If this has been judgement (  it may very well be -  as all calamites 
to some degree occur where sin and corruption of soul are rampant- 
meaning everywhere) then we must remember, for example, Joel, though 
judgement fall all around him and may even consume him He is in the 
palm of the Lord.
And Habbakkuk who so earnestly wrote God's own words, "in judgement 
remember mercy."
And then there is Job, "shall I only accept good from the Lord and not 
evil?"
Joe Krygier
On Sep 6, 2005, at 11:14 PM, James G Drickamer wrote:

On Sep 9, 2005, at 8:50 AM, Fred Butler wrote:

>
>
> JD:  Your friend got it wrong.  The real reason for Katrina is that
> President Bush has refused to sign the Kyoto treaty thus increasing
> global warming.
>
> (Fred) Are you serious? I hope you are joking.  Kyoto?  Christians are
> not to be involved with witchcraft.
>
>         You should also be aware that Katrina hit just two days before
> New Orleans' scheduled Decadence Day parade which celebrates sodomy and
> homosexuality and transgenderism and transexualism and so on.  The
> parade was held anyway.  They just walked through the water and thumbed
> their noses at God.
>
> (Fred) The French Quarter, where the Decadence Day parade was to take
> place, was spared any significant damage due to flooding.  I would
> imagine it will be the brothels and taverns who will be back into
> business before anyone else.
>
>  Like a handful of others have said, it is unwise and I would even go 
> so
> far as to say bordering on blasphemy, to presume what God's purposes 
> are
> with Katrina.  He certainly was in it, that I do not doubt a moment.
> But unless there was some previously revealed reason for the hurricane,
> all else is man-made speculation.
>
> Fred
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