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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am just going to come out and say it
After two decades of listening to the Religiously Insane blame us for everything that has gone wrong:
This is God punishing Conservatives for voting in Trump.
This is God punishing Conservatives for their racism and bigotry.
This is God punishing Conservatives for turning their backs on the poor and the sick.
This is God punishing Conservatives for gunning down our children.
This is God punishing Conservatives for ignoring the homeless.
This is God punishing Conservatives for worshiping celebrities and sports figures.
This is God punishing Conservatives for loving money more than their neighbors.
This is God punishing Conservatives for following false prophets (Jim Baker, Pat Robertson, Paula White, Jerry Falwell, et al)
This is God punishing Conservatives for poisoning the planet.
This is God punishing Conservatives for our unjust judicial system.
This is God punishing Conservatives for our inhumane prisons.
This is God punishing Conservatives for lying to ourselves about reality.
This is God punishing Conservatives for twisting Her word to justify their own hatred.
A Hell hotter than the core of a supernova awaits those who have sinned in this manner against God, and their souls shall burn in everlasting torment.
Feel free to express this view to any Conservative you know, especially fundagelicals, extremist Catholics, or Mormons.
(By the way, I am an atheist and don't believe any of this supernatural nonsense. But you know, I am sick of hearing people who are hypocrites to their own superstitious dogma).
gopiscrap
(23,766 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,318 posts)Jeebo
(2,028 posts)I see it all the time on these boards and still have no idea what it means.
-- Ron
ProfessorGAC
(65,318 posts)There's a little click spot in lower left of the original post. If you click it, you're recommending the thread.
Kicking is just posting a reply to get the thread up the list by having a more recent post.
Hope that helps.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)ancianita
(36,184 posts)and out the 404 Not Found door.
Guess we don't have it anymore.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)Trump-Republicons own this crisis
Republicons plowed the ground for tRump
Republicons seeded the ground with trumpanzees
Republicons created tRump as a Republ Icon in 2015-16
Republicons elected tRump candidate
Republicons endorsed tRump
Republicons voted for tRump
Republicons enable tRump
Republicons defend tRump
Republicons lie for tRump
Republicons protect tRump
Trump-Republicons own this.
pandr32
(11,636 posts)Beartracks
(12,821 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)A bad rain falls on the just and the unjust at the same time
BigOleDummy
(2,272 posts).. the intro monologue from Taxi Driver..... "someday a real rain is going to fall, wash all the scum from the streets"
happybird
(4,647 posts)Thought it was The Clash.
BigOleDummy
(2,272 posts)But the "real rain....." was the voiceover opening of Taxi Driver. And THAT'S still one of my favorite movies *blush*
srose58089
(214 posts)I agree with this thread but I believe Covid 19 will "punish" all regardless of political affiliation or beliefs.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,475 posts)Quite the opposite. However having endured these diatribes from Conservatives about Gods punishment of Liberals, sauce for the gander.
soldierant
(6,940 posts)But the point is, the people OP is speaking about - and to - think in these terms. This language may not get the message through to them. But, if it doesn't, then what will?
And on a more practical level, COVID-19 may well hit them harder than it does us. Because we have scientific knowledge to help us get through, knowledge which they respect. That's like us having an umbrella that they can't, and won't, steal.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,475 posts)Religion is illogical.
efhmc
(14,735 posts)He ........ sends rain on the just and the unjust.
wnylib
(21,705 posts)That "old saying" is Biblical, from the book of Ecclesiastes.
erlewyne
(1,115 posts)They do not care for anybody else. To them, their shit don't stink
and they spend their lives smelling it.
IronLionZion
(45,600 posts)but it can be used to troll conservatives
There are young people who think this is sent to punish old people for destroying the planet
Miguelito Loveless
(4,475 posts)Bit of a bummer for those of us who have been trying to clean things up and vote out the scoundrels.
totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)not only old people are suffering from this. Younger people will suffer when they lose their jobs because of a recession caused by the pandemic. And younger children will suffer when their parents lose their jobs and don't have money to pay the rent or buy groceries.
wnylib
(21,705 posts)who consider the vulnerability of seniors to be a blessing. Less seniors, less Social Security and Medicare payouts. Cut the budget.
Say what you will about religion and your own beliefs or non belief. But, since this thread is about religion, I am a member of a church (not evangelical fundies). I agree with the point the OP makes. Here is my recent experience.
Yesterday, I received an email from the pastor sent to all members, outlining all cancellations and changes due to covid. There are many seniors in the congregation. He went on to reassure people who decide, for their safety, not to attend the weekly service, even with changes, that they are still part of the group. They should call the church if they need anything to help get through the health crisis. That was followed by a request to "members with resources" to contact the church about their availability to respond to calls for help. The email ended with, "You are not alone."
Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)This country has become the haves and the have nots. Italy may have decided to tend to the young who have the highest chance of recovery and not treat the elderly. But it will be different here. The uninsured will be the ones left to perish, I am afraid.
bucolic_frolic
(43,420 posts)and while it may seem just that the high and mighty will also participate, this line of thought sounds an awful lot like Fundamentalists who believe AIDS is God punishing gays. Accepting hate is to become just like them.
gembaby1
(253 posts)Then turn around is fair play.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,475 posts)totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)So I don't understand how this could be God punishing conservatives when liberals are as susceptible to the virus as conservatives are.
Disclaimer - I don't believe in God either. If there were a God why would God allow such suffering on the part of innocent people?
Miguelito Loveless
(4,475 posts)To Conservatives this is unthinkable and will raise their blood pressure, to Liberals it is an amusing way of trolling these idiots.
Botany
(70,627 posts).... because they got C-19 wouldn't Nancy Pelosi become President?
And would that not also prove the existence of a just God too?
Miguelito Loveless
(4,475 posts)Would prop up the corpses Weekend at Bernies style to avoid that.
Different Drummer
(7,661 posts)Love the user name, btw. "The Wild Wild West" was a favorite show of mine.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,475 posts)And I am tempted to claim all of this is punishment for the 1999 version of WWW.
gibraltar72
(7,515 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,475 posts)Help yourself.
no_hypocrisy
(46,250 posts)Initech
(100,118 posts)ck4829
(35,094 posts)gordianot
(15,249 posts)I expect the fundies to take up public stoning. They have consistently rejected the message they claim to worship.
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)Traildogbob
(8,858 posts)"And you will know that I am the lord"......all you lying greedy assholes.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)"Hallelujah!!"
demigoddess
(6,645 posts)bigly!!!
happybird
(4,647 posts)H2O Man
(73,655 posts)jpak
(41,760 posts)mountain grammy
(26,663 posts)But I agree
VladmireTrumpkins
(370 posts)Because he ran out of locusts!
alfredo
(60,078 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)blue-wave
(4,372 posts)Missn-Hitch
(1,383 posts)Cetacea
(7,367 posts)Thanks!
live love laugh
(13,181 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,475 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)meadowlander
(4,411 posts)defunding and dismantling its capabilities to deal with a crisis like this.
Enjoy your Covid-19, Grover!
If there actually was a God, Paul Ryan would be Patient 0.
VOX
(22,976 posts)So, as the early, funny Woody Allen famously said: If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.
But I hear you.
Joinfortmill
(14,487 posts)Permanut
(5,667 posts)about Romans 13:1 "The authorities that exist have been established by God." Although they kinda forgot about that part when President Obama was in office, and during the tenure of Presidents Carter and Clinton.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,475 posts)robbedvoter
(28,290 posts)and most sick are in cities? Your God as terrible aim.
Link to tweet
I had heard this in versions "old people were mean to the planet and now they get theirs" It's stupid. And sociopathic.
PS. I don't disagree with anything you said about the conservatives. Just the "punishment" thinghie. You sound like them.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,475 posts)Did you miss the part at the end where I explain I am an atheist mocking Christian Conservatives?
How can you be punished by someone who does not exist?