Worthy causes of the day: “Free Pollard Now”, “Make Health Care Reform a Top Obama Priority”, and “Urge the Army Corps of Engineers to Protect Huguenot Park!”
Relevant to Divine Misconceptions: “Man says God ordered him to ram vehicle at 100 mph”: Thus is it written:
A man who rammed his truck into a woman's vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him "she needed to be taken off the road."I thank YHWH that both parties involved survived with only minor injuries, but I am rather confused as to what this man was thinking. Yes, one should always obey a Divine command, but the question here is to whether this man actually received a Divine command. Why he believed he was receiving a Divine command is not made clear. Given that the alleged command was something dangerous, a little skepticism on his part was called for. Please note the example of Gidh‘on (Gideon), who in Judges 6:33-40 is noted to have questioned his own prophecy. He needed to go to war against invaders, and the potential for disaster in such a situation is obvious. Given this matter of life and death, Gidh‘on not only asked for a sign that he would successful, which he received, but he also asked for empirical verification of this sign, and YHWH obliged him without complaint or penalty. I can only hope others who believe they are prophets will act as rationally.
Today’s news and commentary:
- “Rain (1988)”
- “In Courtroom Showdown, Bush Demands Amnesty for Spying Telecoms”
- This Modern World 2008-12-01
- “Florence Nightingale: The Passionate Statistician”
- “Bug vs. bug: How do mosquitoes survive deadly viruses unscathed?”
- Life in Disney's world
- “Planet Found Orbiting Puffed-Up Star”
- “Solar-Powered Sea Slug”
Aaron
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