Yesterday, I was told that the University of Alabama students were having a "tornado party" and that that was why the death toll was so high in Tuscaloosa. It was also insinuated that they were so drunk that they didn't know what hit them. I swear, it came across like the students that died deserved it. So many "Christians" in my family have it wrong. They are judgmental and hypocritical, as I think the statement speaks for itself. I get so sick of hearing backwards nonsense coming out of the mouths of people I know. I didn't believe the "story" because it sounds just like the crap I've been fed all my life. Sin is punished swiftly and the devil is gonna get you. But let's say it is true....that students were standing outside their apartments, drinking and watching the storm. They would have seen the mile wide beast coming, attempted to take cover, and there is no real way to guarantee you are hid from a EF-5 tornado, unless you are in a storm shelter. The whole thing bothers me and I just can't stop thinking about it. What is wrong with my people? I'm embarrassed that this story has probably been repeated 20 times, like it's fact.
My friend, Toni, has a daughter attending the school. Her and her roommate were in a bathtub, scared for their lives as the tornado came through. It was no joke to these girls. If the had died, would they have been judged for being college students?
