If we’ve learned anything from the last 30 years or so of
televangelism, God is responsible for nothing. The responsibility for
all of the world’s tragedies lie squarely in the laps of gays,
non-Christians, people who have sex, abortion, feminism and birth
control. But what happens if a tragedy strikes at the geographical heart
of evangelical Christianity?
On Monday night, a horrific tornado, measuring as much as a two miles
wide and 22 miles long, devastated a suburb of Oklahoma City, OK. Its
wreckage imagines the worst of war-torn countries. At this point, 15 adults and nine children have been confirmed dead.
While Americans are setting aside party politics and lending a hand
where a hand is needed, televangelist, Pat Robertson, has consistently
done what he does best – point fingers.
A couple of years ago when asked why God lets tornado happen,
Robertson’s answer was that God created weather patterns (or something
like that) and that the blame should be placed on the people that chose
to live in the weather’s way. If only there was a follow-up question
asking where, exactly, people were immune from weather and natural
disasters. He also said that Jesus would have stopped the tornado if
only people had prayed enough.
“If enough people were praying He would’ve intervened, you could pray, Jesus stilled the storm, you can still storms.”
Here’s the video:
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