Fischer: God Is Cursing Us With Bear Attacks For Failing To Follow The Bible

[meegbear]

Last week, researchers at Yellowstone National Park trapped a Grizzly Bear, tranquilized it and fitted it with a radio collar. Shortly after the bear awoke, it attacked and killed a man who had apparently "ignored warning signs posted advising hikers to avoid the area because of the likelihood of a dangerous bear encounter."

So you know that means - Bryan Fischer is back with a new post about how this tragic death is proof that God is cursing us for failing to abide by his Biblical rules:

History reveals that God’s covenant with an ancient nation suggests that one of the consequences for a nation which walks in his statues is that it will have nothing to fear from wild animals. “If you walk in my statutes...I will remove harmful beasts from the land” (Lev. 26:3,6).

On the other hand, “(I)f you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments...I will let loose the wild beasts against you” (Lev. 26:14,22).

A wholly preventable tragedy occurred outside Yellowstone National Park last week as a bear that only hours before had been trapped and tranquilized by researchers woke up from his induced slumber just in time to maul a 70-year old man who was out for a stroll.

The man was, according to the AP, mauled at almost exactly the same site where the researchers had left the bear after he’d been tranquilized.

The grizzly is a predator, a fierce, savage unstoppable killing machine. Lewis and Clark did not believe the stories they’d been told by Indian peoples about grizzlies until they started running into them. It was not long before their “curiosity” was “quite satisfied” about the grizzly.

Because these researchers were intent on studying the grizzly rather than killing him to protect innocent human life, a husband, father and grandfather is dead today. This was an utterly unnecessary death which could have happened only because our culture has jettisoned a biblical view of the relative value of human life compared to animal life.

Because this animal was given a nap instead of a bullet, a human being is dead, and a savage animal is alive, on the prowl, and ready to kill again.

Earlier this year, I reminded readers that if biblical precedent had been followed, the whale that killed SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau would have been euthanized in 1991 when it killed its first human victim. Ms. Brancheau would be alive today if the principles of the Judeo-Christian tradition had been followed.

God said a curse would fall on a land which turned its back on him, and one consequence would be more tragic deaths at the hands of predatory animals. The truly sad thing here is that we are bringing this curse upon ourselves.

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http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/fischer-god-cursing-us-bear-attacks-failing-follow-bible

[Zoeisright]

1. By that logic, the Gulf oil gusher is punishment for red states

voting for Shrub.

And 'savage animal'?? What an ignorant comment. All wild animals kill. That's their nature. And, if you ask me, it's proof that intelligent design is a bunch of hooey. Who would design such pain and suffering into the world?

[mzmolly]

33. Well, Yellowstone IS in Montana.

;)

[truebrit71]

2. AARGHH!!! Teh stupid....it burns....

..eyes:

[Burma Jones]

3. Colbert would heartily agree.......

[Turbineguy]

4. Too much TeeVee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZbExd67tPU&feature=related

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Stupid people should not procreate...a shame that he had children and grandchildren

Someone that ignorant should have been a terminal node.


Obviously..THIS is the sign that should have been posted in the area..

[zazen]

6. wow--is Colbert going to have a field day with this one! n/t

[razorman]

7. All I know is that when I follow biblical principles, I am attacked by grizzlies much less often.

[jobycom]

10. No kidding. Last time I ate shrimp, I got attacked by mosquitoes unmercifully.

Has nothing to do with the fact that the shrimp boil was next to a marsh, it was all because I violated the Bible.

(Footnote--this was before I became vegetarian, for the record.)

[damntexdem]

14. True: I don't pray in public. I don't support graven images like bible monuments, in courthouses.

And I'm never attacked by bears. By contrast, some of those attacked by bears undoubtedly do disobey the bible by such activities.

;-)

[Lasher]

8. I remember reading about the locusts and frogs.

But a plague of bears? Oh my.

[TlalocW]

18. You just wait...

Until they start falling from the sky like toads did in the Old Testament. Won't even have to worry about being mauled if you're squished instead.

TlalocW

[TacoD]

22. A plague of bears?

Yes, actually. See my post #19 below.

[Lasher]

27. Well I had envisioned grizzlies hopping around like frogs in their hundreds.

But that's a very good point you made about a precedent. You must have picked up your Bible once or twice.

