Sunday 11 September 2011

I Have Issues...

At the moment I have issues with the notion that prayers brought little Keinan home. Don't get me wrong, I am happy for him and his family that he is home, as it is not usual for a child who is abducted to  be returned home safe and sound. And, yes, I can see the rarity of return being used as an argument that he is home due to answered prayers. However, if praying to god is what brought him home... why Keinan? Why not the hundreds of other missing children? Were the prayers of their family and friends somehow not good enough? Were they worshipping in the wrong way? Perhaps there was a major sporting event happening at the time that god had to concentrate on? While I do believe in the power of positive thinking, which admittedly can involve prayer and meditation, isn't it more logical to acknowledge that the use of social media, such as Facebook, Amber Alert and the mainstream media pressured whomever had him to bring him home? How grateful we all are that he is home and safe, but lets give credit where credit is due. Let's give credit to the many folks who passed on the Amber Alert via Facebook and other social networks, radio and tv. It is our progressive social media which has the power to send the face of anyone over the World Wide Web not some unknown diety who has difficulty prioritizing that brought Keinan home. Aren't you grateful we no longer have to rely on milk cartons to spread the word of a missing child?

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