Gulf Arabs Wonder: Are They Being Stingy With Aid?

2005-01-04 Thread Doug Pensinger
Frome the end of this NYT article: Gulf Arabs Wonder: Are They Being Stingy With Aid? [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/04/international/worldspecial4/04arab.html?pagewanted=1&th&oref=login] or http://tinyurl.com/5ew9l "The view that wanton behavior provoked the quake was the subje

Re: Gulf Arabs Wonder: Are They Being Stingy With Aid?

2005-01-04 Thread Trent Shipley
On Tuesday 2005-01-04 22:39, Doug Pensinger wrote: > Frome the end of this NYT article: > > Gulf Arabs Wonder: Are They Being Stingy With Aid? > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/04/international/worldspecial4/04arab.html? >pagewanted=1&th&oref=login] > > or >

Re: Gulf Arabs Wonder: Are They Being Stingy With Aid?

2005-01-05 Thread Doug Pensinger
Trent wrote: Bad Islamic theology, especially given God's willingness to sacrifice the faithful as collateral damage. In fact, the vast majority of those killed were probably not engaged in such terrible sins as nudity. Very sound Islamic theology. There is evil in the world. Evil (often) afflict

Re: Gulf Arabs Wonder: Are They Being Stingy With Aid?

2005-01-05 Thread Trent Shipley
On Thursday 2005-01-06 00:10, Doug Pensinger wrote: > Trent wrote: > > Very sound Islamic theology. > > > > There is evil in the world. > > Evil (often) afflicts the just and unjust without discrimination. > > God is the ultimate cause of all things. > > God is, by definition, not evil. > > > > The