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NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 08:19 AM Jun 2017

David Barton: God Gives Us Bad Weather Because Women Are Having Abortions

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/14/david-barton-god-gives-us-bad-weather-because-women-are-having-abortions/




David Barton: God Gives Us Bad Weather Because Women Are Having Abortions

On yesterday’s episode of WallBuilders Live!, Christian pseudo-historian David Barton explained that God gives us bad weather because we’re doing things that upset Him.


Quote:
Another one I’ll throw out is weather. It’s interesting in the Bible, weather patterns are often predicated on whether the people doing the right thing or the wrong thing. And if people sin against God, then you get floods, and you get storms, you get lightning, you get all your crops get destroyed, you get all sorts of things…

… today 52 percent of Christians think that God does a really lousy job with the weather. Maybe it’s not his choice that is doing it. Maybe it’s our own sin or our own unrighteous policies. Maybe it’s because we love killing unborn kids, 60 million of them. Maybe God says, “I’m not going to bless your land when you’re doing it.”
:endquote


Believe it or not, abortion has no effect on the weather. The snow’s going to come in winter whether we’re sinning or not. That was true in biblical times and it’s true now. There’s bad weather

It also makes you wonder why, if Barton’s right, some Christian governors have prayed for rain. Maybe they should just stop sinning… or recognize that God must hate them.



The stupid, it burns...
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David Barton: God Gives Us Bad Weather Because Women Are Having Abortions (Original Post) NeoGreen Jun 2017 OP
And there it is....religion once again getting a pass Moostache Jun 2017 #1
ANYTHING in the guise of religion is ok by these idiots HAB911 Jun 2017 #5
Every day this week, I have gotten drenched on my ride home from work... ExciteBike66 Jun 2017 #2
Matthew 5:45 unc70 Jun 2017 #3
Rain rains on the just and the unjust Newcanuck Jun 2017 #10
Throw some virgins in a volcano quick ! *rolls eyes* luvMIdog Jun 2017 #4
So, like, California has no abortions? Nitram Jun 2017 #6
He could move to antarctica....it has no abortions Fresh_Start Jun 2017 #9
Shut up, Barton you asshole shenmue Jun 2017 #7
Not what God's telling me. He said it's because people listen to sinkingfeeling Jun 2017 #8
WTF?! You said it, NeoGreen... Duppers Jun 2017 #11
David Barton is a joke and is not a historian or a scholar Gothmog Jun 2017 #12
Got to quit watching the weather and watch Pat Robertson rurallib Jun 2017 #13

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
1. And there it is....religion once again getting a pass
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 08:23 AM
Jun 2017

If you said anything other than "god" and left the rest unchanged, people would lock you up as a crazy person....but interject a sky daddy and it is considered respectable...

Nope, ALL religions are equally inane.

ExciteBike66

(2,302 posts)
2. Every day this week, I have gotten drenched on my ride home from work...
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 08:25 AM
Jun 2017

Is it:

a.) the Florida wet season that started this month

or

b.) did I somehow get an abortion even though I am a guy?

Newcanuck

(47 posts)
10. Rain rains on the just and the unjust
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 12:08 PM
Jun 2017

"rain rains on the just and the unjust fella;
but more upon the just because
the unjust has the just's umbrella"

I thought it was Ogden Nash but on a quick search, it appears to be attributed to Lord Bowen

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
9. He could move to antarctica....it has no abortions
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 09:49 AM
Jun 2017

he can test whether the weather is perfect there.

rurallib

(62,401 posts)
13. Got to quit watching the weather and watch Pat Robertson
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 08:48 PM
Jun 2017

to see if tomorrow will be nice or raining fire and brimstone.

Geez, no wonder that weather guy can never get it right.

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