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Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
IMDB rating: 7.90
Plot: John J. Macreedy doesn’t know it, but when he steps off the train at the jerkwater town of Black Rock, he will soon find himself the object of fear, hatred, and even a murder plot! The altruistic Macreedy came to Black Rock to hand over a posthumous military award to a local man whose son had died gallantly in the Second World War. What Macreedy couldn’t know when he stepped off of that train was that the town had a shameful secret, one that must be kept at all costs.
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Directors: Sturges John
Actors: Tracy Spencer,Ryan Robert,Jagger Dean,Brennan Walter,Ericson John,Borgnine Ernest,Marvin Lee,Collins Russell,Sande Walter,Harvey Harry,McDonald Francis,Drama,Thriller,Western,
are there really guardian angels,if so then why do innocent children suffer?
Why do innocent children die and suffer ? where was their guardian angel? where was God?
I once felt lucky that i was being protected,and my kids were being protected when i asked god to protect them or to show me a sign i was being listened to (i got many unmistakable signs!) infact many amazing things have happened to me [ i will share 2 ] 1: I was 17 and i was at a house party i knew the owner of the house & i was with a friend she wanted to stay, i wanted to go home but she drove. 2 men at the party asked if i needed a ride so i figured they were safe if they knew the owner of the house ( im 17) so i took the ride. well back in then the cars had one long front seat so three could sit in front. the men arranged it so i would sit in the middle. on the way home they veered off the road into a huge state park it was pitch black it looked like the pine trees went on forever,i was scared but stayed calm then the car stopped deep in the forest and the men were silent, they turned on the car light and pulled out a 6 pack of beer. I said no thanks i dont like beer and they began to drink. i was plotting how i would get out of the car in a calm way. i looked up while they were drinking and said please God help me. just at that very moment we saw in the blackness 2 headlights come driving through the woods, it was a state police car!! he pulled up next to the car and had the passenger unroll his window shined the flashlight in and said "do you know these men?" i screamed no! and he said get out of the car. later at the station he said "you know i never come through this way but something told me to take a look"! i am sure that was more than a coinsidence. #2 my dad died at age 73 we sat by his bedside we decide to put take him off the respirator etc. (it was his wish) it was 8 pm on the 12th floor of the hospital me and my 2 sisters sat at his bedside in silence watching the oxygen go down on the monitor. i turned away and was looking out the window for 1 minute all the time having my hand on top of my dads head suddenly i felt a presence a movement in the still of the room that made me jerk my head around to see- it was 11:20 pm now and it was at that minute that i turned my head to see that my father died and what i saw when i turned my head was a vision similar to that of gas rising off the road on a hot summer day in the distance it looked like a clear haze it was gone in less than 2seconds.. no one else saw it. i believe that i saw my father leaving or the angel who comes to take those to the other side. many other amazing things have occured too. i have always since 14 years old been searching for the truth i have tried many religions and i thought i finally figured it out after years and much effort! then recently i found in my book shelf an old magazine i had,in it there was an article on holocaust, and a question was asked quite bluntly .."why did God let little children roast to death screaming in ovens ?" Traumatized ,i cried all night-my entire faith in god/angels my rock of support – shattered! i dont think anyone has the answer for this. why would god answer some prayers and not the prayers of those poor poor parents who lost their kids!! why would i be special and not innocent children and terrified parents!!! i must be lucky thats all. and i thought i was actually getting signs– maybe just coinsidences?! i thought everything happened for a reason. and all the bad that has happened to me i thought it was a "learning experience meant to bring me closer to god and the truth has been what? In 46 years i havent lost my faith no matter what until this article.any one have an anwer? and yes i did look at rabbi kushners book didnt help convince me. I feel abandoned everyday i would ask God to watch over my boys and myself now i feel like why me and not them? sincerely, shattered faith ~
Have you considered that your belief may have been in the wrong god? Or that you may believe the wrong things about your god? It would seem to me that your guardian angel was protecting you in the only means which it could. Yes, you saw your father in his spiritual form departing the shell you know as his body. He essence (I call spirit, you may call soul) was taken by his guardian and guides to a place for rest and recuperation, as death is extremely strenuous on the spirit.
As for the children dying, which bothers you so much, it is the choice of the spirit for each incarnation which it takes and it was their choice to accept it for whatever reason they had. Consider for a moment that the spirit of the child was needing to fulfill the needs of the parent so that they could become better people. Today’s selfish society is so wrapped up in themselves they overlook the impact some event may have on others beside themselves.
Reincarnation is not a forced event upon the spirit entities but a potential opportunity should they choose to undertake for whatever reason they may have.
