Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:08 AM
raccoon (21,281 posts)
Has any televangelist or other loudmouth explained why God is apparently PO with the states that areexperiencing a serious drought that has ruined the corn crop (and other crops)? Iowans, and others, what did you do?
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| Author | Time | Post | |
| raccoon | Aug 2012 | OP | |
| exboyfil | Aug 2012 | #1 | |
| Jeff In Milwaukee | Aug 2012 | #4 | |
| Robb | Aug 2012 | #2 | |
| raccoon | Aug 2012 | #3 | |
| Iggo | Aug 2012 | #5 | |
| hatrack | Aug 2012 | #6 | |
| HopeHoops | Aug 2012 | #7 | |
| Doc_Technical | Aug 2012 | #8 |
Response to raccoon (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:11 AM
exboyfil (3,396 posts)
1. Actually Iowa is being punished for same sex marriage
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Sarcasm.
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Response to exboyfil (Reply #1)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:30 AM
Jeff In Milwaukee (12,509 posts)
4. It might be Michelle Bachman -- she's from Iowa (nt)
Response to raccoon (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:12 AM
Robb (38,336 posts)
2. You're looking at it backwards.
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Historically, zealotry spreads during times of strife. Poverty breeds it.
Quiet introspection can generate good people of faith; desperation usually produces zealotry. |
Response to Robb (Reply #2)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:27 AM
raccoon (21,281 posts)
3. Every time there's a natural disaster, some religious, or pretending to be, leader says it's the
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fault of the people it happened to. Such as Nola and Katrina. New Orleans citizens were too sexual and sinful, or something like that. |
Response to raccoon (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:38 AM
Iggo (22,310 posts)
5. Fred Phelps is all over it.
Response to raccoon (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:47 AM
hatrack (33,157 posts)
6. No, moments like these are for the "moves in mysterious ways" clause . . .
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Gets invoked a lot during tornado season, too.
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Response to raccoon (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 09:29 AM
HopeHoops (47,675 posts)
7. Oh, probably the usuals - gays, libruls, abortion providers, immigrants, vegetarians, you know.
Response to raccoon (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 10:23 AM
Doc_Technical (1,855 posts)
8. Bad things happen when not enough people
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send in their $1000 "faith seed".
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