This reminded me of this.

@eric3579 , you said you liked roller coasters?

>> ^blankfist:

This reminded me of this.

Shit, could someone just knock out the woman who kept saying 'Heavenly father, jesus,jesus, jesus'... 'Thankyou Jesus'. Right there is one of the fricken reasons why blind religion is so damn dangerous. It breeds a reliance on this 'god' fellow, it makes you abscond from having belief in yourself, from being able to handle things yourself, but rather you sit and wait for your damn 'heavenly father' to save you.


Bravo to the guys who took leadership and told people to stay calm and kept everyone safe, that was taking things into your own hands and helping others. A FAR more 'christian' thing to do than just weep to your lord. Bravo, bravo.

Is there something wrong with trying to comfort one's self when you think you are going to die?

To me, this is the ONLY good thing that religion has to offer -- personal comfort. Just about everything else about religion bugs me -- but this? This is what religion was originally invented for. In my opinion.


>> ^spoco2:

Shit, could someone just knock out the woman who kept saying 'Heavenly father, jesus,jesus, jesus'... 'Thankyou Jesus'. Right there is one of the fricken reasons why blind religion is so damn dangerous. It breeds a reliance on this 'god' fellow, it makes you abscond from having belief in yourself, from being able to handle things yourself, but rather you sit and wait for your damn 'heavenly father' to save you.

Bravo to the guys who took leadership and told people to stay calm and kept everyone safe, that was taking things into your own hands and helping others. A FAR more 'christian' thing to do than just weep to your lord. Bravo, bravo.

>> ^bareboards2:

Is there something wrong with trying to comfort one's self when you think you are going to die?
To me, this is the ONLY good thing that religion has to offer -- personal comfort. Just about everything else about religion bugs me -- but this? This is what religion was originally invented for. In my opinion.

>> ^spoco2:
Shit, could someone just knock out the woman who kept saying 'Heavenly father, jesus,jesus, jesus'... 'Thankyou Jesus'. Right there is one of the fricken reasons why blind religion is so damn dangerous. It breeds a reliance on this 'god' fellow, it makes you abscond from having belief in yourself, from being able to handle things yourself, but rather you sit and wait for your damn 'heavenly father' to save you.

Bravo to the guys who took leadership and told people to stay calm and kept everyone safe, that was taking things into your own hands and helping others. A FAR more 'christian' thing to do than just weep to your lord. Bravo, bravo.



Yeah, but what it ends up doing in a 'crisis' situation like this is turns the person into a worthless lump who is more likely to die and/or get other people killed because they have no ability to pull themselves together and help the situation.

The guys in this video who helped everyone out made a difference to all of these people. That woman, if left to her own devices may have just stood or sat somewhere wailing at her god until she was killed by the tornado.

If religion can make you unafraid of death in such a way that you are able to remove a lot of fear in a situation like this and help yourself and others, then it could be helpful, but when it makes you only capable of awaiting your 'fate', then there's a problem.

>> ^spoco2:

Shit, could someone just knock out the woman who kept saying 'Heavenly father, jesus,jesus, jesus'... 'Thankyou Jesus'. Right there is one of the fricken reasons why blind religion is so damn dangerous. It breeds a reliance on this 'god' fellow, it makes you abscond from having belief in yourself, from being able to handle things yourself, but rather you sit and wait for your damn 'heavenly father' to save you.

Bravo to the guys who took leadership and told people to stay calm and kept everyone safe, that was taking things into your own hands and helping others. A FAR more 'christian' thing to do than just weep to your lord. Bravo, bravo.


ya what was that woman thinking crying out to her personal lord in a moment of unspeakable vulnerability, fear, and traumatic angst?! I mean, her crying for help to the only being she perceives could help her in such a helpless event just paints her as the walking time bomb she really is!

we get it spoco, you hate religious people. they are beneath you. now fuck off

>> ^smooman:

>> ^spoco2:
Shit, could someone just knock out the woman who kept saying 'Heavenly father, jesus,jesus, jesus'... 'Thankyou Jesus'. Right there is one of the fricken reasons why blind religion is so damn dangerous. It breeds a reliance on this 'god' fellow, it makes you abscond from having belief in yourself, from being able to handle things yourself, but rather you sit and wait for your damn 'heavenly father' to save you.