The following is taken from the "E.S. Faq." tab on the link below:
Myths, Teachings, and Doctrines
Attempts are made throughout history to explain the interactions between God, humankind and the universe of Pure Spirit. The dimensional nature of intelligent life throughout the Cosmos provides the basis for this inquiry into our individual creation, and the purpose of life on planet earth.
L8r
| Jan 18, 2010
Suffer the little children come unto me.
djdundalk | Jan 18, 2010
I believe in God. I believe God always has a plan and sometimes we may not see why God is doing something. Maybe he wanted the people in the rest of the world not to take their lives for granted. The only person that knows is God. He always has a plan in store for all of us, though we may not know why, I believe he is doing it because he knows what is better. All I have to say is please do not lose your faith over an article. God is Great!!!
Mike S | Jan 18, 2010
Those situations you found yourself in are coincidences if you believe them to be or they were signs. Faith.. let us look at the many meanings…
1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.
2. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. See synonyms at belief, trust.
3. Loyalty to a person or thing; allegiance: keeping faith with one’s supporters.
4. often Faith Christianity. The theological virtue defined as secure belief in God and a trusting acceptance of God’s will.
5. The body of dogma of a religion: the Muslim faith.
6. A set of principles or beliefs. (from answers.com)
The second one is the most common in my experiences. There is no real evidence for us to know whether it was god who helped us, god who hurt us or anything like that. It all comes in how you view god as well. Clearly it was not god who caused such a terrible tragedy or any tragedy for that matter but rather the wickedness of men who in their persuit of truth ended up killing or harming innocent people.
I could be mistaken but in most religions (at least in christianity and pagan beliefs) angels are not allowed to interfere with our choices. We can ask for their help and they will help but because they are supposed to help us evolve they cannot get in our way if we choose otherwise. Of course we are still goverened by the physical world because we have a physical body so we must obey it’s laws. they cannot take our pain away because we have a body. They cannot carry us away because of our bodies so in the case where people get hurt it is not gods doing but it is true that god also did not come to the rescue.
My views on god is taht it is not an old bearded man sitting up there causing everything to happen as it does because if I’d believe that then I wouldn’t worry about doing much of anything because he’ll just make it happen. No, instead I see god as the energy all around us. Science says that energy is everywere and it is what keeps everything in balance and the earth spinning and all the other wonderful things. But in religion we called this energy "God". Many of our stories about magickal beings were created simply to explain the unexplainable. As we evolved we began to trade religion for science and while they’re one in the same they’re both not complete. Science has yet to reveal everything and religion comes with great philosophy but sometimes finds it hard to explain the emotions or complex minds of us humans.
I believe in reincarnation so in my case the purpose of many lives (or even if I were to believe in only one life) is to be like God. To grow to be like god by loving each other and taking care of each other to understand each other and learn to live well without harm. Each life we become closer and closer to this perfect being but how do we evolve? We do so from need. It isn’t until a species is threatened that it evolves just like the some animals were once large but began to "shrink" as time passed in order to survive. Larger animals did this when food was scarce and some small animals began to grow when there was plenty of food for them. Fish do the same thing in aquariums, if you give them plenty of space then they will grow large but if you give them very little space it stunts their growth.
So in evolution we cannot spiritually grow without the many heart aches or pains of life. Our happiness will have no value if it wasn’t for our pain. If you were happy all the time how would you know it for sure if you had nothing to compare it to? For every major event in life I feel that we become better people towards each other. Which is why it is very upsetting for these "gangs" to sprout up in supposedly "evolved" cities. I think it’s a step backwards that happens out fear. Some people are not intelligent enough, or talented enough to keep up with the every evolving species and so they go backwards and repeat history. I have heard gang members talk bad about hitler but they know little of their position as gang members and how many die so that they can put bread on their table.
So it is through these terrible moments that we are tested, that we have opportunity to grow and give value to life. This is not the work of God, this is the work of man. God happened when people stood up against hitler. God happened when people began to change and look beyond religion and race or sexual orientation. God happened when that officer decided to live a moral life and saved your life. God happened when he listened to his gut instinct to be where you would be. God happened when everyone donated to help the victims of Haiti. God happens when we do good. When we do bad is when fear is getting the best of us. Fear that we’re different and might not measure up, fear that there might not be enough to go around, fear that we might not be accepted, fear that we might be hated or fear that we might not be worth anything.
I really wish I could say more but I wouldn’t want to take up too much space here as there are plenty of souls ready to answer your question which I am sure will be full of love.
Blessings,
Shadow Storm
And remember that it is perfectly healthy for us to doubt everything in life. Studies showed that even an athiest doubts the belief that there is no god and a believer in god also doubts the existence of one just the same from time to time. To take this obstacle and use it to either build your faith or to switch your beliefs around a little is what this test is for. To be more like god includes to understand human nature and why we do the things we do. Here is your chance, your calling to try and understand as it is the next step of your evolutionary cycle.
