Woman Hit By Lightning While Praying

[redqueen]

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/9293414/detail.html

Woman Hit By Lightning While Praying

POSTED: 2:52 pm EDT May 30, 2006

DAPHNE, Ala. -- Worried about the safety of her family during a stormy Memorial Day trip to the beach, Clara Jean Brown stood in her kitchen and prayed for their safe return as a strong thunderstorm rumbled through Baldwin County, Alabama.

But while she prayed, lightning suddenly exploded, blowing through the linoleum and leaving a blackened area on the concrete. Brown wound up on the floor, dazed and disoriented by the blast but otherwise uninjured.

She said 'Amen' and the room was engulfed in a huge ball of fire. The 65-year-old Brown said she is blessed to be alive.

(more at link)

[NewWaveChick1981]

1. Ya think maybe God was telling her he/she had better things to do?

:P Reminds me of the Saturday Night Live bit where (I think it was Julia Sweeney) a housewife kept praying to Jesus that her meals would turn out well, her husband would find them tasty, etc. Jesus finally had enough of it and appeared to her, saying: "Look---you'll do fine. I have better things to do, like stopping wars and stuff. You don't have to pray to me every time you need something!" :rofl:

[riona]

11. That was a funny skit

Reminded me of my inlaws.
:rofl:

[NewWaveChick1981]

20. LOL!

:rofl: It was hilarious! I'll bet life's interesting with in-laws like that....:P

[riona]

75. Yes, indeedy

I get blessed alot.

:woohoo: :hide: :woohoo:

[NewWaveChick1981]

76. I guess that's better than being blessed out a lot!

:D

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. Wow this happens and I didn't even burst into flames when holy water

touched me. There's something wrong with the world today.

I dont know what it is
Somethings wrong with our eyes

Were seeing things in a different way
And God knows it aint his
It sure aint no surprise
(ya!)

(chorus)
Were livin on the edge
Were livin on the edge
Were livin on the edge
Were livin on the edge

Theres someting wrong with the world today
The lightbulbs gettin dimmed
Theres meltdown in the sky

If you can judge a wise man
By the color of his skin
Then mister, youre a better man than i

(chorus)
Were livin on the edge
You cant help yourself from fallin
Livin on the edge
You cant help yourself from fallin
Livin on the edge
You cant help yourself from fallin
Livin on the edge
You cant help yourself from fallin

Tell me what you think about our sit-u-a-tion
Complication - aggravation
Is getting to you

If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin
Even if it wasnt would you still come crawling
Back again - I bet you would my friend
Again & again & again & again & again

Tell me what you think about our situation
Complication - aggravation
Is getting to you

If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin
Even if it wasnt would you still come crawling
Back again - I bet you would my friend
Again & again & again & again

Something right with the world today
And everybody knows its wrong
But we can tell em no
Or we could let it go
But I would rather be a hanging on

(chorus)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(repeat chorus)

[Deep13]

3. "...she is blessed to be alive"

As opposed to people who were not hit by lightning. They're not blessed. I find it a bit bizarre that people thank God for surviving some disaster without considering that it was God who allowed the disaster in the first place.

[Shell Beau]

5. I don't really think that is what it means.

At least that is not how I interpret it.

[no name no slogan]

7. Me neither. I've known people killed by lightning strikes

and she is indeed lucky (or "blessed", depending on your religious beliefs) to be alive.

[Goblinmonger]

28. But the implicit point is

that god must have had a real hard on for those people that did die from lighting strikes. The woman in the OP was blessed; the others were bastards.

[Shell Beau]

30. I'm not buying it!!

[Goblinmonger]

36. Well

what the hell does "blessed" mean then in relationship to God. And why isn't the implication that those that don't survive the lightning strikes are somehow "not blessed." That seems pretty logical to me.

[Shell Beau]

42. No one ever said that those that did die weren't blessed.

I personally feel that I will be blessed when I die b/c I will be in Heaven.

[Goblinmonger]

44. The woman in the OP

said that she was blessed to be alive after being stuck with lightning. Logically it seems to follow that not living after being struck is "not blessed."