[jobycom]

9. Hunh. There are people more stupid than a rock. Notice how Bozo starts off saying

that God will protect us from dangerous beasties if we just follow his rules, then winds up saying that we should kill the dangerous beasties to protect ourselves. Isn't killing a Grizzly to protect yourself proof that you don't believe God will protect you?

God, I hate people like that. I really fucking do. I'm an atheist, but was raised in the Christian church, and every liberal impulse I have comes from that religion, yet assholes like this twist the clear, unambiguous message of love and responsibility into their self-serving nonsense. I'm tempted to explain what should be done to an animal as stupid and dangerous and spoiled as this Fischer thing, but that would cross the line and I'd regret it when I was less righteously outraged. Probably.

[JuniperLea]

11. Too stupid to read warning signs...

Looks like this dumbass preacher is too stupid to read those signs as well.

Better kill all those predatory animals, donchano.

[damntexdem]

12. Yikes, Steven Colbert is right!

Bears constitute a major threat to national security!

Nuke the bears! Make it illegal to advise or otherwise aid bears!

Deport all bears from our zoos!

;-)

[sufrommich]

13. Bears are known Satanists, I thought everybody knew that. nt

[closeupready]

15. I did not. I was, however, aware that most of them are socialists.

n/t

[Bitwit1234]

16. And the republicans are our curse for Democrats not having a spine.

[Johonny]

17. So God basically pretty happy with us is his message?

I mean grizzly attacks are very rare. Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, plague... you got to go way down on the wrath list to get to Bear attack. So I'm feeling pretty good about the morality of the world right now. God is at bear attack level. Load off my mind.

[TacoD]

19. There is biblical precedent for God sending bears to kill those who displease him

2 Kings 2:23-24 (NIV):

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!"

He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.

[sufrommich]

21. 42 dead for yelling "baldhead"? Tough audience. nt

[meegbear]

30. BWAH-HAHAHAHAHA!

[Jim Lane]

35. The mauling by the bears was in keeping with DU rules against personal attacks.

Mods, please take note, no one should call James Carville "baldhead" or we'll have to answer to the bears.

[uberllama42]

37. A friend of mine keeps talking about how we need to start a band

called "Elisha and the She-Bears." We never sit down and write any songs, but I'm trying to change that.

Also, we need a bass player.

[joeybee12]

20. I have no patience with the likes of this brain-dead asshole...n/t

[chat_noir]

23. Bryan Fischer wants all mama grizzlies killed?

What is Sarah Palin's response?

[Dappleganger]

24. Lord, save us from these dumbasses...

In Jesus Name I pray,

AMEN


:sarcasm:

[hlthe2b]

25. I'm not convinced... Can we throw Saint Sarah at one and verify?

:evilgrin:

(not to take away from the tragedy of this man's death, nor the loss of the animal)

[Bluebear]

26. Grrrrrr

[old mark]

28. See? This is why Palin shoots wolves from helicoptors-to save innocent christian babies

from the evil wolf at the door...or was that the 3 little pigs?

mark

[Rex]

29. I find people who use Bible verses as proof of God don't know anything about

reality or current events, if you ask them a few questions they get flustered easily.

[struggle4progress]

31. Looks like the usual rightwing attempt to organize fundamentalists to serve corporate ends:

Fischer has another recent post at the site ... Joe Barton described what President Obama did to BP this week ... as a “shakedown” ... Cough it up or else. This is what street thugs do. This is what muggers do. This sounds more like the old Soviet Union ...

The Republican coalition has been a strange beast in recent years; and by prowling around Fischer's posts and links, one can see the beans being counted for the next election: meat thrown to the religious wackos and meat thrown to the xenophobic nativists; anxieties encouraged about whether Obama intends to abandon Israel and anxieties encouraged about Medicare. We've seen this game for decades, and perhaps it's time to stop pretending it's sincere in any way at all: Fischer and his ilk serve specific economic interests

[Sal316]

32. This guy is my favorite bag-o-crazy.

Seriously, his stuff could be satire, its so bad.

Unfortunately, tho, he's serious.

[darkstar3]

34. I would just like to point this out:

This man, this bag-o-crazy as some have put it, is no more or less Christian than any of the self-labelled Christians who post on this board and are currently mocking him.

Mock away, dear hypocrites, but don't expect me or anyone else to afford your position some extra level of respect when you are so willing to eat your own.

[laconicsax]

36. +1