Bravo to the guys who took leadership and told people to stay calm and kept everyone safe, that was taking things into your own hands and helping others. A FAR more 'christian' thing to do than just weep to your lord. Bravo, bravo.

ya what was that woman thinking crying out to her personal lord in a moment of unspeakable vulnerability, fear, and traumatic angst?! I mean, her crying for help to the only being she perceives could help her in such a helpless event just paints her as the walking time bomb she really is!
we get it spoco, you hate religious people. they are beneath you. now fuck off


I know that you're religious, I know that you have a hard time not insulting anyone who disagrees with you (your commenting history shows it to be true), but if you can't see why her reaction to a crisis is a far worse reaction than those who actively helped, then we have nothing to talk about.

the dude issuing the warnings about the glass and such at the end.......i swear thats one of my good friends from high school (im from tulsa). he moved moved to joplin after school and it sounds just like him

@spoco2

Because screaming "OH SHIT FUCK FUCK SHIT FUCK FUCK" would be a sign of self reliance when the FUCKEN SKY IS SHITTING ON YOUR FACE!

Had a friend in Joplin, haven't heard from him yet

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^smooman:
>> ^spoco2:
Shit, could someone just knock out the woman who kept saying 'Heavenly father, jesus,jesus, jesus'... 'Thankyou Jesus'. Right there is one of the fricken reasons why blind religion is so damn dangerous. It breeds a reliance on this 'god' fellow, it makes you abscond from having belief in yourself, from being able to handle things yourself, but rather you sit and wait for your damn 'heavenly father' to save you.

Bravo to the guys who took leadership and told people to stay calm and kept everyone safe, that was taking things into your own hands and helping others. A FAR more 'christian' thing to do than just weep to your lord. Bravo, bravo.

ya what was that woman thinking crying out to her personal lord in a moment of unspeakable vulnerability, fear, and traumatic angst?! I mean, her crying for help to the only being she perceives could help her in such a helpless event just paints her as the walking time bomb she really is!
we get it spoco, you hate religious people. they are beneath you. now fuck off

I know that you're religious, I know that you have a hard time not insulting anyone who disagrees with you (your commenting history shows it to be true), but if you can't see why her reaction to a crisis is a far worse reaction than those who actively helped, then we have nothing to talk about.


so lets, in your words, knock her out? keep trollin

*nature *water

Why is this under news? I didn't see any evidences of it from the news media.

Adding video to channels (Nature, Water) - requested by ant.

aaand this is why i live in california.

wow wow wow.


Message board is kind of a mess for how intense this very real video is.


and @solecist, I was up close during the Loma Prieta quake... things can get very serious out there at the drop of a hat (I really only mention that because this video reminded me of some of the night-time after shocks).

@bamdrew
hehe, i should have specified that i live in northern california, away from the coast. we really don't get any natural disasters to speak of, including earthquakes.

Reminds me of my childhood, running in the basement and hunkering down with my brothers every time there was a tornado warning. Never had one hit. Mom always gave us a mason jar half filled with water and a drop of dishwashing soap so we could make our own "tornadoes". In retrospect the glass jar probably should have been plastic.

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^bareboards2:
Is there something wrong with trying to comfort one's self when you think you are going to die?
To me, this is the ONLY good thing that religion has to offer -- personal comfort. Just about everything else about religion bugs me -- but this? This is what religion was originally invented for. In my opinion.

>> ^spoco2:
Shit, could someone just knock out the woman who kept saying 'Heavenly father, jesus,jesus, jesus'... 'Thankyou Jesus'. Right there is one of the fricken reasons why blind religion is so damn dangerous. It breeds a reliance on this 'god' fellow, it makes you abscond from having belief in yourself, from being able to handle things yourself, but rather you sit and wait for your damn 'heavenly father' to save you.

Bravo to the guys who took leadership and told people to stay calm and kept everyone safe, that was taking things into your own hands and helping others. A FAR more 'christian' thing to do than just weep to your lord. Bravo, bravo.


Yeah, but what it ends up doing in a 'crisis' situation like this is turns the person into a worthless lump who is more likely to die and/or get other people killed because they have no ability to pull themselves together and help the situation.
The guys in this video who helped everyone out made a difference to all of these people. That woman, if left to her own devices may have just stood or sat somewhere wailing at her god until she was killed by the tornado.
If religion can make you unafraid of death in such a way that you are able to remove a lot of fear in a situation like this and help yourself and others, then it could be helpful, but when it makes you only capable of awaiting your 'fate', then there's a problem.


and you think this somehow has more to do with her religion than panic and anxiety?

As an extremely non religious type, I say what's the bleeding harm..? If it keeps her relatively calm and not running around screaming, I wouldn't care if she's yelling out to Jesus, masturbating or putting tampons up her nose...

I do not share her belief but do not begrudge her expressing it at a time when her life (and possibly the lives of other people dear to her, we don't know) is in danger. Stop being so fucking intolerant, we don't need a westboro brand of aetheist...

Holy shit! Did they find the map..?