[Shell Beau]

46. As I said above, this is a debate that has gone on for

years and years etc.

[redqueen]

34. I think logic falls apart...

when you're discussing spiritual, let alone religious matters.

[noonwitch]

8. I don't personally think God causes disasters to begin with

God is spirit, and lives within all people, whether they recognize it or not. At least that's my belief.

[Deep13]

9. I'll go one step further and say that neither the disasters, ...

...nor surviving them have any divine cause.

[Shell Beau]

10. Well that is the debate of all time, right?

[billyskank]

14. Run away!! Run away!!!

There's a religious flame war in the room!!! :rofl:

[Shell Beau]

16. How did I get involved in this mess?

:o

:P :silly:

[billyskank]

18. I don't know but there's still time!

Save yourself! :D

:loveya:

[Shell Beau]

19. So it's not too late?

Whew!! :crazy:



:loveya:

[Deja Q]

4. Maybe God was saying "She needs a new house."

:yoiks:

[bridgit]

6. with god as my witness may he strike me...no wait...

let me rephrase that :rofl: O8)

[WolverineDG]

12. Laugh all you want

but if my relatives were outside someplace & a bad storm came up suddenly, I'd be praying for their safety too.

[giant_robot]

13. Now *that's* feedback!

Now please complete the following short survey so God can serve you better!

My prayers were answered promptly (1-strongly disagree, 10-strongly agree)

My prayers were answered in a clear, unambiguous manner (1-strongly disagree, 10-strongly agree)

My prayers were answered by a wrathful, vengeful god (1-strongly disagree, 10-strongly agree)

I would not hesitate to pray to this god again (1-strongly disagree, 10-strongly agree)


:)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. God: "I swear to Me she sounded just like Pat Robertson"

"And he's got the same crappy linoleum"

[BreweryYardRat]

73. Damn, beat me to the joke.

And can we get the GD-like behavior out of the Lounge, please?

[redqueen]

17. I can't believe nobody's commented about the way it hit her

it struck across the darn street, then carved a trench in the yard and got her by coming up from underneath the house!

:scared:

[Wetzelbill]

21. you just know this one is going to bring out the religion bashers

:)

[redqueen]

22. So?

:shrug:

[Wetzelbill]

24. just an observation

I'm religious,btw. I find some of them amusing, albeit hypocritical beyond belief. :)

[Goblinmonger]

29. So that would make you

a non-religious basher then :shrug:

[Wetzelbill]

79. yes exactly

because that is exactly what I am.

[redqueen]

33. I'm spiritual.

Hate religion. Hate hate hate. :)


and please, tell me where the bashing is...

[Wetzelbill]

78. didn't say that there was

just said that you know there will be. Always happens. It's inevitable. It's like if somebody went to gd and said: "Hillary in '08." You know that would bring out a Hillary basher. It's just inevitable. :)

[Shell Beau]

23. Doesn't it always?

I remember a thread a while back about lightning striking a person and the people around him started praying. That thread REALLY brought out a couple of bashers.

[Wetzelbill]

25. yeah, I was always

curious about how on a liberal website some people can be so intolerant of other's spiritual beliefs. It's the equivalent of the GOP being intolerant of GLBTs. I guess the hatred of the Christian Right leads to all out bashing sometimes. :)

[Goblinmonger]

31. I'm sorry

We'll shut up just for you. Because THAT is what a liberal website is all about. Tolerance for YOUR viewpoints but not anybody elses.

[Shell Beau]

32. Jeez... What crawled up your tail?

[Goblinmonger]

40. It was the attitude

that someone who doesn't ultimately respect religion is intolerant but the same person showing disrespect for the views of others is just fine and dandy. That kind of gets me a little piqued.

[redqueen]

37. Can y'all start your own thread?

Cause honestly... I don't see any "religion bashers" here.

Honestly, it seems more like y'all are trying to pick a fight.

[Shell Beau]

45. Oh please, then quit replying to the things we are talking

about if you don't want to discuss it. And no one said there were bashers, just that these kinds of threads tend to bring out those types of responses.

[Goblinmonger]

49. Up above. Post 21.

Pay attention.

