Are you saying “clearly not a unique occurrence” in regard to accidental, or arson?
I’m surprised at the 25% arson rate, that is considerably higher than I would have guessed, and when combined with the strange response as OP was pointing out, and the fact that there’s not a large subset of “No cause determined,” it would seem to tip the scale pretty strongly to arson being the most probable cause in this case.
Hating God, is hating the world, is hating yourself. No good reason for that.
If another earthly mortal connected to a church has done something you take issue with, take it up with that person, don’t damage or destroy a community’s property, heritage, and connection to the transcendent.
people here srsly advocating/justifying criminal, potentially homicidal activity, smh
1. How is "hating god" hating the world and yourself (lol), and 2. who tf is advocating for criminal activity here? You clearly have an axe to grind, so perhaps take it somewhere else.
>axe to grind
Surprised you would have that interpretation, didn’t mean that at all. Your tone here, and in other comments seems rather more hostile than mine.
>who tf
Unauthorized setting of fire to a structure is illegal, if someone is in or around the structure, it could kill the person.
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_People angry at churches
_with good reason
_get the torch
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That reads at the very least as justifying, if not advocating. It’s certainly not saying we should strive to handle our issues in healthy and productive ways.
>1. How is
The concept of God at the baseline level is equivalent and synonymous with existence. People over time in various cultures and traditions have agglomerated various flavours onto the concept of God , but at the baseline level, God = existence.
The essence of what God is, is that the concept comes from the desire or impulse to understand or make sense of “the world” / existence.
You are a part of existence.
And maybe not just “a part,” as you’ll see if you try to find the demarcation points that definitively separate you from the other parts.
You are the way in which awareness is aware of awareness.
“You” are the existence that gives rise to the feeling and observation of existence.
God = existence
If you hate God, you hate existence. If you hate existence, you hate yourself.
Better to love than hate, or perhaps even better to understand dichotomies.
https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v2i7-508...
1,300/year in the US, 25% of which are arson. Clearly it's not a unique occurrence.