Tuesday, April 29, 2014

An Admittedly Uncomfortable Thought re: Yesterday's Tornadoes

Having lived through a major tornado when I was a child--an experience that has resulted in a life-long unease with and respect for wind--I feel for those who have been hurt by recent severe weather. 




---> RANDOM THOUGHT:  But--at the risk of being called callous--may I point out the obvious absence of any far-right, Christian blame-barrage? 

If this had happened in Ohio or Massachusetts or New York or Connecticut, we'd be hearing Pat Robertson and every other Bible waving conservative saying it was God's retribution for our support of gay rights, or abortion rights for women, or whatever liberal issue they deem sinful.   Since the suffering has been mainly confined to states where much of their conservative Christian base is located, the God's Punishment Pundits have been conspicuously silent.  

Thank God.

Or maybe they're all home working on how to admit they were wrong, and Monday's weather is actually proof that God is punishing THEM for using His name to justify hateful treatment toward some of His people. 

Nice dream, huh?

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