On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:31:51 -0400, "Daniel R. Bonham"
wrote:
>Jean,
>
>This is certainly OT but I ran life squad for 15 years and saw the same
>thing. As they say, there is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole. On a
>similar note, we had a teenager in the back who was dying. His mother was
>riding with us in the back. She screamed out, "Why aren't people pulling
>over out of our way?". I replied to here, "For the same reason you don't
>when it is not your loved one's life in jeopardy." Touché
I guess that in your 15 years of taking people to the hospital you
must have transported hundreds of people who died on the way or
shortly thereafter.
So you are saying that every dying person you have transported
screamed to God for help.
That's quite a remarkable record.
Not one atheist among them, presumeably.
Where did you work--in the bible belt?
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>"Jean O'Boyle" wrote in message
>news:%Tszi.6530$924.483@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net...
>>
>> "Carlos King" wrote in message
>> news:13cr3p2ah774h09@corp.supernews.com...
>>> wrote:
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>>>> What is the first thing that comes out of peoples' mouths when there
>>>> is a terrible tragedy....even those who claim to be agnostics or
>>>> atheists?
>>>
>>> Oh ^%*#* !!
>>
>> I should have completed my own sentence when I first posted to prevent all
>> the frivolous comments...When I worked in the ER and family and friends
>> were notified or anywhere else when something bad happened, the first
>> words uttered were, "Oh My God" or "Oh Dear God"..
>>
>> --Jean
>>
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