Katrina - The fist of God?

[newyorican]

Two weeks ago, the monster Katrina was not on any radar screen, although the 2005 hurricane season, which began in July and will not peak until September, had already seen a record number of hurricanes.

On August 14, citizens in the United States, like people around the world, heard about the issuing of an order for the forced evacuation of Jews from parts of Israel’s biblical land.

For six days they watched as thousands of weeping people were pulled and carried from their homes, forced to leave their gardens, parks, communities, schools, towns and synagogues, everything they had spent decades building; banned from ever returning again. Those scenes were soon followed by pictures of bulldozers and other earth-moving machinery pulverizing the just-vacated homes into heaps of dust.

While this was taking place, a small tropical depression was forming near the Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean. Slowly, as the air began to revolve, the nonthreatening weather system began moving in the direction of Florida.

-snip-

Is this some sort of bizarre coincidence? Not for those who believe in the God of the Bible and the immutability of His Word.

What America is about to experience is the lifting of God’s hand of protection; the implementation of His judgment on the nation most responsible for endangering the land and people of Israel.

read more...

So Katrina is "Gods punishment" for forcing Israel to return stolen land?!? What a pal, what a friend...what a pile.

[Submariner]

1. That's an Intelligent Design for another fairy tale

Society has seemed to get stupider under the Bush regime.

[Totally Committed]

2. They've got to be FUCKING KIDDING!

"the nation most responsible for endangering the land and people of Israel." ???????????????????

They can't be serious.

TC

[newyorican]

3. more raving nuttiness...

“America is now experiencing the consequences (curses) of Middle East policies, which have been opposed to God’s Word and to the preservation of His covenant land.”

As this “storm of a lifetime” wreaks its rage on the southern United States today, non-believers may be tempted to shake their fists at God. Others will cry out for mercy. Will God hear them?

-snip-

Many in America couldn’t have cared less about Jews being forced out of their homes and losing everything they have built. Here in Israel, many Jews will be feeling for the Americans who are now facing similar tragedies, tragedies brought about by the forces of heaven rather than through the political power of men.

Can’t you see the link, America? Won’t you see the link?

PAGING PAT ROBERTSON!!

[Patiod]

4. No, it's my Quaker God's punishment for gambling

That's what happens when you legalize gambling! Wiped out all those casinos, didn't it?

/hey, it's just as likely!

[madmom]

5. it's mother nature who's VERY pissed ...

at the way we're treating her and her off spring.It's not nice to fool mother nature!

[Behind the Aegis]

6. Nuts a-plenty!

Gays 'Responsible' For New Orleans Devastation Group Claims

(New Orleans, Louisiana) An evangelical Christian group that regularly demonstrates at LGBT events is blaming gays for hurricane Katrina.

Repent America says that God "destroyed" New Orleans because of Southern Decadence, the gay festival that was to have taken place in the city over the Labor Day weekend.

"Southern Decadence" has a history of filling the French Quarters section of the city with drunken homosexuals engaging in sex acts in the public streets and bars" Repent America director Michael Marcavage said in a statement Wednesday.

"Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city." Marcavage said. "From ‘Girls Gone Wild’ to ‘Southern Decadence’, New Orleans was a city that had its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. May it never be the same."

more ....

Then there is this...
Katrina Prompts Global Support for Victims

VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- From papal prayers to telegrams from China, the world reacted with an outpouring of compassion Wednesday for the victims of Hurricane Katrina in messages tinged by shock that a disaster of this scale could occur in the United States.

Islamic extremists rejoiced in America's misfortune, giving the storm a military rank and declaring in Internet chatter that "Private" Katrina had joined the global jihad, or holy war. With "God's help," they declared, oil prices would hit $100 a barrel this year.

Venezuela's government, which has had tense relations with Washington, offered humanitarian aid and fuel if requested.

The storm was seen as an equalizer - proof that any country, weak or strong, can be victimized by a natural disaster. Images of flood-ravaged New Orleans earned particular sympathy in central Europe, where dozens died in raging floodwaters only days ago.

more....

[idontwantaname]

7. not that any of this has to do with I/P... but...

i always blame "odd" weather on global warming...

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1099102,00.html?cnn=yes

<snip>

Warm ocean temperatures are a key ingredient for monster hurricanes, prompting some scientists to believe that global warming is exacerbating our storm troubles

<snip>

[Colorado Blue]

8. I trust that people are aware, this isn't a Jewish or Israeli

source, but is actually the work of an Evangelical who lives in Jerusalem and is totally into his religion.

One wonders why the poster took the time and effort to present us with this fantasy in a political forum, ostensibly dealing with Arab/Israeli issues, unless of course it is for the amusement value?

[Lithos]

9. Locking

Per I/P guidelines concerning inflammatory posting.

Lithos
I/P Forum Moderator