Do you think you have a guardian angel?

I know you don’t Kate.

GSM I appreciate your words. I don't believe in God though.

God wouldn’t put you through that a second time Kate. You’ve more than earned your place (even if don’t like dogs!?).

Thank you GSM. I'll still pass on another life though. I can't risk it.

Thank you Caleo. Yes it was evil which killed those children and adults, the tip coming down on the village could / should
have been prevented. I will never forget the cries of ‘where was
God’. John Humphrys of the BBC told me that it was that disaster which caused him to become an Atheist,

My uncle Phil was thrown out of the inquest by the police because he demanded the verdict of ‘murdered by the Coal
Board’, he lost his two little boys, his wife and his house, he was silenced. Yes Jesus threw the money lenders out of the Temple.

So where was God, where were the Angels ? In the school with
the children.

Anniebach:

"The National Coal Board knew the tip was built on a spring, knew sludge was coming down for years but ignored the petitions and complaints and lied at the inquest, I was at the disaster, attended that school and was at the inquest , a miscarriage of justice, supported by the Coal Board, unions and government."

If Jesus had been at the inquest he would have been furious with the evildoers as listed. Remember this was the man who overturned tables in the Temple!

Anniebach, you were not off topic. You have made a list of what made the Aberfan event evil. If Easter means anything it should mean how we can tell what is evil and hope to defeat evil .

Well Mr Henley is entitled to his thoughts on the matter, same as anyone else. Doesn't make it true though.

I am the master of my fate,
And I am the captain of my soul.

(Invictus, William Ernest Henley)

Says it all as far as I'm concerned.

Anniebach

Aldom if angels had delayed the tip from coming down on the school and houses it follows that negligence will always be
acceptable because the angels will step in.

The National Coal Board knew the tip was built on a spring, knew sludge was coming down for years but ignored the petitions and complaints and lied at the inquest, I was at the disaster, attended that school and was at the inquest , a miscarriage of justice, supported by the Coal Board, unions and government.
Sorry off topic posters

I think you have misunderstood my post Anniebach.

Same for me Grannmarie On the Cross Christ said to the thief ‘Today you will be with me In paradise ‘

Anniebach, ??.
On the day of Christ's resurrection, I take great comfort in believing in life after death and being reunited with my loved ones.
I can't imagine how painful the sense of loss would be if I believed that I would never see them again.
But that's my faith, I respect that people have different or no beliefs.

Just so Annie

Kate1949

I sincerely hope there's no life after death. I'm not going through this again.

Kate, I don't believe that the next life will give us the trials and tribulations we have experienced in this one, nor do I believe we will have to meet anyone we don't wish to. Don't let that fear hold you back. There are people I wouldn't want to meet again too and experiences I would never wish to endure again.

Aldom if angels had delayed the tip from coming down on the school and houses it follows that negligence will always be
acceptable because the angels will step in.

The National Coal Board knew the tip was built on a spring, knew sludge was coming down for years but ignored the petitions and complaints and lied at the inquest, I was at the disaster, attended that school and was at the inquest , a miscarriage of justice, supported by the Coal Board, unions and government.
Sorry off topic posters

I believe in angels, but not necessarily the ‘help you out’ sort, although they seem to take an interest in human affairs. In the Bible when someone meets one of them the angel’s first words are often, “don’t be afraid”, so I suspect most angels are somewhat terrifying or else why would they need to bother with reassurance? Others are incognito, such as the passage in the Bible where people are encouraged to ‘welcome the stranger’ as s/he may turn out to be an angel.

Aldom

If we really had guardian angels I think the Aberfan tip would have collapsed at the the weekend rather than on the Friday when the school was full of innocent children.

Well that could apply to a trillion other things. As I said before there is far more to the universe than we can ever comprehend. No good asking why this or that happens, the answer is not yet clear to us while we inhabit our earthly body.

I sincerely hope there's no life after death. I'm not going through this again.

Aldom

If we really had guardian angels I think the Aberfan tip would have collapsed at the the weekend rather than on the Friday when the school was full of innocent children.

A sobering thought

But if it gives people comfort then maybe that's a good thing.
And none of us know for sure

Germanshepherdsmum

I don’t agree with you I’m afraid. I strongly believe in life after death and don’t consider that I’m fabricating that belief. You can’t categorically state that there is no life after death, only that in your opinion there is none.

Yes they're opinions.
I can't categorically state that there's no life after death.
You can't categorically state there is.
It's what we believe or don't believe.
I don't believe in the Tooth Fairy
I don't believe in the Easter Bunny
I don't believe in Father Christmas
I don't believe in Life After Death

I sort of believe ..... I think ?....I always say I have a parking fairy on my shoulder...no matter when and where, I get a parking spot....and when something could go one way or the other, and the 'good' thing happens I often spot a tiny white feather in the most random places....I want to beleive that the feather was sent by my guardian angel

If we really had guardian angels I think the Aberfan tip would have collapsed at the the weekend rather than on the Friday when the school was full of innocent children.

There are too many unexplained things that happen. Just read this thread. Some of it may be imagination but when you know you just know. I'm sorry you haven't experienced that.

I don’t agree with you I’m afraid. I strongly believe in life after death and don’t consider that I’m fabricating that belief. You can’t categorically state that there is no life after death, only that in your opinion there is none.