Mecca crane collapse: 87 dead at Grand Mosque

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Nutmeg's picture
Mecca crane collapse: 87 dead at Grand Mosque

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/sep/11/mecca-crane-crash-more...

Is this proof that:

1) God doesn't exist.
2) God doesn't care.
3) Even mosques are not holy enough.
4) God is just plain unpleasant.
5) Cranes are bad things.
6) Shit happens.

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CyberLN's picture
As far as I can tell, the

As far as I can tell, the only thing it proves is that shit happens.

Nutmeg's picture
Good. I added that option.

Good. I added that option.

watchman's picture
The exact same thought I had

The exact same thought I had Cyber....

Travis Hedglin's picture
Gravity is a bitch, and

Gravity is a bitch, and because of that, so are dense and massive objects.

Nutmeg's picture
God, you guys are just so

God, you guys are just so boring...no sense of humour.

Travis Hedglin's picture
The more I interact with you,

The more I interact with you, the more I think you are another alt for Kenny.

Nutmeg's picture
You're being disagreable..

You're being disagreable...nothing could be further from the truth...I'm not an alt for anyone. I could be rude but I won't be.

maberl's picture
It may have to to take an

It may have to to take an even greater disaster in mecca before some people really start questioning god .......as it is said to have happend after the Lisbon earthquake in 1755......

science's picture
Could it be that maybe those

Could it be that maybe those people were sinners and deserved this fate...or maybe God wanted to teach them a lesson...or maybe this was part of His master plan because don't forget, He works in MYSTERIOUS ways!!

solidzaku's picture
It's a terrible accident that

It's a terrible accident that better regulations regarding construction equipment could have prevented (not keeping a fully extended crane up during notoriously brutal sandstorms would be a start), but it's rather petty and callous to try and 'score points' over the bodies of these people. We can claim that their faith is meaningless and that their time would have been better spent at home, but saying they deserved it or that Deus Vult is despicable.

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