preach it Arlo, preach it. I feel your rant.
But don't worry, Jesus is coming soon and boy is he pissed (I know it because I seen it on a bumper sticker) On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:23 PM, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[email protected]> wrote: > [John] > You know what really gets me about these religious types and their > interpreting > of "God's wrath" type stuff is how inconsistent they are. > > [Arlo] > I always found it funny that the "Supreme Creator" would have the time (and > desire) to intervene in a sports game, and help Player A catch a touchdown > (apparently his team was more pious?), but in the face of epidemics, > earthquakes, floods, cancer, birth disorders, rape, child abuse, torture, > genocide, rape gangs, female circumcision, child abduction, diseases, > senility, > starvation, etc., well "He" apparently either (1) doesn't have the time to > be > bothered (too busy stacking Vegas sports bets?) or (2) doesn't care. > > And "He" is sloppy as all hell. Here we have Ted Bundy, a single isolated > sociopath raping and killing innocent women, and he leaves it up the > police. > But some generic bemoaning like "tolerating homosexuals" and He is happy to > wipe out an entire city or island, innocents and all. You would think the > "Supreme Creator" would have a bit more accuracy in his aim. I mean, he can > help Player A catch a touchdown, why can't he snipe out the Ted Bundy's > without > taking hundreds or thousands of innocent bystanders down with him? > > But where you see "inconsistency", John, I see nothing but 100% > consistency. > Their "interpretation of God's Wrath" is always and totally "something > someone > else did". Take the fine folks at Westboro. For them, God is smiting the > denizens because we are "fag lovers". The Westboro folk are quite the "fag > haters", so you see its "because of other people who aren't like them". > You'd > never convince them that God's wrath has anything to do with fringe > psychopaths > who make their life's work spreading hatred. Nooooo. Can't be THAT! > > Its always the boogeyman, John. Oh sure, the boogeyman changes from nutcase > to > loon, but under all its various vestments, its always the Big Bad Other > that is > responsible for all the worlds ill, for bring "God's Wrath" down on the > earth. > Of this there is 100% consistency. > > For once I'd love to see a tele-evangelist say, about an earthquake or > flood or > something, "Oh shit! God's pissed because we aren't feeding the hungry as > best > we could! Quick, everyone, volunteer at your soup kitchens! Donate food! > Hurry!" > > But no, no, no, that will not happen. Not when there are gays, whores, > atheists, druggies, and various "ne'er do wells", etc that MUST be the > cause... > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
