# Has any major church/denomination blamed COVID on God's judgement? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [November 2, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-major-church-denomination-blamed-covid-on-gods-judgement/924597 "2020-11-02T22:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-major-church-denomination-blamed-covid-on-gods-judgement/924597/1 "2020-11-02T22:52:49Z")
I often see fundamental churches blaming a catastrophe on God’s wrath over something, usually abortion or the gay. I haven’t noticed it for COVID; have I just missed it? Because to me the most obvious source of God’s wrath is a certain orangish president. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-major-church-denomination-blamed-covid-on-gods-judgement/924597/2 "2020-11-03T12:20:16Z")
Here’s an [article](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/christian-cruelty-face-covid-19/610477/) from the _Atlantic_ on the topic. Its from way back in April, when you only had 50,000 dead. I don’t know much about American evangelical Christians so don’t know if any of the loons mentioned in the article count as ‘major’. ---
**Author:** ![paulmarkj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@paulmarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulmarkj)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-major-church-denomination-blamed-covid-on-gods-judgement/924597/3 "2020-11-07T12:47:04Z")
[\> **A PASTOR who blamed pre-marital sex for Covid-19 branding it a “warning from God” has died from the virus.**](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13124890/pastor-blamed-pre-marital-sex-for-covid-dies-virus/) It is The Sun, so it ight not be true! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-major-church-denomination-blamed-covid-on-gods-judgement/924597/4 "2020-12-05T00:03:39Z")
In this area, the highly religious types appear to be convinced that The Lord will protect them from COVID-19, just like he He does from the flu. No vaccine necessary! ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-major-church-denomination-blamed-covid-on-gods-judgement/924597/5 "2020-12-05T02:51:25Z")
My opinion is that if they are so sure God will protect them why do they need all those guns? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-major-church-denomination-blamed-covid-on-gods-judgement/924597/6 "2020-12-05T03:17:09Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > I often see fundamental churches blaming a catastrophe on God’s wrath over something, usually abortion or the gay. I haven’t noticed it for COVID; have I just missed it? To the contrary, Kenneth Copeland – supposedly the wealthiest preacher in the country – [says COVID is the devil’s work](https://www.newsweek.com/kenneth-copeland-trump-christians-immune-covid-trump-1542913). ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-major-church-denomination-blamed-covid-on-gods-judgement/924597/7 "2020-12-05T15:06:38Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > My opinion is that if they are so sure God will protect them why do they need all those guns? To carry when protesting against the communist governor’s anti-religious mask mandate, of course! ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-major-church-denomination-blamed-covid-on-gods-judgement/924597/8 "2020-12-05T17:43:34Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > My opinion is that if they are so sure God will protect them why do they need all those guns? [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ZyEXu.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ZyEXu) ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-major-church-denomination-blamed-covid-on-gods-judgement/924597/10 "2020-12-09T00:27:24Z")
Why would god be angry about, say, homosexuality when his omnipotence could simply prevent it? This is what I could never understand about these claims about god’s wrath.