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. irisblue Dec 2015 #1
No more bizarre or crazy as other religious beliefs. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #2
No kidding! gratuitous Dec 2015 #17
+1 Hekate Dec 2015 #25
How do you feel about that woman steering the tornado away from her home and... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #32
How do I feel? catnhatnh Dec 2015 #35
I would expect no less from simpletons Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #45
Hey this is the DFW area Blus4u Dec 2015 #78
"Genuine Christians"? Really? cleanhippie Dec 2015 #82
Out of countless people I've met in my 52 years Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #89
Pardon me for the 2nd reply, but Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #95
TL;DR cleanhippie Dec 2015 #100
Not so much! atreides1 Dec 2015 #101
Religion has no standard other than belief. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #104
Right Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #102
Astronauts, like most professions, require education, training and experience. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #103
Yeah, but not actually Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #105
Your irony meter is broken. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #108
further discussion is futile Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #110
Thanks for that. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #112
That makes one of us Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #113
When you compare unicorns to God, but only believe one exists... cleanhippie Dec 2015 #114
Uh Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #120
Wait. We're discussing belief in a god, you make the reference to unicorns cleanhippie Dec 2015 #121
And I thought we were debating who is or isn't a genuine Christian Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #124
If you are accusing someone of not being a "genuine Christian" then you most certainly are cleanhippie Dec 2015 #125
Remember the saying about rational thought and religion Blecht Dec 2015 #130
I couldn't agree more. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #133
OK, then. I' m Batman. lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #137
Yeah, being batman is the same as believing in a god. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #142
Ya know how I feel? meow2u3 Dec 2015 #52
Who cares? She is nuts. nt Logical Dec 2015 #140
Yeah, on the pain of eternal punishment and torture if you don't. NYC Liberal Dec 2015 #61
Sure, because those things are exclusive to religion, amirite? cleanhippie Dec 2015 #63
You were the one who said ALL gratuitous Dec 2015 #70
Sure, but belief in the absurd is the one shared characteristic of religious belief. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #74
So you have this power? gratuitous Dec 2015 #85
We all have it. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #99
Well I know one person who has that power... yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #115
The power of bad breath? cleanhippie Dec 2015 #118
super breath yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #119
That's humanity not religion Politicalboi Dec 2015 #81
Where you're standing must be enshrouded in fog. rug Dec 2015 #27
Same imaginary friend as far as I can tell. AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #94
crazy? SoLeftIAmRight Dec 2015 #55
Those are ideas exclusive to religion? cleanhippie Dec 2015 #64
Throughout history religion has led to more deaths than anything else. panader0 Dec 2015 #67
I'll take WW2 (80MM) and Genghis Khan (120 MM). rug Dec 2015 #75
This message was self-deleted by its author truebrit71 Dec 2015 #109
So she helped kill 11 people RockaFowler Dec 2015 #3
Right! She steered the storm away from her place right into other people's homes and she got... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #34
She hasn't thought this through. Fawke Em Dec 2015 #68
My thoughts exactly. Chemisse Dec 2015 #79
I guess she figures she out-prayed those 11 souls... Whiskeytide Dec 2015 #88
Wow. Just wow. matt819 Dec 2015 #4
Charming... uriel1972 Dec 2015 #5
Why aren't these people classified as mentally ill? LonePirate Dec 2015 #6
Yes. Yes it is. It's exactly because of that. whatthehey Dec 2015 #15
Let me follow this: rug Dec 2015 #33
No reason to know one way or the other whatthehey Dec 2015 #40
You consider it even feasible that this woman is the vanguard of theocracy? rug Dec 2015 #42
I have no idea of her influence or involvement in any movements. Do you? whatthehey Dec 2015 #43
I have an idea what actual theocracy is. rug Dec 2015 #44
Agreed there. But then I never made that claim did I? whatthehey Dec 2015 #49
What you did say (which I consider opinion not a claim) was: rug Dec 2015 #71
Pretty much, yes skepticscott Dec 2015 #92
Well I hope the victims sue her jberryhill Dec 2015 #7
She willfully, out of self-protection asked God to save her even if it causes other deaths. ladjf Dec 2015 #66
Religion had nothing to do with this whatthehey Dec 2015 #8
Heh, had me going for a sec... uriel1972 Dec 2015 #13
In that case, I will not attribute your post to religion. rug Dec 2015 #31
And you would be right not to. whatthehey Dec 2015 #41
I have authority over the winds too jberryhill Dec 2015 #9
That's no act of God, I can tell you that much. Orrex Dec 2015 #10
