With all due respects to those hard hit folk who have lost almost everything they owned as a result of the horrendous 7.1 earthquake in Canterbury, but why oh why do they have to thank ‘god' for their being saved from death. That ‘spirit' simply does not exist. If ‘it' did why did ‘it' allow such a disaster to happen initially? How ironic that people always thank that ‘spirit' after a disaster, but ‘it' never prevents one! Certainly have a get together, but please leave that ‘omnipotent' ‘omnipresent' thing to rest and be buried!
Now President Obama is being so hypocritical over the 9.11 disaster saying that USA will never be at war with the Islamic Muslim religion; but only with Al Qaeda (both of the same), who destroyed the Twin Towers.
The US have been fighting the Islamics in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan for eight years. Civilisation is now at the crossroads if the Islamics succeed to rule, there will be genocide on a massive scale, as happened in WWII, the extermination of six million Jews!
EM Izett, Tauranga.