Joseph Farah of WorldNutDaily has, predictably, stated that yesterday’s DC earthquake, which was obviously just devastating, was God’s judgment on ‘Murka for her terrible, terrible sins:
Occasionally God really does shake things up as a sign to us of the consequences of disobedience and indifference to our Creator.
Yes, I really believe that.
I welcome the ridicule that will inevitably come from a statement like that.
Glad to know the welcome mat is laid out.
I don’t mind the wisecracks a column like this always provokes. I don’t mind the darts and the brickbats. I really don’t mind at all.
We get it.
Look, this earthquake turned out to be a warning only, without loss of life or serious property damage. But there will be a bigger one coming, as everyone should understand.
It was a “warning,” you guys, and had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that there are faultlines, literally, all over the place. There are really, really active ones like the ones in California. There are those that are always rumbling, but only very occasionally go completely bonkers [like the New Madrid series, where I live]. And there are those that occasionally will just jump up and surprise us, like yesterday. But for people who choose not to acknowledge things like scientific advancement, superstitious explanations work better.
Washington, D.C., deserves more than the wallop it got today. It needs a much bigger shaking up than it got. And I have no doubts that it is coming – unless there is a real change of heart in the leadership of this country.
After all, if America doesn’t face judgment soon, God will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah. And God doesn’t offer apologies.
You see, Joseph Farah says the earthquake should have been BIGGER. It’s a shame God didn’t kill a whole buncha sinners, because if he doesn’t do that soon, he’s going to have to say “sorry, you guyz” to the Sodomites, and Farah’s god doesn’t like saying “sorry.”
So I guess we should just all listen to Joseph Farah and his warnings, and pay no attention to the fact that earthquakes are and always have been a fact of life on this planet. Maybe this picture will help us achieve the appropriate reverence for what happened yesterday.
[h/t Brian @ Right Wing Watch & watertiger]
This has always confused me. Supposedly, their gawd gives them “‘free will” to make their own choices, but if they exercise that free will they and everyone around them are killed in some natural disaster sent by their gawd for choosing wrongly. Can someone explain how this is “free will”?
I live directly over the Hayward fualt. There was an earthquake last night. It knocked a pinecone off the railing, although it sohuld have demonstrated a remarkaqble dislike for the ‘mo’s living so close to it.
God was probably warning me.
Hahaha!
Evan that pic is snark at it’s best!
I posted that pic at the bottom on facebook and it was called “disgustingly insensitive”. I think it’s a nice commentary.
I guess we had to expect it was coming.
What an arrogant fool to claim he knows the mind of God.
Except, there is no god, so who is he talking about?
All fundie loonies should be sectioned under the mental health act for Multiple Personality Disorder (just like all the other crack-pots who go around talking to themselves)
It’s painfully obvious that God’s mind is always in sync with religious minds: a horror story if there ever was one. He created a thinking creature whose fault-laden lives and sinful thinking are the same as His own? Strewn with hate and destruction and wishes for future devastation? Such nonsense!
Who will be to blame the next time God slams down a tornado in the middle of the bible belt?
Or a drought? Or a hurricane? Or an oil spill? Or a destructive hailstorm? Or killer bees? The buybull belt is a dangerous place to live.
So who was god warning – the tea baggers?
This may be the first time in American history God has hit his target.
Huh, I wonder what God was pissed about 100 years ago when Mineral Springs, VA was the epicenter of a earthquake of similar intensity and which was felt over a similar area.
And you know, if your argument is “Event Y at Place X is a warning from God” it would kind of help if Event Y wasn’t actually experienced at Places A – Z.
What a dorknugget.
Scratch my previous comment. They found the epicenter. God missed again.
If there actually was a god these people wouldn’t dare open their mouths to suggest what it was thinking for fear that they might be wrong and the god would be angry. It is proof that believers are actually agnostic.
Even the far right recognizes Farrah is a douche nozzle.
