Religious leaders in
America have never lost an opportunity to cash in on natural disasters. Hurricane Irma was no exception. Televangelist Jim Bakker declared that the
hurricane was God’s judgment on America.
Interestingly, Bakker was forced to resign from his religious post following
a sex scandal. He was also involved in
many financial scams and scandals and even served a prison term.
Bakker’s friend Pastor
Rick Joyner was quick to lend support by stating that storms don’t “happen by
accident.” Another religious leader
Pastor Kevin Swanson asserted that Hurricane Irma would have been altered by
God if the American Supreme Court had made abortion and gay marriage
illegal. In other words, the hurricane
was a punishment for abortions and gay marriages.
Preacher Rick Wiles
argued that Houston was battered by the storm because of the city’s “devotion”
to LGBT. Another religious leader Ann
Coulter suggested that the storm was caused by the lesbianism of the former
mayor of the city.
These are just a few
examples. There were many, many more
religious verdicts on God. It’s funny
how these religious leaders make God dance to their tunes. It’s funnier if people really believe all
this balderdash and imagine their God as a silly old man sitting up there and
punishing entire populations with storms and other such things for the "crimes"
of a few people.
I have often wondered why
the God of Christianity is such a weird character who is interested in showering
fire and brimstone on his own people instead of making them good using his
omnipotence. God is a mystery, answers
Christianity. “Who the hell are you to
question God’s ways?” A religious leader asked me once when I raised such
questions. “Do you think you are greater
than God? More intelligent? More wise?”
Well, I confess to total ignorance in matters related to God. Especially the God of Christianity.
In India also saints and babas are doing same .
ReplyDeleteNo doubt. They are the same all over the world, I guess. Religion is a way of subjugating people by instilling fear in them this way.
DeleteVery funny logic behind natural phenomenon.
ReplyDeleteNicely penned.
Religion is so ridiculous, isn't it?
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