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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
I wrote down a short list of pretty common sentiments that we heard after the hurricane. Only the truly nutty said "got did it to punish the sinners", but people say the other stuff all the time. "My house/life got saved by God", "my relative went to God", "God willing, we'll be okay in the end".
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Would you consider Pat Robertson to be "truly nutty"? For the record, I would - but he was one of those who claimed that Katrina was God's punishment. So did Hal Lindsey, and Charles Colson [
link]. Let's not forget Jerry Falwell, who attributed blame for 9/11 as follows:
And, I know that I'll hear from them for this. But, throwing God out successfully with the help of the federal court system, throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools. The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say, "You helped this happen."
Admittedly, none of these people are Catholic. It is good to see that the Catholic church has taken the stand that they do, but the scary thing is that (especially in the US) people are leaving the Catholic and other "moderate" churches in droves and flocking to the evangelical faiths. That is the reason that there is such a push to introduce "Intelligent Design" garbage into the science classes. People like the late Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson have more influence on American beliefs than the Pope. Especially when the President is one of them.