Recent Hurricanes: the Act of God
Yes, we're all tired of hearing about the hurricanes. Most recent thing I've seen on the AOL website is a poll that has been going around, asking people if they thought the hurricanes were an act of God, a sort of punishment. In some religious groups, up to 33% said yes. And that's fine. Everyone is entitled to their opinion on what's going on in the world, what God's up to, etc. What I'd like to ask those 33% is this: if God wanted to punish Man or Earth, or whatever, why in the world would he choose to wipe out New Orleans? Why, people? Why New Orleans?
Now, I've never been to New Orleans and I don't think I ever plan to go there. I'm sure it's a wonderful place, but I don't see or hear about people traveling the globe to visit the New Orleans area. If God really wanted to punish Americans, specifically for their hedonistic lifestyle, debauchery and decadence, I would think he would have sent a hurricane to Washington D.C. a long time ago and have it hung directly over the White House, Supreme Court and Congress.
Okay. Let's put aside political preferences for a while and re-examine the question. If God really wanted to punish Man, for some reason he chose New Orleans. Why didn't he choose New York? Or Los Angeles? Or Boston? Or Detroit? If there's any punishment to be delivered by God, those are THE prime targets. Not only would God rid himself of millions of non-believers, Satan-worshippers, and evil-doers, but he would be getting rid of some pretty lousy hockey teams, too (who isn't sick of the Red Wings?).
Don't get me wrong, though. I'm not mocking religion and I do believe God has his reasons for doing certain things and his own forms of punishment. For example, the womanizer who's shlong falls off. That's God's punishment, folks. For those who say Katrina devastating New Orleans was God's punishment, well, that makes about as much sense as saying God's punishment to the womanizer is having the guy's grandmother's shlong fall off. (Hmmm...hey, wait a sec! That doesn't make sense! Exactly.)
Now, I've never been to New Orleans and I don't think I ever plan to go there. I'm sure it's a wonderful place, but I don't see or hear about people traveling the globe to visit the New Orleans area. If God really wanted to punish Americans, specifically for their hedonistic lifestyle, debauchery and decadence, I would think he would have sent a hurricane to Washington D.C. a long time ago and have it hung directly over the White House, Supreme Court and Congress.
Okay. Let's put aside political preferences for a while and re-examine the question. If God really wanted to punish Man, for some reason he chose New Orleans. Why didn't he choose New York? Or Los Angeles? Or Boston? Or Detroit? If there's any punishment to be delivered by God, those are THE prime targets. Not only would God rid himself of millions of non-believers, Satan-worshippers, and evil-doers, but he would be getting rid of some pretty lousy hockey teams, too (who isn't sick of the Red Wings?).
Don't get me wrong, though. I'm not mocking religion and I do believe God has his reasons for doing certain things and his own forms of punishment. For example, the womanizer who's shlong falls off. That's God's punishment, folks. For those who say Katrina devastating New Orleans was God's punishment, well, that makes about as much sense as saying God's punishment to the womanizer is having the guy's grandmother's shlong fall off. (Hmmm...hey, wait a sec! That doesn't make sense! Exactly.)
posted by V-Hume at 5:02 PM
2 Comments:
can you write on your blog more often?
yeah, i agree. you should blog more often. hehehe
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