Saturday, January 17, 2009

Crashing Planes

How come every time some event like this recent plan crash happens, we have to endure talk about God's role in everything? I don't even have access to cable news here in Egypt, yet I've still heard plenty of voices from mainstream outlets about how the survival of all the crew is proof of "a miracle from God." I would think a more efficient deity could simply pull off the same end result (people not dying) by simply not having let the plane crash in the first place. That would also have the added benefit of not putting people through the horror of experiencing the crash, added to the long term trauma that many of them may have to endure. Of course there is no real evidence that whenever a plane doesn't crash, it's only because God willed it - just like there's no evidence that this was a miracle either.

Update: No one wants to give credit to Unions

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