The Thoughts of Nicholas Cooper I

deathsquirrel:

metalheadnickcooper:

angelfan:

I have noticed lately that I am starting to become a more cynical person. Now if you ask some of my friends they would say that I was always kind of cynical but its gotten to the point where I have really noticed it lately. For example, we had a car crash down the street from us where 3 boys were seriously injured. During last week all I heard was please pray for these boys and I am sorry I cannot do it especially because Alcohol was involved. It would be easier for me had there not been any alcohol involved in the crash. Yet the cynical side of me makes it almost impossible for me to feeld  sorry for those boys.

I do feel sorry, but not for the boys I feel sorry for there families because they had to be put through that. The old me would feel sorry for them and feel sorry that they got into a car crash. Now I feel that they ruined a perfectly good light pole…great thats going to cost my parents tax payers money. That is Cynicism at its best.

Meh. That’s not REALLY cynicism though.

agree with nick and can any1 please explain how the whole “pray for him/her” when some dies is supposed to work?

Bc if in not mistaken God is supposed to judge you based on your life not go “Well you raped and murdered 13 children without any1 finding out but you had this guy pray for you so your in heaven…enjoy.”

Well, it really depends on the repentance of the sinner too. In theory, God will forgive you for ANY crime or sin if you genuinely repent and let the Spirit into your heart, regardless of how horrific it is. The way I see it though, is that if you are going to do such heinous things in the first place, then the odds of you truly repenting are slim to none. Also note that this connection is between only the individual and God; there is no third party (hence the primary difference between Protestantism and Catholicism, which have been fighting and killing each other for that difference…because that’s EXACTLY what Jesus preached *rolls eyes*). Is it possible to pray for someone’s health and soul? In theory, of course it does. But the way I see it, at the end of the day, it’s between God and the sinner. If God wants to kill these guys for their recklessness, then so be it. If He wants to spare them, then it is in His will and it is for a damn good reason. Do I hope these guys get better and learn? Of course I do, for I am no better than these guys in the eyes of God. But in that prayer, I will pray God reveal his plan to them and make them grow a brain in their heads.

Sorry for that unnecessarily grandiose espousal of my religious ideology.