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"Katrina - God is a Bad Shot"
A Heathen Middle
Commentary by Staff Writer Fritz Alvarez
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So what, are we to conclude now, that God is a bad marksman?
As expected, it didn't take long before some sanctimonious,
fundamentalist Christian spokesman decided to blame
hurricane Katrina on homosexuals. The group says, “Let us
not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and
welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long.”
The last straw for Jesus, says the group, was when the city
scheduled a big Gay party called “Southern Decadence.” Of
course the same celebration has been going on annually for
years. The event brought 125,000 people to New Orleans last
year. That certainly represents a lot of money for a tourist
venue.
The Radical Fundamentalist Christian group also is horrified
by the fact that at other times of the year women actually
show their breasts in the streets in the French Quarter. All
of this, they say, is why God destroyed New Orleans. But
wait! From what we are seeing on television, the sin-riddled
French Quarter was one of the least hard-hit areas in the
city. So, God must be a bad shot!
Katrina also pounded lots of good ole boy, Evangelical, God
fearing, Bible- pounding, Republican, right wing Dubya
supporters in Mississippi and Alabama. So are we to
understand that Mississippi, known for its radical redneck
politics, was wiped out by God because gay people were going
to party in New Orleans?
The radical Fundamentalist Christians explain this by
quoting Matthew 5:45: “(God)sendeth rain on the just and the
unjust.” Excuse me pastor Grim Tidings, but this was a
little more than rain.
Apparently their God also can’t read a calendar. According
to a publication by these sweet “My God is gonna wipe up the
ground with your ass” Christians, the gay “Southern
Decadence” was scheduled from August 31st to Monday
September 5th. Any self-respecting, smart Gay person would
have known not to go to New Orleans in the middle of a
hurricane. In other words, if God had waited a few more days
and had the hurricane take a surprise turn, it could have
caught 125,000 of these decadent homosexuals in mid-boogie
during their shocking party. Hmmm, again it looks like God
was a bad shot.
This latest assault from these holier-than-thou-kooks is the
last straw, enough of this rotten misuse of religion.
Fundamentalist nay-sayers use every disaster as an
opportunity to do more of their own fundraising by
frightening people about the enormous threat homosexuals
pose, because "God hates them so." Just as guilty are the
mainstream Christian leaders who don’t express outrage at
this kind of cold-hearted abusive use of the Bible when
compassion is needed.
Radical Fundamentalists are giving God a bad name. If I am
reading my New Testament right, it wasn’t a gay party that
made Jesus angrily burst into the temple and start beating
people with a whip. It was people using religion to make
money. If God’s wrath is going to strike, I would say
scripture is pretty clear it will be against these mean-ass
Pharisees posing as do-goodie protectors of the public
morals to get donations. Why didn’t their website invite New
Orleans refugees to come live in their big ole, expensive,
empty-most-of-the-time, tax free church buildings, instead
of claiming citizens were getting what they deserved? If
there is an empty church educational building anywhere
within 500 miles of New Orleans right now, that is the
Southern Decadence.
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