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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ex-muslim Ahmed" data-source="post: 10636118" data-attributes="member: 179431">[YOUTUBE]MegVkyremr4[/YOUTUBE]                                                                           <a href="http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/10/japan-shrine-survives-tsunami/" target="_blank">In tsunami-flattened town, religious shrine survives</a>     <a href="http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/10/japan-shrine-survives-tsunami/" target="_blank">By Paula Hancocks, CNN</a> Otsuchi, Japan (CNN) – The Otsuchi shrine looks out of place. Beautifully intact, the ornate Shinto place of worship watches over  kilometers of scorched devastation. It is almost the only building still  standing in a sea of carnage. Unscathed by an earthquake, a tsunami and a ferocious fire, some  residents believe the shrine, set on a small hill, is blessed and was  spared by the gods. Caretaker Tomoyuki Matsuhashi sweeps the path in front of the  buildings, one of them now being used as a shelter for 22 people who  lost their homes. He becomes animated as he describes the moments after  last month's earthquake. “I saw the tsunami coming from a  distance," he says. "I didn’t know what it was at first and then I saw  buildings collapse. A few seconds later the wave was here.” Eyewitnesses say the second wave reached to the bottom step of the  shrine. Many of those sheltering there ran to higher ground and stayed  in the hills behind the town. "Several were injured and had blood pouring from their heads and they  were soaked," Matsuhashi says of survivors who just escaped the  waters. “So we gave them blankets to try and warm them up. But then we  saw the fire raging on the other side of the shrine.” A gas explosion started a raging fire that reduced the already  destroyed town to charred wreckage. Blackened forest around the shrine  is clear showing the deadly path the fire took. Koishi Teruko saw the smoke from the direction of the shrine while  hiding in the hills and assumed it had been burnt down. “When I  returned,” she tells CNN, “I was surprised it was untouched. God must  have protected it, although some people also helped to put the fire out,  so it was not just divine intervention.” Three men stop by to ring the bell at the door of the shrine and bow  their respects to the gods. Countless survivors have performed the same  ritual over the past month. The prayers on this day are heart breaking. Residents ask for help in  finding missing relatives before continuing the grim task of searching  for their bodies. Others ask for strength in the face of the horrific  post-tsunami reality. But to one side of the shrine is a poignant reminder that life was  once normal here. There are small plaques with flowers and animals  painted on one side. On the other is a simple prayer from much simpler  times. One youngster asks for help in being accepted to his school of  choice. Another asks for a new baby girl to be blessed. The majority  pray for a long and healthy life. They are prayers that have not always been answered in recent weeks. ඔන්න අපි උඹල වගේ ලින්ක් නැතුව බොරු දාන්නේ නෑ, ලින්ක් එකත් එක්ක විඩෙඔ එකත් එක්ක දාල තියෙන්නෙ, අනික මම ඇහුවමයි ටෝකියෝ  වලට සුනාමි ආවා කියල. මේක් මට පේන්නේ අර ඉන්දුනීසියන් සුනාමියේ අර මුස්ලිම් එවුන් ලක්ශ 4 මැරුනු බන්ඩ අචේ වල ඉතුරු වෙච්ච එකක්!</blockquote>

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