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Prayer does not neccesarily involve a belief in a god. It requires only a belief in the power of concerted thought and a focus of love. Not all who pray do so in any of the many names of G_D. No reason a request for a focus on the wellbeing of others be relegated to an obscure board when it fits right in here.gonzo914 wrote:A tragic event, to be sure, but should not prayer requests, since they presume the existence of a god to receive said prayers, be consigned to the Interfaith Cafe.
Like in Peter Pan?anniemcu wrote:Prayer does not neccesarily involve a belief in a god. It requires only a belief in the power of concerted thought and a focus of love.
The 12 step organizations of the world have spent the past 60 or so years proving that you don't have to believe in anything to gain the full effect of prayer: all you have to to accept is that if there is a higher power, it ain't you. If you can do that, prayer works as well for you as for anyone.anniemcu wrote:Prayer does not neccesarily involve a belief in a god. It requires only a belief in the power of concerted thought and a focus of love.
djmG&M Article wrote: Rosetta Panaia, 52, was one of those whose home was destroyed. Her daughter's friend Angela died in the quake, she said. “She was so beautiful,” Ms. Panaia said as friends consoled her.
She was angry as much as distraught. “We've been having small earthquakes for three months and the government said nothing,” she said.
The earthquake, Italy's deadliest since 1980, left a political scandal as rescue workers looked for hundreds of people feared trapped in the rubble. Only last week, Italy's Civil Protection Agency dismissed a seismologist's warnings that the mountainous Abruzzo region, whose capital is L'Aquila, was about to get hit with a massive earthquake.
The seismologist, Giampaolo Giuliani, works for the National Institute of Astrophysics and was monitoring seismic activity and levels of radon, a naturally occurring gas in the soil, to predict earthquakes. A month ago, vans with loudspeakers drove through L'Aquila repeating Mr. Giuliani's predictions. The city government was angered by his warnings and forced him to remove them from the Internet.
On March 31, Italy's Major Risks Committee held a meeting in L'Aquila at which various scientists played down Mr. Giuliani's disaster prediction, saying it was impossible to predict earthquakes with any accuracy. Berlusconi visited L'Aquila yesterday and repeated the line, saying there was “no scientific evidence” that a quake was imminent.
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For individuals, stock a 3-day supply of food and water, a flashlight, a battery powered radio, a first aid kit. Have some cash money because electricity may be cut off, so ATMs and credit card machines may be out of order. Some travel with an emergency kit in their cars in case the roads become impassable and they are away from home.dwest wrote:... BTW Giampaolo Giuliani predicted the likely hood of a major quake, how does one prepare for such an event when there is no definite timeline?