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In reply to the discussion: "Please, do NOT pray for Japan.." [View all]AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)104. Not only that but we
Especially on the West Coast can learn from this. Sooner or later it will happen to us. I remember reading an article some where about a geologist who was up in Oregon. He was something like 20 miles from the shore line, where someone had asked him to explain why there was a large sand deposit in this one spot. Digging though he found it sea shells and things one would find walking along the beach. How did it get there? The area historically never was under water.
Than one day it came to him. There must have been a mega Tsunami. A wave so huge, it picked up the sand from the beach and dragged it 20 miles in land. That is enough to give anyone pause.
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It turns out that, ultimately, the tsunami was irrelevant to the meltdown.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#45
Prayer: An excellent way to sit on your ass and still feel like you helped. [nt]
Jester Messiah
Mar 2013
#30
Thanks, I am so sick of people thinking that prayer makes any real difference.
RoccoR5955
Mar 2013
#46
"Well first of all, do not tell me you want to Pray for (insert place here)."
Lady Freedom Returns
Mar 2013
#90
Sorry, link for some reason sent me to post 52 not 99 the first time around.
Lady Freedom Returns
Mar 2013
#110