tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post6524556974679769030..comments2023-12-25T01:24:48.957-05:00Comments on Republic of Gilead: Sin, Pride Apparently to Blame for Hurricane SandyAhabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-24406788034377196542012-11-10T11:12:44.657-05:002012-11-10T11:12:44.657-05:00Snoring Dog Studio -- It must be miserable, going ...Snoring Dog Studio -- It must be miserable, going though life with a fundamentalist mindset seeped in fear and anger.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-49405405468424935342012-11-10T11:11:27.937-05:002012-11-10T11:11:27.937-05:00Okjimm -- But...there must have been craft beer dr...Okjimm -- But...there must have been craft beer drinkers among the victims! Dogfish Head Brewery is in Delaware, near where the hurricane hit! Why would God punish the beer drinkers with good taste along with the lite beer infidels? You better ask God when you play cribbage again.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-11539229236599824882012-11-10T11:07:03.404-05:002012-11-10T11:07:03.404-05:00SW Anderson -- Fundamentalists have been following...SW Anderson -- Fundamentalists have been following that credo faithfully with every disaster, unfortunately.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-45244174901126683362012-11-10T11:05:50.702-05:002012-11-10T11:05:50.702-05:00Christine -- In a way, acknowledging that some thi...Christine -- In a way, acknowledging that some things are out of our control helps us cope with tragedy. We know not to blame ourselves or twist ourselves into theological pretzels wondering why God let horrors happen.<br /><br />I think some of the victim-blaming we're seeing is the result of Christian theodicy. Fundamentalists can't bring themselves to blame God or admit that tragedy is arbitrary, so they blame "bad" people instead.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-69004753584433693672012-11-10T09:10:42.183-05:002012-11-10T09:10:42.183-05:00I really fear these people. They stand in the way ...I really fear these people. They stand in the way of real progress. Their religion hasn't earned them a single benefit it seems - rather, it makes them frightened, paranoid, and angry all the time. Is that what their God wants of them? Snoring Dog Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14513214869183119164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-66947307530756176642012-11-09T19:46:07.966-05:002012-11-09T19:46:07.966-05:00What's that dictum conservatives like to throw...What's that dictum conservatives like to throw back at liberals? Oh, yes, I remember: "Never let a good crisis go to waste."S.W. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388361660919375835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-77692155802288826922012-11-09T18:37:58.255-05:002012-11-09T18:37:58.255-05:00Hurricane Sandy and it's devestaing after birt...Hurricane Sandy and it's devestaing after birth, ah, Aftermath....were directly caused by America's turn to cheap lite beer. God told me so....why gosh we play cribbage every other thursday and he told me so! Now, why would God lie to someone like me?okjimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013002335848390765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-45678368727789031362012-11-09T16:36:09.220-05:002012-11-09T16:36:09.220-05:00Sucks to be them. Seriously. Blaming generic &qu...Sucks to be them. Seriously. Blaming generic "sin and pride" used to be kind of a fun, yet humble way to admit that shit happened outside of our control that could only be a result of someone (usually church leaders) sinning too much... or maybe it was me... and my pride. I had too much pride though I didn't know how to sin. God was trying to teach us/me a lesson, again, and again, and again... and when it became evident that nothing I was doing was sinful or even all that prideful, and if anything there was pride in playing the victim/persecuted Christian, I started realizing that disasters, personal and within the community, were not about sin and pride... it was about the fact that my humanity was all I had and I was not immortal and had no control over shit happening. Shit happens. I am finite. And though it sucks sometimes, it's okay... and I'm not so proud as to think I can control it (tornadoes, car accidents, death, suffering). Sure... They can claim sin and pride if they are willing to consider their denial of their calling to be GOOD stewards of the earth as a sin of pride. And it is. At least the left of center Christians, even those in the Center, know that their stewardship of the earth is probably more of a sin and to blame for superstorms than lesbians making out... in public.<br />ERG.Christine Vyrnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125525692093575724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-39500254347132396002012-11-09T16:21:21.242-05:002012-11-09T16:21:21.242-05:00Michelle -- A rare voice of sanity in the GOP!!!Michelle -- A rare voice of sanity in the GOP!!!Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-7305915833745888742012-11-09T16:16:33.728-05:002012-11-09T16:16:33.728-05:00This makes me think of a quotation I heard on NPR,...This makes me think of a quotation I heard on NPR, and I think it comes from the show Newsroom. A character said something like, "I'm a registered republican. It just doesn't seem like it, because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage." <br /><br />:)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09591981716535134038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-91806268626771743252012-11-09T14:20:09.550-05:002012-11-09T14:20:09.550-05:00Sherry -- It's a real shame. Their world would...Sherry -- It's a real shame. Their world would make so much more sense if they'd just think more.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-63125901962142221602012-11-09T13:37:55.841-05:002012-11-09T13:37:55.841-05:00Doncha just love it when you can avoid science and...Doncha just love it when you can avoid science and just blame things on people who they hate just because it makes them nervous to think about themselves? I rather find it amusing, I must say.Sherry Peytonhttp://afeatheradrift.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-78287597160302094062012-11-09T13:18:24.575-05:002012-11-09T13:18:24.575-05:00Wise Fool -- Zing! HAHAHAHA!Wise Fool -- Zing! HAHAHAHA!Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-44593212225496920882012-11-09T11:42:02.904-05:002012-11-09T11:42:02.904-05:00"...you still can’t win if God says he’s on o..."<i>...you still can’t win if God says he’s on our side and we are on the side that can win and must win...</i>"<br /><br />...except when it comes to elections. :-)TWFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016277303703254572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-70762603432717388652012-11-09T10:46:49.607-05:002012-11-09T10:46:49.607-05:00Donna -- Maybe they were supposed to be on watch f...Donna -- Maybe they were supposed to be on watch for any inkling of justice for LGBTQ persons, since they're supposed to keep their flocks homophobic. Ugh.<br /><br />I'm so sick of the victim-blaming. It does nothing to prevent or soothe these tragedies.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-88182683793248763172012-11-09T10:13:24.098-05:002012-11-09T10:13:24.098-05:00It's always the victims' fault. Not sure w...It's always the victims' fault. Not sure what the Christian pastors were supposed to be "on watch" for.Donna Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271377907141866718noreply@blogger.com