Every fundie I know (and that's quite a few) are hailing Katrina as

[mcctatas]

another sign of the end times. Is anyone else dealing with this kind of crap? I actually snapped on my mother in law and told her "it's not the end times, its global warming, and you better not scare my children with your views of this tragedy". Guess I'm out of the will for sure, but I can't fucking take this babble any more!

[havocmom]

Gonna be the end of bush anyway

fundies and freeps can kiss my sig line

[MnFats]

1. Good for you! Ask mom...

...why God would choose such an indiscriminate tool to smite the unbelievers.....how much 'collateral damage' does God accept....

[VolcanoJen]

11. Was the same God responsible for the 800+ dead Shiite Pilgrims...

... on their way to worship?

I haven't heard some kind of religious rationalizing of the hurricane yet, but I'm sure I will.

Probably from the same people who told me, after the election, that it was "God's will" that Bush won.

[charlie]

25. You asked for it...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4542050

[VolcanoJen]

28. I'm going to be ill.

It's been a bad enough day already, charlie!

:puke:

[Bumblebee]

2. It should be truly the end... of them and their influence

[blossomstar]

3. Bless your heart...

it is sooooo depressing! I get the same stuff day in and day out from my mother. The world has been in the "end times" since I was a child. Thank God I have learned to "zone her out". Lots of luck to you!

[countmyvote4real]

23. Be careful with the use of "Bless your heart."

Those in the know, know it means otherwise. Bless your heart.

Welcome to DU.

[blossomstar]

24. oops!

thanks for the info... I really didn't know that!

[Nikki Stone 1]

4. The end times have been predicted for 2000 years

And the loonies have never been beamed up.

[Erika]

5. Remember, the world was supposed to end in 2000

and for the last several decades people climbed on roofs waiting for the rapture? They had given all their money away, probably with Falwell and Robertson. Remind her that no one knows the time according to the Bible, unless she's got some kind of inroad.

[Pallas180]

6. Maybe not the "end times" but the long predicted "earth changes"

for sure.

They started with the tsunami and I dont think it's going to stop for the next 7 years.

[Erika]

9. There have been earth changes since the last ice age

The difference now is that we may have the science to alter such changes.

[Pallas180]

20. Questionable whether hurricanes can be altered - they had some

success with seeding, but then other areas complained of too much rain, or too litlle.

I'd rather see the hurricanes seeded than letting their power and wind and water do what they have done.

[REP]

7. ...As They Strap Their 9 Kids into their Minivans ...

they wonder, "How could this happen? It can't be because of people like me overusing resources and polluting more than our fair share! It can't be out support of Republican policies! It must be the end times!"

[LeftyMom]

29. You can't strap nine kids into a minivan (the largest of them seat eight)

You'd need a fairly large full-sized van for a brood of that size. Otherwise, I agree with you. The "end times" concept is an escape valve to blame others and defer, avoid or deny one's share of responsibility for the the world's problems.

[REP]

30. Can Strap One On Roof

Or go with the current trend - put some in the trunk!

(Nullaparous - no idea what seats how many kids, thanks be)

[LeftyMom]

35. Ah that explains it.

I used to have no idea myself, then one day I woke up and I had a station wagon :scared: with a carseat in the back that cost twice as much the car I rode around in as a child. Lately I find myself wishing for a minivan :eeek: which is why I know what holds how many people.

I wouldn't trade the kid for anything, but there are times when I miss having no transportation expenses except for the ocassional quarter in the gas station compressor to add air to my bike's tires. I spend way too much money on my car, even though it's reliable and paid off, I don't know how people with payments manage.

[Mr_Spock]

8. Just dope slap your fundie and tell them to shut the fuck up

I don't know why anybody would respect these ass holes who say crap like that any more than a homeless person is respected who is walking around with an "end times" poster on thier chest. These people are psychopaths who believe in magic and they need to be FUCKING LAUGHED AT! x(

[jobycom]

10. I avoid fundies these days, since i have no desire to spend

the next few years in jail for assault with a deadly pimp slap aside their stupid heads.

[JVS]

12. Tonight at church, they took a collection for 2 Lutheran congregations...

in NO. One of them was where our senior pastor preached for a few years.

[FreedomAngel82]

13. I guess all these fundies have forgotten one important thing

Jesus Christ himself said the end times will come like a thief in the night. In other words: we don't know!

[Lost-in-FL]

14. Tell her...

That earth will turn flat again...

[charlie]

15. Pissants

So unhappy with their parched little lives, they've gotta act brats in the back seat -- is it Armageddon yet? Is it Armageddon YET?!!

[mcctatas]

18. ROTFLMAO!!!!

Now that is a good mental picture, thanks!!!!:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Tsiyu]

16. If my roof finally caves in because I don't spend the $$ to repair it

this does not mean that there is some god out there who wants my roof to collapse.

[Hello_Kitty]

17. Good for you!

That armageddon crap is just an excuse for people to do nothing to help others or take resposibility for the planet IMHO.

[DanCa]

19. My god is a neutreal but if the fundie god believes in a eye for an eye

Than thier god gave them hell for bombing the hell out of his birth place. Yo fundies you should listen to my Gammy. The problem with an eye for an eye it leaves everyone blind.

[complain jane]

21. Randi Rhodes said today or yesterday that the neocons are just

pissed off, angry people who should be happy they won but they're not because nothing will make them happy but the Rapture. But then that won't even make them happy because if the Rapture ever happens most of them will be left behind.

Hah.

[SofaKingLiberal]

33. But then that won't even make them happy because

if the Rapture ever happens most of them will be left behind.

:rofl:
Randi kicks ass!

[Bluerthanblue]

22. i can't even face those that i know will be doing this- tell them

they are not very good 'christians' if they think they know this is the begining of the end- And use that as an excuse not to try and stop these wars, and prevent tragedies such as Katrina-
Jesus said "no man knows, not even" HIM- Throughout history people have used that same tired lame defense for pretending they don't have to 'care'- That this is 'to be expected'-
And if this is the kind of 'christian love' that their God is symbolic of, then i'll rot in their hell with the folks who DO care- and aren't willing to sit back and blythly mouth scripture and proclaim that 'the end' is near, with smug anticipation.- to live any other way would be to be eternal hell as far as i'm concerned.

DENIAL will drown THEM in a sea of their 'neighbors' tears.

[artemisia1]

26. Yes, it's standard procedure of the "Left Behind", nutjob crowd. nt

[NAO]

27. Rapture Ready.com has the "Rapture Index" at 157 today

Rapture Index
http://raptureready.com/rap2.html

Rapture Ready
http://raptureready.com

Fundies Say the Darndnest Things
http://www.fstdt.com

[stevietheman]

31. Anyone who spouts such things should just be shouted down.

There's no reasoning with them, so just yell at them. Call them stupid. That's all they're good for--putting down for our enjoyment.

Note: I'm being serious. I mean, they're so f**kin delirious, there's nothing we could ever say to convince them of anything rational. So, just figuratively smack 'em for fun.

[Cleita]

32. Fortunately where I live even the freepers are saner than that.

So I haven't put up with any of that. I wouldn't put up with it anyway.

[jokerman93]

34. They're idiots

They're idiots and shouldn't be taken seriously. Tolerance has worked against the good in this case. They bought their way into political legitimacy. Now they can pay again as they go out. I refuse to suffer their infantile distortions anymore. Enough is enough.

:crazy: