Not quite a smiting, but close enough:
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captainsblogOur senior pastor punkd both Pat "Cursed for the Deal with the Devil" Robertson AND Rush "Don't Donate To Haitian Relief That's What Income Taxes Are For" Limbaugh in his sermon today. He only grazed the doctorshopper a little, but aimed straight for the head of his fellow (alleged) clergyman, saying, essentially, this: I don't know what seminary Pat Robertson got that theology from, but he certainly didn't learn it at the feet of Jesus.
Good thing. They'd probably need a continent's worth of Desenex by now.
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As comforting as that was to hear, there's still a long way to go, even in this town. I went out last night to bring Emily's boyfriend home, and on the way north on NF Boulevard was a Fundie church with this on their outdoor sign:
IF EVOLUTION IS TRUE,
THEN WHY HELP THE POOR?
What a small-minded, closed-minded politicization of tragedy. Just because Darwin used the concept of "survival of the fittest" doesn't mean we have to believe in Jesus riding on a dinosaur in order to offer help.
Our denomination is always one of the first in to these disasters. Every penny of offerings to UMCOR (the United Methodist Committee on Relief) goes to the affected and the afflicted. Sadly, in this case, the national head of UMCOR was already in Haiti, attending to their pre-existing poverty, when he lost his own life in the earthquake.
May you find your blessings in heaven, Reverend Dixon. As for you knuckle-dragging Fundies, I suggest you read Matthew 23:23.
Good thing. They'd probably need a continent's worth of Desenex by now.
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As comforting as that was to hear, there's still a long way to go, even in this town. I went out last night to bring Emily's boyfriend home, and on the way north on NF Boulevard was a Fundie church with this on their outdoor sign:
IF EVOLUTION IS TRUE,
THEN WHY HELP THE POOR?
What a small-minded, closed-minded politicization of tragedy. Just because Darwin used the concept of "survival of the fittest" doesn't mean we have to believe in Jesus riding on a dinosaur in order to offer help.
Our denomination is always one of the first in to these disasters. Every penny of offerings to UMCOR (the United Methodist Committee on Relief) goes to the affected and the afflicted. Sadly, in this case, the national head of UMCOR was already in Haiti, attending to their pre-existing poverty, when he lost his own life in the earthquake.
May you find your blessings in heaven, Reverend Dixon. As for you knuckle-dragging Fundies, I suggest you read Matthew 23:23.
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Date: 2010-01-17 11:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-17 11:42 pm (UTC)Even Richard Dawkins feels a duty to help out.
http://givingaid.richarddawkins.net/
Though this charity campaign includes the additional motive to help dispel the myth that secularists don't give a crap about the rest of you (a cause I can get behind), it goes to show that we all like to help out, regardless of what version of god, if any at all, we pray to.
Fundies suck.
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Date: 2010-01-18 03:28 pm (UTC)"Frankly, I don't think any of you understand the God you say you serve. The shortest verse in the Bible is 'Jesus wept'. The only thing wrong with it is the past tense."
...and to think that people in the army asked me why I wasn't part of any religion...