[Shell Beau]

51. Don't get snippy with me

[Goblinmonger]

58. Your post #23

With your little jab of "Doesn't it always" was before my entry to this thread. So pot, perhaps we're both black?

[redqueen]

50. it's not that i don't want to discuss it...

it's just fucking irritating... all the bitching about 'bashing' that's not fucking happening.

whatever...

[Shell Beau]

52. No one EVER said there were bashers here NOW, but

that this tends to bring out those kinds of people!! I know, I had this SAME discussion a while back. AND YES IT WAS A BASHER!

[redqueen]

54. Well, it didn't

Look how this shit got started *this* time.

[Shell Beau]

59. I see exactly how it got started. Case closed.

[Goblinmonger]

60. It's kind of a bitch

that all the posts are time stamped, huh. Guess we can check pretty easily where the shitty attitude started. My guess is the atheists. Oh, wait, maybe I'm wrong.

[Shell Beau]

61. Mature... Real mature

[Goblinmonger]

66. But right, oh, so VERY right.

Go ahead, the timestamps are right there. Show me that this was started by anti-religious bashers. Oh, that's right, you can't because it isn't true.

[redqueen]

35. are there any bashers here?

:shrug:

[Shell Beau]

39. Maybe I shouldn't say bashers, but people

who take away from the point of the story and turn it into "Oh, so they are blessed and the others weren't". Shit like that.

[redqueen]

41. So not bashers... people who ask questions that bother you.

Got it.

[Shell Beau]

43. Don't put words in my mouth. That is not what I said.

[redqueen]

53. Then what did you mean?

I asked if the bashers you and someone else were moaning about 'always' showing up were even here... and you said no... and cited that question, which irritated you.

So what is it then? That's not bashing, that's just logical examination of the statement about her being blessed, that's all... why is that so bothersome?

:wtf:

[Shell Beau]

57. We were moaning?

Really? And what would you call what you've been doing? I am not going to discuss this if it can't be done in a mature way.

[redqueen]

63. What word do you use?

When people act as if they've been slighted, when they haven't?

What would you use instead?

[Shell Beau]

69. Nothing b/c I am DONE!

This has turned far beyond an intelligent conversation.

[Goblinmonger]

71. I'm taking my ball and going home

and you guys can just go to hell.

Who was it that was immature?

[Goblinmonger]

64. I know you are but what am I.

Mature? You were the one that responsed to the first post about "religious bashers." My entry was in reponse to you two. Quit starting a pissing match and then complain about getting urine all over yourself.

[Shell Beau]

67. Ok!!! Buh-bye!

[Goblinmonger]

72. Don't let the door hit ya

where the good lord split ya

:hi:

[Goblinmonger]

47. THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE STORY

That is what the woman said. Should we just ignore that part of the story and focus only on what you take out of it as being important? That would be taking a page from the Religious Right and the bible, IMHO.

[Shell Beau]

48. Just below redqueen stated that she wanted

people to comment on what happened to the woman. So, I would see that as NOT being the point of the story.

[jonnyblitz]

26. well it gives you all a chance to feel persecuted yet once again.

which many of you seem to thrive on! :hi:

[Shell Beau]

27. I never said I felt persecuted.

On edit...Sorry, I thought that was a reply to my comment!! Oops!

[redqueen]

38. Amen!

;)

[CanuckAmok]

55. I'm shocked by your lack of compassion.

No... wait.... she's shocked.

[redqueen]

56. ba dump chhhhh

where's that smilie

[CanuckAmok]

62. Thank you, thank you. I'm here all week. Try the veal, I hear it's great!

[Goblinmonger]

70. Nice pun

Very, very nice.

[dolo amber]

65. It's very bad of you to post this

Cos you know it makes me wanna :rofl:

:spank:

[redqueen]

68. hehehehe

:D

[Mutley]

74. Talk about dramatic irony!

:o

[KamaAina]

77. Remember, God always answers all our prayers...

it's just that the answer is usually No.

In this case, it was HELL NO!

[Pithlet]

80. Locking.

This thread has degenerated into a flamewar.