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Traditional Catholic Faith => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stubborn on November 10, 2018, 03:49:06 AM
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It pleased God to spare the lives of the below scandalmongers so far, but for how much longer?
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-celebrity-fire-evacuations-woolsey-malibu-20181109-story.html
As the Woolsey fire topped 35,000 acres Friday and the mandatory evacuation list approached 250,000 homes, celebrities from communities including Calabasas, Malibu and elsewhere found themselves in the thick of those forced from their homes.
Like their tens of thousands of fellow evacuees were doing, famous folks such as Alyssa Milano and Guillermo del Toro gave status updates and expressed their thanks. On her Instagram stories, Lady Gaga posted photos of her evacuating her Malibu home.
Caitlyn Jenner wasn’t as lucky, with TMZ reporting Friday that she had lost her home as the fire spread across the hills of Malibu.
“Bleak House and the collection may be endangered but the gift of life remains,” director Del Toro tweeted Friday after following the fire’s progress and evacuating on Thursday night. He was referring to his home, which holds myriad monsters and oddities.
Actors Milano, Rainn Wilson and Eddie McClintock, and musician Melissa Etheridge all found themselves displaced on Thursday as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QbgM3hkW3A
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Also This:
https://youtu.be/qDTfD0r0fAA?t=1730 (https://youtu.be/qDTfD0r0fAA?t=1730)
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It pleased God to spare the lives of the below scandalmongers so far, but for how much longer?
I’ve stopped looking for “divine retribution” in this world for evildoers because I’ve realized it rarely, if ever, happens. We’ve had evildoers in my country a thousand times worse than these “celebrities,” and they have been allowed to go unpunished for their atrocious and barbaric crimes for decades, and today they are committing even worse crimes than ever, persecuting the entire population and destroying the country yet again.
On top of that they are blasphemers because they always have God in their mouths and they claim to be Christians when they are in fact devils.
And yet not one of them has been smitten by God and they still continue fine and dandy.
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In God's time, in His time they will be punished. He who knows all things knows when... funny I was just thinking about this earlier today, and in my mind I realized that God knows if and when; perhaps only a few of these evil ones, will have a change of heart and save their soul, God will give them this time to do it. However, God who knows which ones will fall into Hell no matter how long they live, their punishment will be worse.
About 18 years ago or so, I remember watching on T.V. two Protestants making fun of Catholics for our honor of the Blessed Mother, they were actually mocking the prayer "Hail Holy Queen" and a few days later I heard that one of them had a sudden heart attack and dropped dead, it was announced on T.V. Sorry I can not remember their names but they were popular at that time. If you wonder why I was watching, it was a case of the channel was on, no one was watching, I came into the room and heard their evil tongues and listened a few moments before shutting off the T.V.; I normally hate to listen to Protestants speak and lately some Novus Ordo persons are starting to sound just like them.
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In God's time, in His time they will be punished. He who knows all things knows when... funny I was just thinking about this earlier today, and in my mind I realized that God knows if and when; perhaps only a few of these evil ones, will have a change of heart and save their soul, God will give them this time to do it. However, God who knows which ones will fall into Hell no matter how long they live, their punishment will be worse.
About 18 years ago or so, I remember watching on T.V. two Protestants making fun of Catholics for our honor of the Blessed Mother, they were actually mocking the prayer "Hail Holy Queen" and a few days later I heard that one of them had a sudden heart attack and dropped dead, it was announced on T.V. Sorry I can not remember their names but they were popular at that time. If you wonder why I was watching, it was a case of the channel was on, no one was watching, I came into the room and heard their evil tongues and listened a few moments before shutting off the T.V.; I normally hate to listen to Protestants speak and lately some Novus Ordo persons are starting to sound just like them.
I've seen that individuals who have no impact at large on many people seem to be the ones who get smitten more than the real evildoers with large/global/international influences.
How long have the Castro's ruled Cuba? What about the situation in Venezuela? Africa? All those dictators go unpunished for their entire lives.
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This fire is sweeping through the area where the Church of the Holy Family (Mel Gibson's chapel) is located. I wonder if it were in serious danger, would we hear about it as quickly as Jenner's house or the Bachelor mansion?
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Lord have mercy.
My throat and eyes are now burning from all the smoke in the Los Angeles basin.
Please remember to pray for us.
All ye holy saints of God intercede to Christ God for us.
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My throat and eyes are now burning from all the smoke in the Los Angeles basin.
I was leaving the Los Angeles zoo parking lot in the afternoon and my eyes were burning so bad I couldn't drive. I was wondering if it was because of the smoke.
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A utility repairman told me today that all of the Malibu Lake community was wiped out. I don't think that's ever happened before.
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The lake is artificial, formed by a manmade dam at the southwest end, otherwise it would be a small stream in a wide canyon.
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The sound of the waterfall over the dam is a highly prized feature only a few houses can boast of.
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Personal experience speaking.
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VERY exclusive area, where a tiny shack can be a million $.
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You have to have a pass to get in to the street where the lakeside houses are, it's a gated community.
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Apparently the fire didn't stop to show its entrance docuмents.
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They've had a lot of flooding problems in the past, since many of the houses are built very close to the water level, lots of boat slips.
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That's probably all going to change now, if they have to re-build everything. Triple Golden Ruby time.
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If it's not a flood, then it's a fire, and every so often an earthquake. Their insurance rates must be awful.
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I was leaving the Los Angeles zoo parking lot in the afternoon and my eyes were burning so bad I couldn't drive. I was wondering if it was because of the smoke.
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It's a good incentive to quit smoking.
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Actors Milano, Rainn Wilson and Eddie McClintock, and musician Melissa Etheridge all found themselves displaced on Thursday as well.
