Whenever natural disasters strike, we can't help but ask the big questions once again. Is there a God? Is there a divine creator watching over us and triggering the events of our lives? Those who argue for God's existence and authoritarian rule have a lot of explaining to do. Christians really have their feet to the fire in explaining exactly how their God is loving, caring, and all forgiving. If there is a God that has a plan for everyone, he's got some pretty fucked up plans. Planning that people will die prematurely in an earthquake doesn't sound like the work of an all loving and caring God. It sounds like a sadistic asshole obsessed with pain, suffering, and gore. What makes this God decide to go on the occassional killing spree? Why did God mass murder all of those Haitians? Is Pat Robertson right in using his Christian logic? If there is a God, he has to be held responsible no matter which way you cut it. What a horrible thought that is indeed: God willfully chose to wipe out undeserving Haitians because he can't control his temper. There is nothing "mysterious" about God's recent actions; he's just a raging, jealous, piece of shit. But if God isn't bad enough, his followers are there to add insult to injury.
I want to fucking puke every time they show a Haitian child on TV with a fresh copy of the Bible in one hand and food in the other. The sad truth about the "rescue effort" is that Christian charity groups are always on standby to capitalize on tragic opportunities like this. They parade down to third world countries with food, water, and Bibles whenever a major catastrophe strikes. They aren't down there because they care about the well being of others, they are down there because of the business opportunity. It's a chance for them to hard-sell their religion to people who are currently under abnormal amounts of stress and anguish. During those times, Christians know that their potential followers are extremely susceptible to the false promises, lies, myths, and fairy tales the Bible contains. If the people in the Christian groups truly cared about the well being of the people in need, they would leave their Bibles at home. The atheist and agnostic individuals that comprise the secular organizations are the true heros and philanthropists in this crisis. They have no commercial gain, no ulterior motive, no sneaky business venture, and no space God to impress. They aren't trying to score points to gain admission to Heaven and they aren't trying to package religion with food and water.
Am I an asshole for asking these questions and making these statements? Perhaps. I can't deny the fact that I am extremely intolerant of religion, but people like Pat Robertson make it easy for me. It takes a Christian to make statements like those from Pat Robertson, it takes a Christian to go on a missionary voyage in order to tell the people of Haiti how spiritually misguided they are, and it takes a Christian to say that the people of Haiti need to be "saved" because they are "lost." What happened in Haiti is tragic, and religions dipshits like Pat Robertson running their mouths on television doesn't help the cause. Many people think that Pat Robertson is an exception to the norm, but sadly he is not. There is no shortage of Christians that are just like Pat Robertson; who believe that the Haitians brought this natural disaster upon themselves by forming a pact with Satan and pissing off God. Pat and his minions must have fallen asleep in geology class because they fail to realize the actual cause of this earthquake. The people of Haiti didn't deserve this tragic event, nobody does. They also don't deserve to be told that they are sinners, they don't deserve to have religion forced upon them, and they don't need to hear Pat Robertson opening the hole in his face on national television. It's truly a shame that Christians can't do anything good without the threat of punishment looming over their heads.
Does God Get Diarrhea?
Nothing wrong with your asking these questions/making these statements. What's wrong is asswipes like Robertson want to devolve society into blaming people when bad things happen, like when witches were the cause of the Plague (or whatever). Never mind loving one's neighbor - blaming the neighbor is so much easier. Robertson is doing very well materially, and if he behaved as Christ is said to have behaved, then Robertson would give it all up to help the Haitians and others in need. Yeah, like THAT's gonna happen (lol).
ReplyDeleteAbout 35 years ago, my mum made me read a book he wrote. I was 12 or 13 and found the book poorly written and boring. Also, I realized my mum's sanity was highly questionable.