Originally posted by Hortlund
Billy Graham's daughter, Anne Graham, was interviewed on the Early Show regarding the attacks on September 11, and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God have let something like this happen?"
Anne gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government, and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand that He leave us alone?"
I remember that interview, and I remember my basic response then (and now) was "but God didn't _LET_ anything happen. It happened because a bunch of crazy fools had anger in their heart. It wasn't up to any deity to prevent it - it was up to the people at the airport, the people on the planes, and the everyone else who should've been more vigilant."
I deleted the rest of the original quote because I get enough "become a real Christian now!" emails as it is.
By the way - well said Pongo! You got it right on the head.
And Tronsky - I loved "Life of Brian". We shall worship The Shoe!