Hmmm... Would a sulfur smell be involved? Thor_MN Dec 2015 #21
OK.......... PatrickforO Dec 2015 #11
^^^That^^^. Yes, and yes! onecaliberal Dec 2015 #20
"Chosen people" and "elite of God" goes back a long way KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #91
This woman doesn't even have power over her own mind CoffeeCat Dec 2015 #12
For her next trick she will turn herself into a firetruck underpants Dec 2015 #18
I've ryan_cats Dec 2015 #14
hate it when someone not only beats me to a joke but has a better punchline dembotoz Dec 2015 #38
Pat Robertson would be so proud. lpbk2713 Dec 2015 #16
Ewwwwww... nt uriel1972 Dec 2015 #19
lock her up for murder then. these types of stories truly disgust me. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2015 #22
Narcissism combined with religion equals a toxic compost heap of a society. kairos12 Dec 2015 #24
Geeze. Starry Messenger Dec 2015 #23
Clearly, she's been skipping her lithium dosages. nt MrScorpio Dec 2015 #26
Hey! uriel1972 Dec 2015 #30
More like overdosing on religion. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #98
Government-approved insanity frightens me. nt valerief Dec 2015 #28
Sounds like she can't control her own wind. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #29
Twister Sister. GeorgeGist Dec 2015 #36
sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you are one....latter in this case spanone Dec 2015 #37
Well isn't that special. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2015 #39
Cuckoo for cocoa puffs.. n/t PasadenaTrudy Dec 2015 #46
and the "experts" tell you to take shelter Enrique Dec 2015 #47
So they are going to be brought up on attempted murder charges? Rex Dec 2015 #48
Heard this on NPR. WTF ? Why would NPR air this nonsense???? bowens43 Dec 2015 #50
I thought only witches could do that stuff. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2015 #51
Too bad nobody in that other neighborhood thought of doing that tularetom Dec 2015 #53
Oh just had to say also, why didn't she cause the winds to die out and fade away? Rex Dec 2015 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author Io1989 Dec 2015 #56
She obviously doesn't bother reading her book very well hobbit709 Dec 2015 #57
This tornado loves you cali Dec 2015 #58
I LOVE Neko Case! JunkyardAngel83 Dec 2015 #96
Does she do lottery numbers? Vinca Dec 2015 #59
Yes I would like the numbers for tonight's Powerball please! Initech Dec 2015 #141
So the people "downwind" can sue, right? . . . n/t annabanana Dec 2015 #60
One of Satan's titles is/was "Prince of the Power of the Air"... uriel1972 Dec 2015 #62
That's a new version of an old joke. I think that she is going to discover ladjf Dec 2015 #65
And we are supposed to respect religious beliefs why exactly? DetlefK Dec 2015 #69
Too bad she didn't direct the winds to dissipate WhiteTara Dec 2015 #72
Her god gave her permission to kill her neighbors in order to save herself? Iggo Dec 2015 #73
So basically she asked God to flatten somebody else's house with a tornado? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #76
Well, isn't she a "darksided" so-and-so! Go kill THOSE people, now, you mean old wind, you~!!! MADem Dec 2015 #77
remember this one ... napkinz Dec 2015 #132
Ewwwww, it's a Very Sad DAY!! KKKKRISTIANS!!!!!!! SINNERS!!!!! LOL! MADem Dec 2015 #134
... napkinz Dec 2015 #143
Both of those women are... 3catwoman3 Dec 2015 #139
hmmm ... I wonder which Republican candidate they support napkinz Dec 2015 #144
I would hope the surviving familys who were not so lucky could have a case to sue her. randr Dec 2015 #80
...and your little dog too! Liberal In Texas Dec 2015 #83
really wondered why NPR chose to run that story of the storm rurallib Dec 2015 #84
when will she be indicted for murder? Takket Dec 2015 #86
A mighty wind Blue Owl Dec 2015 #87
She must be the last airbender. N/t actslikeacarrot Dec 2015 #90
I'm told we're not allowed to call this a delusion. AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #93
if you believe somone rose from the dead Skittles Dec 2015 #97
What did the people in the other neighborhood ever do to her? Orsino Dec 2015 #106
What a religious nutjob.... truebrit71 Dec 2015 #107
This is the kind of story that makes most of us yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #111
How very Ben Carson of her suffragette Dec 2015 #116
poor woman, she is probably in the middle of a manic episode. nt La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2015 #117
Sounds like the curses, spells and other magical junk of many other religions/cults, doesn't it? n/t bobthedrummer Dec 2015 #122
Burn the witch! NCLefty Dec 2015 #123
+1000 lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #146
dear lord,allow us to have univ. healthcare. wendylaroux Dec 2015 #126
Does this mean? abakan Dec 2015 #127
Can they be charged with murder of those who did die? CanonRay Dec 2015 #128
*** Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #129
Damn, I thought this floriduck Dec 2015 #131
this is just like the shooters excuse. mentally ill, crazy, off meds... JanMichael Dec 2015 #135
NOT fair. She said "unpopulated areas" NOT another neighborhood WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2015 #136
This clearly classifies her as a religious terrorist. lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #138
Religion is a scam rockfordfile Dec 2015 #145
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