Shameful MDD thread

[_zeezrom]

I've been chatting this morning with a student who is very shook up. His family has not heard from his grandparents who live in a particularly badly hit part of the island that is still without damage. So far I've gotten reply emails from 8 students. This is likely because of lack of power and hopefully they are all ok. I sent mass emails out asking for them to check in if they can---so I know they're safe---and also to reassure them that they needn't worry about pending classwork or grades (some of them were worried about such things).

I also just learned of the death of a colleague and friend in the storm.

I'm so sorry to read this. How terrible!

[_just me]

I've been chatting this morning with a student who is very shook up. His family has not heard from his grandparents who live in a particularly badly hit part of the island that is still without damage. So far I've gotten reply emails from 8 students. This is likely because of lack of power and hopefully they are all ok. I sent mass emails out asking for them to check in if they can---so I know they're safe---and also to reassure them that they needn't worry about pending classwork or grades (some of them were worried about such things).

I also just learned of the death of a colleague and friend in the storm.

Blixa, I am so sorry to hear this!

[_Yong Xi]

Unfortunately, Zakuska is not the only LDS member that sees New York City in a bad light.



Associated Press/June 14, 2004

Salt Lake City -- Mormon church President Gordon B. Hinckley scooped up some mortar and slathered it on an inside cornerstone as the church's New York City Temple was dedicated.

"As I walked through this magnificent building created within an old building, I said to myself, 'This is Zion in Babylon,"' Hinckley, 94, said at the dedication Sunday, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

"This is such a place of beauty. A miracle, I think, has occurred here," he said.

The temple, dedicated Sunday, is the 119th built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for sacred rituals, including marriages and baptisms.

It is only the second temple, after Hong Kong, to be built on the upper floors of an existing structure _ a building the LDS Church already owned on Columbus Avenue on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

That posed some problems for the cornerstone ceremony. This one was on the wall between the temple's entrance and the elevator to the chapel on the third floor.

[_Blixa]

Thanks guys. Wherever his soul is now at least I'm sure it will never be in proximity with those of MDD posters like _________, _______, _______ and _________.

Edited: I took out the screen names. Those compassionless, souless freaks know who they are. And if they don't, God does.

[_madeleine]

What about people that really hurt someone and got away with it? Will God issue vengeance on them? How do you feel about that?

Case in point: Guys living in mesoamerica throw women and children into a fire for believing in God and to make a point to a couple of missionaries. Those guys who did this ghastly deed deserve vengeance, right? The Book of Mormon even says their blood cries out.

I think some people see non-believers and others who don't follow their path the same way. They are "hurting" God or "hurting" society by being gay or wearing short skirts or voting for Obama or protesting the free market or watching the Godmakers or whatever. Somehow, they also deserve God's vengeance. Isn't this how it works?

It is not my poor word that sows hope and faith;
I am no more than God’s humble echo in this people,
speaking to those chosen as God’s scourges,
who practice violence in so many ways.
But let them beware. When God no longer needs them,
he will cast them into the fire.
Let them instead be converted in time.
And to those who suffer the scourges
and do not understand the why
of the injustices and abuses:
Have faith. Give yourselves,
will and mind and heart, entire.
God has his time.
Our missing ones are not missing to God’s eyes,
and those who have taken them away are present also
to God’s justice.
For all of them,
and for a world that suffers uncertainty,
let us pray for the assurance of faith.

Oscar Romero, OCTOBER 2, 1977

[_jo1952]

Blixa,

I am so saddened to hear all this. You must be frantic to know about the welfare of your students. And now, to also have lost a colleague.

This made me remember something I once heard someone say: Life is a bitch; and then you die.

I am relieved and heartened to hear that victims are reaching out to help one another. Please keep us posted on how things transpire.

Prayers are being offered.

Love,

jo

[_madeleine]

I've been chatting this morning with a student who is very shook up. His family has not heard from his grandparents who live in a particularly badly hit part of the island that is still without damage. So far I've gotten reply emails from 8 students. This is likely because of lack of power and hopefully they are all ok. I sent mass emails out asking for them to check in if they can---so I know they're safe---and also to reassure them that they needn't worry about pending classwork or grades (some of them were worried about such things).

I also just learned of the death of a colleague and friend in the storm.

Prayers for you, your students and colleagues.

Even though it isn't "kosher" in these parts...

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen

[_jo1952]

Thanks guys. Wherever his soul is now at least I'm sure it will never be in proximity with those of MDD posters like _________, _______, _______ and _________.

Edited: I took out the screen names. Those compassionless, souless freaks know who they are. And if they don't, God does.

Amen!! I'm seeing it as a blessing that MDD banned me a couple of years ago!! They have completely deprived me access so I can't even browse and read what is going on over there.

Love,

jo

[_Elphaba]

I also just learned of the death of a colleague and friend in the storm.

This is horrifying, and my heart breaks for all who have lost colleagues, friends and loved ones, including you. I can't even imagine what that must feel like. I sincerely hope you won't have any more such losses to report.

[_Blixa]

Thanks everyone. maddy, that photo is from Breezy Point in the Rockaway. It was one of the hardest hit areas in Brooklyn (it's on the "southern coast" across from Coney Island). They got hit with fire damage as well as wind and water. The fires were especially bad as they were cut off from any help for hours because of the flooding.