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Kooka- As a Jew and supporter of Israel, I'd have to agree with you here. I shivered as I read that bloggers assertions; I just don't subscribe to that kind of G-d. And I find it highly ironic that the deadly tornados and destructive weather we're seeing in the US is hitting mainly in the Bible Belt. If you thought about it rationally, why would G-d target Christian believers to make an example of dissing Israel? That makes no sense at all!!
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posted by
gapcohen
on May 21, 2008 at 1:32 PM
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Too many believers are too eager to embrace Divine Retribution.
Their God punishes their enemies and rewards their friends.
And they seem to love the retribution more than the grace.
When they read "'vengeance is mine', saith the Lord.", they take the Lord as being their own arm of vengeance.
And they really do revel in Divine Wrath directed at their enemies (even if believers receive the same fate).
posted by
Xeno-x
on May 21, 2008 at 10:58 AM
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kooka_lives - the suggestion that God is responsible for something because
he is pissed is just about as primitive as human thinking gets.
It is a mentality held by our specie's long ago cave dwelling ancestors, thinking they were about to suffer God's wrath when they saw lightening and heard thunder. The only difference with that primitive thinking and what we see today is that members of our species are now armed with religious doctrine and other manmade religious constructs, allowing them to validate in their minds, the utterly ridiculous. About the only thing that evolved over the centuries in this primitive thinking is that which God gets pissed about. Where he used to get mightily annoyed if the wrong cow was sacrificed, he now gets to the point of whipping up a hurricane or earthquake when we don't support blowing up Israel's enemies.
My favorite quote related to this topic: "I would warn Orlando that you're right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don't think I'd be waving those flags in God's face if I were you, This is not a message of hate -- this is a message of redemption. But a condition like this will bring about the destruction of your nation. It'll bring about terrorist bombs; it'll bring earthquakes, tornadoes, and possibly a meteor." –Pat Robertson, on "gay days" at Disneyworld
posted by
gomedome
on May 21, 2008 at 8:26 AM
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