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In lugnet.general, Brendan Powell Smith writes:
> Hi, Anthony.
>
> First let me say that that I was moved by your words about the space shuttle
> astronauts and heroism. It is of some comfort to be reminded during a
> tragedy like this that these people's hopes and dreams will survive even
> though they themselves will not.
Thanks much. I really don't know what else to say as a reply, but thanks. I
am glad my message has touched as many people has it has.
>
> > http://www.ozbricks.net/ikros/Shuttle/Catch.jpg
> > http://www.ozbricks.net/ikros/Shuttle/Guide.jpg
>
> These images, however, I found to be very confusing, and possibly quite
> disturbing if my guess at their message is correct. But before I go jumping
> to conclusions, maybe you could give me the gist of what they mean to you.
> Whatever they mean, I don't think posting links to them is inappropriate,
> nor do I object to you sharing them with others whether they offend me or not.
I can understand where you might see something in the pictures that I did not
intend. I was not trying to show some 'hand of fate' or a 'divine retribution'
upon the Space Shuttle. Rather, I was trying to show a divine force cradling
the craft during flight. It has always been comforting to me to think that my
God is with me where ever I go.
Now before anyone trys to start a theological debate, I just want to end it
before it starts. I believe the hand of God was with the seven this weekend, I
do not believe God caused the shuttle to disintigrate, but I believe his hand
was there to catch them as they fell, taking them up to be with him. I don't
want anyone dragging this into some debate on God and bad things happening (I'm
not saying I know any particular person would, I just don't want that debate
started). I personally don't believe God makes bad things happen, but that
they just happen, and God is with us to catch us when we fall, and to comfort
us when we are down.
And this is simply what I was trying to convey in my pictures. I can
understand how my message could be interprited a different way, but it's not
the way I meant them to be. My message was that I felt God was with them
throughout their flight, throughout the tragedy.
I am pleased that I was able to share these images with Lugnet, I fully
expected someone to ask me to remove them.
> And finally, I agree that there doesn't seem to be an appropriate newsgroup
> for threads of this nature. I always assumed you could just post to
> lugnet.off-topic itself without needing to further specify which section of
> off-topic you wanted to post to, but I guess not.
>
> -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith
I've never actually tried to post to lugnet.off-topic... I guess I should have
thought of it. But since it wasn't listed in the official 'list' when you post
online, I figured it wasn't something you could post to. Perhaps a new
off-topic subgroup needs to be added.
Thanks for the reply, and I hope I eased your worries about the pictures.
--Anthony
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