It’s just seems so easy----
A major earth-shaking event, and such a photogenic one, too,…just has to be God punishing people for their sins, doesn’t it?.
Because, ya know, it just seems the kind of thing that an angry god would do to those evil …(fill in the blank with your favorite hatred here)
I seem to recall that Hurricaine Katrina was “caused” by gays, etc…
So what are the religious nutjobs telling us about this one?
Or is it to be left forever unexplained, because nobody can pronouce Eyjafjallajokull ?
(mods–if you move this to MPSIMS, I’ll assume that it’s because God warned you to do so.)
Actually, this seems more like a rant than a genuine GQ, so I’m going to move it to the Pit. All the commentary about “religious nutjobs” and so forth make the OP unsuitable for GQ.
my apologies…I shouldn’t have said nutjobs—I should have said “extremists” or something.
I didn’t really intend to be mean and pit-worthy. I was hoping for a more light-hearted thread.
(besides… nobody can actually pronounce Eyjafjallajokull )
While I’d not put anything past Pat Robertson’s attempts to imply divine retribution, the affected here just seem so disparate and innocuous. Who are they going to point the finger at?
Huh, this is actually a bit interesting. I haven’t really seen anything from any religious leaders. Can it be possible that all the nutty religious leaders around the world that always pop up and blame stuff like this on the gays, jews and abortions all thought to themselves “nah, that would be too stupid, we’ll just end up looking like idiots”, leaving Rush Limbaugh as the only one that actually decided “hey this is a really clever point I just thought of”?
Let me see if I can follow the entire path of the OP thorough the boards:
Have any religious leaders explained the Iceland volcano as God’s punishment?
[ol]
[li]No. Research of recent news reports has yet to reveal a recognized leader of a significant religious sect (greater than 500,000 admitted adherents) connecting the volcanic eruption to a prophetic intent. However, cites to the contrary may be soon be found. [/li][li]Fuck no, and you’re a stoopid doo-doo head for suggesting such a thing. Besides, the OP was erupting with weak sauce. [/li][li]I don’t know, but my kitty’s name is Ash![/li][li]I think European Web sites are the best source of news and information about this. [/li][li]What do you mean, ‘religious leader’? Someone can be religious and a leader without conflating the two. [/li][li]Oh, figured you’d end up back here again. Lame.[/li][/ol]
