I'm REALLY tired of sharing oxygen with these people.from AlterNet:
Posted by B. E. Wilson at 4:22 pm
June 21, 2010
God sends killer whales & bears to attack Americans, says speaker scheduled for Republican-heavy D.C. “Voter Values Summit”(hat tip to
rightwingwatch for catching this one)
“God said a curse would fall on a land which turned its back on him, and one consequence would be more tragic deaths at the hands of predatory animals.” – thus spake evangelist Bryan Fischer, referring to a recent deadly bear attack on a 70-year old man in Yellowstone National Forest. Earlier this year, Fischer made waves with his claim that a trainer at SeaWorld in Florida died from a Killer Whale attack because SeaWorld didn’t pay proper attention to Biblical scripture. Fischer is a confirmed scheduled speaker at the upcoming Family Research Council’s Voter Values Summit. Other confirmed speakers for the event are Mike Huckabee, and Republican Congressional Representatives Michelle Bachmann, and Mike Pence.
Though this might seem a bit over the edge to those unfamiliar with the contemporary Christian right it’s arguably the predominant belief, from the Christian Reconstructionist wing of the movement over through the more numerous charismatic evangelical camp, that all manner of disasters, from hurricanes and earthquakes, tornadoes and floods, murder and crime, economic downturns and stock market crashes, sickness and even death itself are divine vengeance, predictable outcomes of America’s failure to follow every last jot and tittle of Old Testament law.
For example, Christians United For Israel founder and mega-pastor John Hagee has claimed that Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans because of a planned gay parade. .............(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/06/21/god-sends-killer-whales-bears-to-attack-americans-says-speaker-scheduled-for-republican-heavy-d-c-voter-values-summit/