| The Fray – You Found Me Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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To kdawg08, poolshark8, and 3xX. I, too, almost started crying reading your posts. I have a friend who is quite antagonistic, while I am a firm believer in God. Your conversation, even though you two have never met (I think) was much more meaningful then any conversation I've had with my friend. Anyone ever read Angels and Demons? I personally have never seen the movie, but the book spiritually tells about a conversation a guard had with a priest how God can be omnipotent and benevolent: (posted from wikiquotes)(warning, this may be a spoiler for those of you reading the book!) Lieutenant Chatrand: I don’t understand this omnipotent-benevolent thing. Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca: You are confused because the Bible describes God as an omnipotent and benevolent deity. Lieutenant Chatrand: Exactly. Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca: Omnipotent-benevolent simply means that God is all-powerful and well-meaning. Lieutenant Chatrand: I understand the concept. It’s just… there seems to be a contradiction. Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca: Yes. The contradiction is pain. Man’s starvation, war, sickness… Lieutenant Chatrand: Exactly! Terrible things happen in this world. Human tragedy seems like proof that God could not possibly be both all-powerful and well-meaning. If He loves us and has the power to change our situation, He would prevent our pain, wouldn’t he? Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca: Would He? Lieutenant Chatrand: Well… if God Loves us, and He can protect us, He would have to. It seems He is either omnipotent and uncaring, or benevolent and powerless to help. Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca: Do you have children? Lieutenant Chatrand: No, signore. Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca: Imagine you had an eight-year-old son… would you love him? Lieutenant Chatrand: Of course. Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca: Would you let him skateboard? Lieutenant Chatrand: Yeah, I guess. Sure I’d let him skateboard, but I’d tell him to be careful. Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca: So as this child’s father, you would give him some basic, good advice and then let him go off and make his own mistakes? Lieutenant Chatrand: I wouldn’t run behind him and mollycoddle him if that’s what you mean. Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca: But what if he fell and skinned his knee? Lieutenant Chatrand: He would learn to be more careful. Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca: So although you have the power to interfere and prevent your child’s pain, you would choose to show you love by letting him learn his own lessons? Lieutenant Chatrand: Of course. Pain is part of growing up. It’s how we learn. Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca: Exactly. One of my fav parts in that book... Anyway...This song speaks to me of a man who never found meaning in his life, until the proclained day in the song. I think he's happy that God has helped him, but still really frustrated that God took so long to do it. |
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| Linkin Park – New Divide Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think this song has something to do with fighting, only one of the "soldiers" was abandoned by another due to a mix of lies and truths. This created a new divide. | |
| Green Day – 21 Guns Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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One, 21 Guns..... One man died, and 21 guns were fired in his honor. Just before he died, he realized what he was doing for the first time, and wanted it to stop. Instead he dies and is honored with more fighting, more violence. |
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