Thanks be to God

On 8 Dec 2003 21:33:10 -0800 (Rick Durden) wrote:

Big John,

I join you in your celebration of survival and tip one for you.

However, I wonder what God or Allah or Odin or Zeus has to do with it.
If God allowed your airplane to go south on you and the weather to be
awful, why would you give Him or Her credit for your survival. After
all, didn't He or She screw you to start with?


It's a figure of speech for crying out loud. If he had said "lady luck
was on my side" you wouldn't have said anything.


R. Hubbell


Again, congratulations on surviving a horrible experience and using
your skill, experience, judgment and knolwedge in selecting when and
where to leave the aircraft. Let's give credit where it's due. You
just plain did it right.

All the best,
Rick

Big John wrote in message . ..
33 years ago at about 13:00 Greenland Standard Time , with good
training, excellent equipment and the Grace of God, I ejected over
Sonderstrom Greenland, in the middle of a snow storm and survived,

This day after Pearl Harbor Day, I celebrate, with my troops, this
episode in time.

Big John

"R. Hubbell" wrote in message
news:CQmBb.29324$ZE1.26292@fed1read04

It's a figure of speech for crying out loud. If he had said "lady
luck
was on my side" you wouldn't have said anything.

....except to complain that he believes in little "luck" fairies.

Face it: Some folks just want to argue and nothing you say will avoid
angering/insulting/annoying *somebody*.

--
John T
http://tknowlogy.com/tknoFlyer
__________

In article om, John T wrote:

Face it: Some folks just want to argue and nothing you say will avoid
angering/insulting/annoying *somebody*.

That's a lie, dammit!

Mike Beede

P.S., Just a joke folks....

Mike Beede wrote:

P.S., Just a joke folks....

Well, *I* find it in *very* poor taste. Quite insulting, in fact.
:-)

George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".

Rick,

I think you're a vocal minority in the world. Please keep your religion
bashing to yourself. No need to reply. This is my only post on the subject.
But I'm sure you'll try to get in the last word, so go ahead.


Trip

In article ,
says...

Big John,

I join you in your celebration of survival and tip one for you.

However, I wonder what God or Allah or Odin or Zeus has to do with it.
If God allowed your airplane to go south on you and the weather to be
awful, why would you give Him or Her credit for your survival. After
all, didn't He or She screw you to start with?

Again, congratulations on surviving a horrible experience and using
your skill, experience, judgment and knolwedge in selecting when and
where to leave the aircraft. Let's give credit where it's due. You
just plain did it right.

All the best,
Rick

Big John wrote in message
. ..
33 years ago at about 13:00 Greenland Standard Time , with good
training, excellent equipment and the Grace of God, I ejected over
Sonderstrom Greenland, in the middle of a snow storm and survived,

This day after Pearl Harbor Day, I celebrate, with my troops, this
episode in time.

Big John

On 9 Dec 2003 19:14:08 GMT, (TripFarmer) wrote:

Rick,

I think you're a vocal minority in the world. Please keep your religion
bashing to yourself. No need to reply. This is my only post on the subject.
But I'm sure you'll try to get in the last word, so go ahead.


Trip

I'll stand by Rick. I also feel it's regretable to ascribe to god
that which in fact is usually the result of good training and
considerable skill. Let's give credit where credit is due.

Corky Scott

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 20:29:13 GMT,
(Corky Scott) wrote:

I'll stand by Rick. I also feel it's regretable to ascribe to god
that which in fact is usually the result of good training and
considerable skill. Let's give credit where credit is due.

Very well, since I'm feeling punchy today, I'll say that the good
training and considerable skill is founded on natural talent (not
everyone can be a pilot!), given to a person by God.

;-)

Rob

Rob,

given to a person by God.


Nice god you have yourself, with all those quite skillful murderers out there.

sorry, you made it too easy

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In article , TripFarmer wrote:
Rick,

I think you're a vocal minority in the world. Please keep your religion
bashing to yourself. No need to reply. This is my only post on the subject.

In my country, the religious are the minority.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:41:09 -0000, Dylan Smith
wrote:

In article , TripFarmer wrote:
Rick,

I think you're a vocal minority in the world. Please keep your religion
bashing to yourself. No need to reply. This is my only post on the subject.

In my country, the religious are the minority.

Which country is that? Great Britain? Or are you referring only to
Isle of Man?

Rob