Christian Discussion Room

2006-09-18 [Cia_mar]: no topics yet... but thought i would say hello!

2006-09-19 [Child of God]: I'm sad, I missed first comment! *tear*

2006-09-19 [The Dizzy Raven]: XD!! Awww. What should we discuss about? Anything in particular?

2006-09-19 [Child of God]: Both you and [Cia_mar] are Americans right? So I have a question reguarding a topic that has drawn some renewed media attention lately, though is very sensitive so I ask it with the upmost respect possible;

We all know from the Bible that God will often use historical events to punish and/or shape nations right? (As seen so often when Israel turns away from God and they are conquered). Church and State debates have taken to a whole new level, and New Age is on an astronomical raise in the U.S, amoung other things. I have read many U.S theologians and ministers and such saying that the U.S is essentially a country that has, or is in the process of, turning it's back on God.

Don't get me wrong, Canada isn't innocent in the least, especially Ontario, with the whole gay-marriage controversy and such an open and lenient stance on multi-culturalsim, not to mention the prison of political correctness that seems to have over-run my country in the last few decades. But our punishment comes in spats. For example, in one year Ontario alone faced a huge West Nile epidemic, SARS, Madcow and Ecoli crisis literaly within weeks of one another, so we certainly aren't exempt from this.

However, my question is do you think that God allowed and/or caused 9/11 to teach the States, and perhaps the West as a whole, since the U.S is the powerhouse of the West in this current age, a lesson?