in general can be.

Unknown said:

1/1000th of homes destroyed, or 7/1000th homes destroyed, does not, an apocalypse make.

If they are celebrity homes then it is the end of the world of course.

Well apart from Mel Gibson - any anti-semite doesn't deserve sympathy in the eyes of the press it seems.

The press do love to make a drama out of a crisis, at least until it is no longer of shock value then they are onto the next thing.

Apparently, God intervenes by burning city suburbs, filled mostly by ordinary people, but allows Nazi death camp officers, guilty of murder on an industrial scale, torture and sickening experimentation to die peacefully in old age. What sort of morality is that?

Whenever the "pictures" are dramatic and akin to apocalyptic imagery that we have been programmed to perceive that way, and the whole media landscape (of every and any cultural, religious, political and social creed) is entirely governed by the "click-bait" principle......it is VERY important to look at some facts.......about the scale of what has/is happening in LA.

The "news" is currently split into two, on one important part of this "story"........either 1,000 homes/structures have been burnt, or 10,000 homes/structures have been burnt down.

These two figures equate to either 0.1% of the building stock in LA, or 0.7% of the building stock in LA, by my approximate understanding.

1/1000th of homes destroyed, or 7/1000th homes destroyed, does not, an apocalypse make.

Just my understanding of this matter, at this time.

Hi Desmond79, I always welcome seeing Christian threads on this forum when they do come up. I am extremely sensitive as an autistic and had to stop really watching news some years ago now. I catch it here and there and always usually turn it off as well. I never knew if there has been this incident and I am not going to go and look it up either because of my own sensitivities but  if there has been a loss of human life I will not woop that up and celebrate on any grounds.

I am a Christian of some time now as well as I think you are as well. There is a division of opinion among Christians about how the end times will manifest itself and where we are today. We can though use the Bible as our only base that is grounded in truth. Let’s pull these out. Number one the book of Revelations will come to pass and what is written about end times will happen as well. We must agree none of know where we are in that timeline exactly. Nobody knows but God himself, correct. We can only guess. We are not at judgement day yet. For that to happen Christ must return again a 2^nd time. For we know Christ has yet done this. So judgement in its greatest form is not yet being heaped on the earth, correct. Hold on to this, Babylon is for final judgement on the earth.

Moves on

Let’s some set some truths. God is unchangeable. One of these is why I love God so much is that he is unchangeable. The God of the manna, the burning bush, the mountains and more. Unchangeable and that is what some autistics need the unchangeable nature. These are some more truths. God abhors violence but does so what is righteous when it is needed at a minimum and hold to this, minimum.

As a Christian we must never delight in the downfall of another and this is a clear sin. We must love also our neighbour as ourselves. To delight in the downfall of others verges on a Holy war which is not the terrority of our creator. It is a mixture of both, tears and knowing that and end will come. We hold ourselves humbly. We are all children of God. This delight in the suffering of others drives some people from becoming Christians.

This is a truth, the end times will come. Where we are nobody can say for sure. God is minimum and love the expression of it, keep onto to that. think of the conversation that was had at Sodom..if there are thirty remaining as an example because I could bound myself with the gospel but I am speaking to you.

Evil will have its day. At times I have thought what is happening in the world, but I do not know, all I know is that it will happen and the truths I have written here.