Shadow Storm ? Witch ? Healer ? | Jan 18, 2010
The world works in strange ways. God knows what is best. Hope that helps!
EDIT: Why did a person thumbs down everyone who believes in God? That is not fair. There is a right of free speech… or type. Just cause people don’t think like you doesn’t mean we are wrong.
Y | Jan 18, 2010
You might try posting this in Religion instead of Mythology. You will get more answers. I don’t think Guardian angels are around all that much.
Mature Witch | Jan 18, 2010
everything does happen for a reason
Da Egyptian Goddess | Jan 18, 2010
Upon creation, man was given the ultimate freedom, free will. We built our world as it is today. We are at fault for all of our own problems. Don’t blame God. God answers ALL prayers. But you must sometimes realize that no answer, is the answer. Those kids that died, are in the happiest state of mind they have ever been in now. Remember, this life is nothing but a trial compared to the eternity you will spend in Heaven or Hell. So, don’t be so quick to renounce your faith, that’s a very silly move on your part.
Chay-Phizzel | Jan 18, 2010
You need to read Sylvia Brown’s book: "The Other Side". See, before we come her from Heaven, we map out our entire lives. We are the ones who choose all the bad things that happen to us. We come here to learn, and what have you learned from when things went great? So everything that happens to us was completely our choice. We chose for those bad things to happen to us. We even choose when we die. Also, everyone has a spirit guide. It’s sorta like a guardian angel, but they don’t save us from bad things. They help us through them. Most of us don’t see or hear them, but they come out through our subconscious. Every time you have a thought out of nowhere, or just call it "women’s intuition" or "I had a feeling", it’s probably your Spirit guide giving you ideas. However, Angels can come down to earth and stop bad things, even if it means interfering with a person’s life chart. I hope that helped.
T-scope | Jan 18, 2010
There are suffering children because you are on here asking silly questions instead of doing something yourself, and relying on ethreal beings to do the work for you.
We must end the suffering of those in the world, and stop relying on Gods, Angels, Spirits, etc to end it for us. WE as a species need to get our heads out of our butts and do some work!!
~~**Ma'iingan**~~ | Jan 18, 2010
I think shadow storm is right, expect i believe in a Goddess, not god. But i do think that everything happens so we can learn from it, and take that experiance with us into our next life. I believe that in each reincarnation we get closer and closer to true spiritual enlightenment, and getting closer and closer to being like the Goddess, or God, or any higher being depending on religion. People suffer because they have karmatic debts fromt thier last life, and have to learn too. It does seem cruel, but no higher being would give someone more than they can handle. Its okay to doubt faith sometimes, its part of growing as a person. As for guardian angels, i do think that they are enlightened souls come back to help others learn and evovle, so they cant exactly interfere like superman or something, but they can help guide you if you need it, and if you have a possible near death experiance, and its not your "time" yet, then i think with their help and the help of a God or Goddess (once again depending on your religion) then you can be saved
Nuit | Jan 18, 2010
This question is so old, it could apply for Medicare in the US. The truth of the matter is that there is no one answer, there are thousands and each of them are valid for the context they are in.
You don’t have to get up at 4am to go running. In fact, getting up at 4am is difficult for you to do. Yet, while everyone else is asleep in their bed, a handful of people are out jogging at an ‘ungodly’ hour, putting their bodies through exertion and difficulty that they could otherwise avoid. Why would someone do that, put themselves through difficulty if they could avoid it? Wasn’t God watching out for them when they did it? Or, in fact, did they perhaps not choose (for whatever reason) to share in that experience, to go through that difficulty, especially in the company of others, for reasons that are as varied and personal as the people experiencing them? If we understand virtue as the ability to put the needs of others before the needs and security of ourself, what expression of that virtue could we find? Where could we find it?
Why indeed would a human ‘choose’ to be born into a life of suffering, a life they only knew through the prism of misery and suffering? Because suffering inspires action, contemplation, reflection. Because happiness seeks to stop time and suffering seeks to move it forward. Because to endure suffering perhaps allows others to avoid it. Would you not suffer and be killed to avoid it happening to your children, eventhough you would know they would be greatly saddened by your death?
Sometimes, if you want to help people who are lost, you need to know what being lost feels like. A child who has lost its favorite toy knows how to comfort another child going through the same and through such identification, a human being is heard and two human beings are rescued. "Be angry at the sun for setting/if these things so anger you…" and you will be able to teach others the same.
Khnopff71 | Jan 19, 2010
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