My humble response
We should try to realize that most of the teachings in the bible are metaphorical. While they do impart a message to us, we should not take them too literally.
If you believe in prophecy, which Roman Catholic priests have not stood behind that I know of. Then perhaps Armageddon has arrived in some degree or other. But evil can only thrive in chaos, so we must keep it together and as citizens of the world, pull it together and support and help each other, all religions included.
-The earth is revolting against pollution, deforestation, strip mining etc. Resulting in erratic and catastrophic weather anomilies.(Gaia and North American Indian philosophy)
I remember reading that the anti-christ would either attack or be attacked be a country from the south or north. Which certainly sounds at this point to be Pakistan and Afganistan.
Sure, we do need a wake up call. And we got it in spades.
This is a terrible thing that has happened to the world, but we are, and always have been fighting the demons of the world on a global and personal level, from the weaker "school bully", to the more extreme examples we have all seen in our time.
I believe it all comes down to positives and negatives, we do more positives in our lives we go up, more negatives........
matter-anti-matter.
There will always be terrorism to some degree and we can each try our best to be a one man/woman army for the positives.
As a proud Canadian living in close proximity to the New York / Michigan border it was too close even for me what with International flights landing 20 minuites south at Pearson, and even NYC at 6 hours away. Our government and people have a strong bond with you Americans and of course we will ( as Jean Cretien has stated) stand with you as will NATO, and most of the nuclear capable countries in the world.
I honestly feel, this will, in the end be one giant leap to world peace. As for bin Laden, if "it" is responsible to any degree - it will be served to us on a platter from any country harboring it.
As for needing prayer, I talk to God in the car, hikes and anywhere where I see him in other people and in Nature, and I honestly feel better after mingling in these environments. It's more "hands on". The earth itself is my church.
Just needed to vent a bit myself............
PEACE!
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