A sign of God?
by Matt | February 7th, 2008 |Every time a natural disaster strikes, we can count on Pat Robertson to blame it on the queers. In fact, we don’t have to wait for disasters to hit us; he “predicts” they will happen.
But when natural disasters hit “holy” places like Union University, which actively discriminates against LGBT students, where are the proclamations of “God’s Will” being “manifested” in this destruction?
A reader comment from a US News story:
Think of this next time Pat Robertson and others like him start shrieking that God will bring natural disasters to the vilest sinners.
Seems that, frequently, the big tornadoes that make the news have hit churches, sometimes during Sunday services. And now a Southern Baptist university.
I pray for the victims’ families and friends. And for the institutions like this one. But the self-righteous need to think before they predict horrible things like this will hit Disney World, etc.
Come to think of it, that vile Disney World has never been struck by a life-taking natural disaster has it? Even with their abominable “Gay Day” and their movie productions which are sometimes apparently offensive to ‘good Christians’?
So, Pat, why did God get mad this time around? With, according to MSNBC, the “worst tornado outbreak… since 1985,” God really had to be ticked. I’m thinking it was because Tennessee voters chose Clinton. But, wait, they also chose Huckabee. Oh, I’m confused.
7 Responses to “A sign of God?”
Natural disasters never strike Las Vegas. Go figure.
By KipEsquire on Feb 7, 2008
Come on Matt! Don’t you remember your Sunday school lessons?
When bad things happen to others, it’s God’s judgment on their sins.
When bad things happen to me, it’s Satan trying to discourage me.
Sadly, I only wish I was joking.
By Jarred on Feb 7, 2008
Yes, yes, Jarred. Unfortunately, I remember.
By Matt on Feb 7, 2008
As an Ex-Tennessean, it’s G-d’s wrath over Huckabee. He’s one scary dude!
By RogerNDC on Feb 7, 2008
I have to agree with RogerNDC. I am also a former Tennessean. Having lived there and seen how right-winged the folks can be makes my hair stand up! I have a great friend whose niece survived the Union storm and just got back home last night with her parents. She is not eating, throws up and can’t sleep. She says she may not go back there or anywhere else because she is so wigged out. I feel for the kid. We never should wish or delight in someone’s tragedies or misfortune. That would not be kind or within the principles of true faith. These are the seed that foster discrimination, wars and discord. Finding common ground and civility among all people, void of hate, violence, etc., is where we should focus our attention. Peace could be possible if we would only lay our arms (weapons) down and embrace each other (warts and all!). Now, all this is being said by someone who is Jewish and has felt the sting of Anti-Semitism and also has been excluded from groups, circle of possible friends, and other such nonsense during my younger years.
This former hippie wants to always “give peace a chance.” Narrow focus does not allow for this.
Enuff said! Peanut gallery is closing now.
By Lainey on Feb 8, 2008
I know I’m coming to the scene a little late, but Mike Huckabee scares the living crap outta me. I have always held a great amount of animosity toward both left-wing and right-wing extremists. I’m just so glad that Huckabee lost the preliminary races. Now that it’s between Obama and McCain, we’ve narrowed the race down quite a bit. But, I still have the premonition that McCain is going to win overall. I knew we would have another republican congress in 2008. There’s just no way that Obama could win; not with the election already favoring the republicans. You cannot anticipate to construct a democratic senate majority where a republican one is already so greatly entrenched. Unless by some divine miracle, the tides were to turn…But it would entail having to dismantle the entirety of the U.S. Sentate at every level. It would be relieving if this could be architected, but it would require so many amendments to the political structure of the United States, where most of the states are red states. And where the electoral college obfuscates any margain of representation by the populus. If there was some way that we could elminiate the electoral college, then we would be able to provide a voice to the majority of the citizenry. But until that time, the gubernatorial process will be restricted to representing only the elite; and misrepresentation will continue to reign supreme within the electorate. However, it is still my hope that our century will develop the presence of mind to reform the system, and in order to do so, it entails reforming it at every level. It will be a long, arduous process, but I stand firm in my believe that a deconstructivist process will, in the end, produce greater representation of the citizenry than would the current electoral constituency. The greatest hypocrisy our country has endured is that of harboring the guise of a representative democracy when we are in fact an oligarchy. We need to revert back to the statutes we had at the inception of the constitution, and reform it such that it reflects the impact of the general populus; and no longer the influence of the elite. Let us all come together to reform the gubernatorial process, however we can, for the sake of future generations to come. We can make an impact !!
By Lauren Farmer on Jul 3, 2008
My apologies for that long tangential digression, and if I strayed off-topic. I became empassioned in the moment, which I tend to do whence discussing political and religious matters. I greatly appreciate Lainey’s comment that “We never should wish or delight in someone’s tragedies or misfortune. That would not be kind or within the principles of true faith. These are the seed that foster discrimination, wars and discord. Finding common ground and civility among all people, void of hate, violence, etc., is where we should focus our attention. Peace could be possible if we would only lay our arms (weapons) down and embrace each other…” This strikes concordance with my own beliefs. I have always believed that discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, and disability are divisive tactics which ostracize a people. I can particularly relate to this in terms of disability. I, myself, was diagnosed with bipolar syndrome. I was also thought to have a high-functioning form of autism, although I honestly refute this assessment as the high-functioning stratum of autism is one of the most over-diagnosed conditions out there (besides bipolar, incidentally enough). Because of my experiences with the flagrant psychiatric industry this country has instilled in modern diagnostic practices, I am very skeptical of the practices these psychiatrists implement in diagnosing susceptible patients who are deceived into believing that there is “something wrong with them”; simply because they view the world differently. And psychiatry’s response to these people, instead of embracing their differences and recognizing them for their genius, is to drug these people to death in an effort to syphon off money from their own pocket. This is not only a form of enforced assimilation, but a blatant robbery of one’s own individuality. This is a form of discrimination akin to religious, ethnic, and gender discrimination (I include, in this category, discrimination of homosexual and transgendered orientation, which is, in my mind, one of the most blatant forms of gender discrimination and a virulent contagion of ignorance and solipsism which has pervaded our society). The fate of future generations rests greatly on our capacity to tolerate diversity within our society in a manner concordant with the recognition and prevalence of civil liberties. We must not let the instruments of wars and abuses upon civil rights divide and ostracize our citizens. I stand for the individual rights of the citizenry, and for collective action to arrest and diffuse the forces of hate and discrimination which have divided our society. I stand for equal recognition of civil freedoms, regardless of ethnic and religious distinction.
By Lauren Farmer on Jul 3, 2008