Boo hoo. They'll just take up residence in one of their other mansions, and the insurance will pay for any damages. I'm trying to find a tear to shed, but can't.
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In God's time, in His time they will be punished.
I don't desire the punishment of evildoers, but their conversion. Otherwise, I could well be first in line to get my punishment.
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I don't desire the punishment of evildoers, but their conversion. Otherwise, I could well be first in line to get my punishment.
I agree wholeheartedly looking back at my life, it is only God's Mercy that I am not in hell at this moment in time.
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I agree wholeheartedly looking back at my life, it is only God's Mercy that I am not in hell at this moment in time.
You and me both - and I still have the rest of my life to go!
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I don't desire the punishment of evildoers, but their conversion. Otherwise, I could well be first in line to get my punishment.
Nevertheless, I would be happy if something "happened" to these people, because of the good things that would result (less corruption of others, less glorification of evil, ceasing of their scandal to others)
When a soul is unrepentant, they deserve their punishment. And if God allowed such a soul to be harvested ("time's up!"), then it was obviously the right time, with all the factors being weighed infallibly by God's infinite intellect. If it was OK with God's providence, then it is sure OK with me!
No soul goes to hell without choosing it. God gives us all SO many chances, certainly more than we deserve.
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Nevertheless, I would be happy if something "happened" to these people, because of the good things that would result (less corruption of others, less glorification of evil, ceasing of their scandal to others)
Well, sure, but at the end of the day only God knows whether any particular punishment would have the effect of lessening corruption, or whether God in fact intends that there be less corruption. Sometimes God allows corruption to continue unchecked. Only He knows His reasons sometimes.
So ... we should be happy with WHATEVER happens or doesn't happen, because God willed it so. Sounds like some people were lamenting the fact that some of these people were left unpunished by this. But if God chooses not to punish, we should be happy with His decision. In any case, I'm sure not going to stand over anyone pointing my finger and insisting they be punished ... since I'd probably deserve to be cast immediately into hell first if I dared do that, given my own sins.
So, one of my kids, who's working now, destroyed a toy that belonged to his younger brother. So I demanded that he make restitution and buy him a new one out of the money he earned. He reluctantly did so ... under duress. But it turns out that the toy he had to buy as a replacement was a couple dollars more than the original (slightly different model), so he was up in arms trying to get the difference out of his sibling. I told him to stop. Then I listed all the stuff he's cost us over the years (damages, etc.) and reminded him that we had not forced him to pay up ... this was well into the hundreds or even thousands of dollars. I reminded him about the story in the Gospel about the servant who was forgiven a great debt by the Master and then tried to throttle a few pennies out of a fellow servant. I told him he should be happy to go a little extra to make up for the distress he caused his younger brother.
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I agree again with Ladislaus (this is beginning to be a habit) it is what we as Catholics must KNOW as Trusting in Jesus, the Just Judge. If you meditate on the passion of Christ, and really consider how He took our nature and suffered the pain for each and every one of us, even the evil doers, you will trust that He will give them every opportunity to save their soul (example St. Paul/Saul) even if our human desire wants to see them destroyed right now. We do not understand and we all wonder why, but in eternity we will understand the why of all the mysteries of life.
In the meantime, we wonder why these evil people are allowed to continue to destroy what is good and society would be much better without them. Bottom line is we can't see the entire picture, therefore, we are left with only TRUST in God.
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Bottom line is we can't see the entire picture, therefore, we are left with only TRUST in God.
But we can see the entire picture, it's in today's Gospel. God is leaving the wheat to grow with the chaff and will separate them at the harvest. He gave us free will and He won't take that back, not even from the pawns of the devil. This is not His will as some state but He does allow it because He gave us free will!
Life is a test but the rewards for those that pass are fabulous.! ! !
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Bryan Suits on his "The Dark Secret Place" radio program just played the audio from a video made by a man who survived the Malibu fire.
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He had led a caravan of 4 other cars out of the fire, but they ran into problems, so he had to flee his Jeep, as he urged his friends following him to do likewise. He could not return to help them and hoped they were able to escape like he did.
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Later, he went back to where he had left his vehicle. His audio recording is very emotional as he describes the scene he found.
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Somehow his Jeep was still intact and he was able to start it up and drive away, but all 4 of the other cars had been burned, with occupants inside.
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One of the cars was being driven by his mother. In the video he says she had held up the progress of the 4 cars because she was putting on makeup.
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The video is here:
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https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/9vpyp7/man_who_survived_wildfire_by_getting_into_creek/
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Not Malibu -- this was in Paradise, northern California. Not Paradise Cove, Malibu.
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You can see melted aluminum puddles on the ground, that's what an aluminum engine block looks like after a really hot car fire.
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The woman who delayed others to put on her makeup apparently was the mother of this man's friend.
The woman and her son died because she took time to do her makeup instead of leaving the house, apparently.
The son's skeleton is still sitting in the passenger seat but his mother's body is completely burned up, a few bones on the driver's seat.
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Someone commented below the video that they're probably not going to leave this up very long.
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Speaking of the Camp fire (Paradise, northern CA) the estimated number of people missing was reduced today from 1,000 to 700.
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Two more human remains were found today bringing the total of confirmed deaths to 79.
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Over 1,000 buildings were destroyed, mostly houses, and the Camp fire is now 68% contained; expecting containment by the end of the month.
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In Malibu, residents who had been evacuated are returning to their homes, some to find partial or total loss.
It's going to take several weeks to get the city infrastructure back together.
Most residents of Malibu are on septic tanks, but those on sewer are inconvenienced by some sewers being inoperative.
Several neighborhoods are required to boil water since water pressure dropped during the fire and backflows occurred.