# I'm an atheist and even I'm mad at god about this

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 20, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-atheist-and-even-im-mad-at-god-about-this/525697 "2010-01-20T15:00:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-atheist-and-even-im-mad-at-god-about-this/525697/41 "2010-01-24T17:19:00Z")

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> [@Jump](#):
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> Who/What would an atheist believe has it “in” for Haiti? Honestly.

> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Pat Robertson?

Well, from where I stand, if Pat Robertson really had the power to cause (and by extension, _not_ cause) massive earthquakes, then maybe we _should_ be sending our money and prayers to him.

With a nicely worded note to the effect of “Here’s our money; please leave us alone. Oh, and I’m getting married in June, so could you arrange some nice weather for us? There’ll be an extra c-note in it for you if so.”

> [@ivn1188](#):
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> It’s sort of sad and disturbing that an earthquake/tsunami/hurricane gets such a near-universal outpouring of aid and support, yet attempts to fix the grinding poverty, ethnic violence, and disease that are a constant condition for a large portion of the world’s population are either ignored, branded as first-world imperialism/policing, or are viewed as a waste of resources since those people just can’t help themselves.

Natural disasters is just the World pissing on your head; it’s neither evil, or indifferent, it just _Is_, and just about everyone can relate to that on some level, feel sympathy, and be moved to help out/donate.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-atheist-and-even-im-mad-at-god-about-this/525697/42 "2010-01-25T14:13:46Z")

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> [@ExTank](#):
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> Well, from where I stand, if Pat Robertson really had the power to cause (and by extension, _not_ cause) massive earthquakes, then maybe we _should_ be sending our money and prayers to him.
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> With a nicely worded note to the effect of “Here’s our money; please leave us alone. Oh, and I’m getting married in June, so could you arrange some nice weather for us? There’ll be an extra c-note in it for you if so.”

I’m getting married in May. Outdoors. I think I’ll spend the c-note on a nice big umbrella though. 😉

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