We could just as easily say some god was angry DADT isn’t being removed quickly enough or that gaia was enraged about drilling or global warming. Apparently the mystery deity is just a wee bit angrier at Peru; they just got 6.8.
I love it when people like this make vague predictions like “this earthquake is a warning….. a bigger one is coming”, trying to make it seem like prophecy. Uh, DUH. Any scientist can tell you that.
I fell out of my seat when I saw the picture. That’s hilarious.
As for the bigot, I am not surprised at all. Just one more example of their “just and loving” God working in mysterious ways.
Also, I went over to World Nut Daily where that article was posted, and I am saddened, but not surprised, by how the religious right operates. One thing I saw over and over again: this website thrives on fear.
There are banner ads with headlines like
“Will We Face an American Apocalypse in 2011? Watch this video for free and find out!”
“How to avoid Greece Like riots that are coming to America.”
“Most Americans believe they will not go hungry, don’t make that deadly mistake.”
Of course, to avoid starving to death, you need to click on the banner and shell out $$$ for a book.
Even in the comments section, fear abides. Essentially, it’s the same malarkey about God being angry, and how us non believers need to repent and accept the “good news” or we will go to hell. Of course, how could I expect any better when the article used an unrelated natural disaster to make vague threats about coming judgment. Fear. Fear. Fear. Fear. $$$.
Unlike those of us in a reality based community, the religious right uses scare tactics to whip people into a frenzy of fear. Scared people are less capable of making rational choices, which makes it easier for them to believe, and buy, anything that is sold to them.
All throughout the Old Testament and obviously well into modern times, when God punishes and kills it is totally indiscriminate. Young, old, innocent, men, women, animals, you name it, it’s killed.
As mentioned in Mr. Mongeau’s comment and I’ve always wondered the same thing, if God gave man free will and freedom of choice, why is he damned if he doesn’t make the “choice” God wants? Why give your creation free will, then absolutely require him to constantly beg You for forgiveness for “all” those sins against Your will? Personally, I’ve always considered this God game a setup. You’re doomed from the get-go so start begging for that forgiveness and just maybe you might be allowed in through the pearlys.
You hit the nail on the head Gianni.
No matter how they try to spin it, Christianity is not about a God who unconditionally loves you. It is about a God who “loves” you, but cannot stand your “sinful nature,” so he has “no choice” but to place you in hell (which he created or allows to exist) and burn for all of eternity if you do not ask him for forgivness, and ask him to accept his “sacfice” into your heart. Appearently, an all mighty, omnibenevolent God could think of no better system.
And what is the proof of his divine plan? Is it as universally accepted and observable as the force of gravity? Is it hardwired into the human psyche at birth, requiring no education or cultural intervention to bring about? Are the consequences of beleiving or not believing in it directly observable here on this planet, and subject to scrutiny? Of course not! No the ultimate Truth, the answer to all of life’s questions, is found in a 5000 year old, culturally specific, highly suspect book whose supposed truths are either unprovable or debunked by direct observation of the universe.
But God loves you, unless you are born in a Muslim country, in which case you are pretty much screwed because the odds of becoming a Bible believing Christian are stacked against your favor.
God loves you, unless you happen to grow up in an abusive environment where your Catholic priest molests you or your protestant pastor abuses you, causing you to sware of Christianity all together. Too bad, looks like you’re going to hell.
Gandhi, who did for more good on this plannet than the likes of Porno Pete or Slaggie ever will, is burning in hell as we speak because he did not accept Christ as his personal Lord and Savior, but convicted murderer Karla Faye Tucker genuinely believed Christ before she was executed, so now she gets to party in heaven. This is becuase the just and loving Christian God does not care about actions; he cares about belief in unprovable things which are highly dependent on the culture one is born into.
God can do anything he wants, but he has nothing better to do than to listen to you apologize to him all day. I guess he has self esteem issues. And you’d better apologize, otherwise he who can do anything he wants has NO CHOICE but to put you in hell.