tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post4440467247051619617..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: PollElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-70682889692181998132010-03-10T13:17:41.821+03:002010-03-10T13:17:41.821+03:00Haven't looked at the link yet, but one of my ...Haven't looked at the link yet, but one of my teachers noted the other day that the earthquakes are getting "closer and closer to us." She's a bit of an alarmist, though.<br /><br />I think you're probably right that there are plenty of day-to-day needs that often overshadow the need to think about our mortality. But God can use all of these different worries to draw us to Himself.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-84275360162738233982010-03-09T17:09:11.456+03:002010-03-09T17:09:11.456+03:00In terms of what people are feeling, it seems that...In terms of what people are feeling, it seems that we are driven by media coverage. Much work was being done for Haiti, but I heard a lot of people say they thought we had too many needs locally that were not being taken care of. In most mass relief efforts there are always uncoordinated efforts and some times a real like of thought. The tsunami in Indonesia was a clear example. People were donating and sending winter clothes.<br />Some have been asking if we are having more and worst earth quakes. Here is an online article, which as Christians, will make us smile at some of the parts: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35770132/ns/technology_and_science-science/ .<br />I don't think there has been any real concern in my area about the end of the world coming; most people seem too caught up in trying to find jobs/hold on to their jobs, pay the bills, and use financial resources wisely. I think the devastation will need to be much closer to home before most people really take notice. The Northeast is set for an earth quake, but most people do not know this. Oregon is set for a major quake within the next 80 years and it will be massive as it has been waiting like the one in Haiti for several hundred years. Apparently, Tehran is also set for a massive earth quake and the buildings are not built for it. So these events will take place, but if spread over time will not be remembered by most personally. Maranatha!Hoseanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-35711097871549861612010-03-08T18:22:35.952+03:002010-03-08T18:22:35.952+03:00I guess part of what I'm wondering is: is it h...I guess part of what I'm wondering is: is it heightened awareness because of the media, or is something actually happening? It's like when someone you know is sick and it suddenly seems like everyone you meet knows someone with the same sickness.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-7619192677290814582010-03-08T17:56:59.983+03:002010-03-08T17:56:59.983+03:00Catholics generally, talk and preach more about pe...Catholics generally, talk and preach more about people's individual judgment rather than "judgment day" or the end of the world. The need to help others is a constant theme, particularly when we KNOW about the need via media. The "Help Haiti" posters in the school have been replaced with "Change for Chile" - two different "houses" in the middle school are setting out to help.<br /><br />My own interest has been more in how scientists SAY earthquakes are not related....but common sense tells me they ARE, as it is not just common, but seemingly expected that one earthquake in one part of the world is followed by another.<br /><br />FINALLY, the other day I heard a scientist refer to the fact that they are beginning to wonder if there is "some relationship - even when the sites are not on the same fault line". I wanted to laugh. Have scientists been SO concentrating on their "fault planes" that they don't notice these mammoth coincidences?Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.com