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Not Afraid
09-24-2005, 09:57 AM
So, we've all heard the "theories" about why God brought Hurricane Katrina to NOLA. Using the same "logic", I've come up with my own theory.

Maybe God brought Hurricane Rita to Texas in retaliation for George Bush.

Sounds plausable, no? ;)
€uroMeinke
09-24-2005, 10:05 AM
Maybe God brought Hurricane Rita to Texas in retaliation for George Bush.

Sounds plausable, no? ;)

That or our dependence on Petrochemicals...
CoasterMatt
09-24-2005, 11:58 AM
If you want the REAL story, you have to check this (http://www.weatherwars.info/) out.

BTW, has anybody seen my tinfoil hat?
Not Afraid
09-24-2005, 12:09 PM
Time does not allow for us to bicker over the obvious.

I love that little gem of a sentence.
Name
09-24-2005, 01:32 PM
"Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves. So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations.It's real, and that's the reason why we have to intensify our efforts, and that's why this is so important."

[Secretary of Defense William Cohen at an April 1997 counterterrorism conference sponsored by former Senator Sam Nunn. Quoted from DoD News Briefing, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Q&A at the Conference on Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and U.S. Strategy, University of Georgia , Athens , Apr. 28, 1997].

So another item in the war on terrorism that the bush administration dropped the ball on?

:evil:







[/sarcasm]
scaeagles
09-24-2005, 03:28 PM
Well, NA, if your theory is correct, God must like GWBush a heck of a lot more than anyone from Louisiana, cause Rita didn't do nearly the damage in Texas as Katrina did there.
Motorboat Cruiser
09-24-2005, 03:54 PM
Maybe the hurricanes are god's way of saying "Stop this foolish war or I'll bankrupt your damn country".

Or maybe it is just weather. :)
sleepyjeff
09-24-2005, 04:58 PM
Or maybe it is just weather. :)

That's just what they want you to think ;)
scaeagles
09-24-2005, 05:24 PM
Actually, I have proof that GWBush caused BOTH hurricanes (oh no....Carville flashback) to help his oil buddies get rich, Rich, RICH!!!!!!!!!!!
Stan4dSteph
09-24-2005, 09:07 PM
BTW, has anybody seen my tinfoil hat?I think Joaquin took it.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-12/903959/tinfoil.jpg
wendybeth
09-24-2005, 10:50 PM
Actually, I have proof that GWBush caused BOTH hurricanes (oh no....Carville flashback) to help his oil buddies get rich, Rich, RICH!!!!!!!!!!!

I was right about the flashbacks, though.....:evil:
wendybeth
09-24-2005, 10:51 PM
Btw, something I never thought I'd see:

"You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to scaeagles again."

:D
wendybeth
09-24-2005, 10:55 PM
Well, NA, if your theory is correct, God must like GWBush a heck of a lot more than anyone from Louisiana, cause Rita didn't do nearly the damage in Texas as Katrina did there.

Who says God is the one responsible for the hurricanes?:evil:
Motorboat Cruiser
09-25-2005, 08:16 AM
The thing I could never figure out is when some said that Katrina was Gods revenge against the decadence of the gay festival in NO. The problem being that the hurricane hit the week before the festival was to begin.

It would seem that God has an itchy trigger finger.
PanTheMan
09-25-2005, 05:30 PM
One thing the Religious, in particular "Evangelicals', will say is that God has "Punished" us with disasters, AIDS, 9/11 and all sorts of other events.

What i believe is, if God has sent these things, it gives us an oppertunity to show compassion, love, and a chance to extend our hand to help eachother in times of need, suffering and dispair.

Seems they dont understand that point, but would rather celebrate the 'Wrath' with a sadistic smile in their twisted hearts.
PanTheMan
09-25-2005, 05:33 PM
The thing I could never figure out is when some said that Katrina was Gods revenge against the decadence of the gay festival in NO. The problem being that the hurricane hit the week before the festival was to begin.

It would seem that God has an itchy trigger finger.


It also would seem God missed the French Quarter, doing very little damage there, and instead hitting the poorest of the poor, destroying their neighborhoods. Maybe god IS a Republican! :eek:
scaeagles
09-25-2005, 07:49 PM
Btw, something I never thought I'd see:

"You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to scaeagles again."

:DOf course you did! Refer to signature line below.
wendybeth
09-25-2005, 08:21 PM
Of course you did! Refer to signature line below.

No thanks, dear. I prefer mine.
:D
SacTown Chronic
09-26-2005, 06:26 AM
The thing I could never figure out is when some said that Katrina was Gods revenge against the decadence of the gay festival in NO. The problem being that the hurricane hit the week before the festival was to begin.

It would seem that God has an itchy trigger finger.
Hmmm...premature wrath. Maybe God needs to do Kegel exercises?
Motorboat Cruiser
09-26-2005, 08:45 AM
Maybe God needs to do Kegel exercises?

Just more evidence that god may be, in fact, a republican.

:evil:
SacTown Chronic
09-26-2005, 09:35 AM
Bwahahaha!!!
scaeagles
09-26-2005, 12:09 PM
I was thinking about this god-vengeance thing, and I really don't understand it at all. If one looks at the Biblical Sodom and Gommorah story (whether one believes it was done by God or not, there is a lot of very interesting acheological evidence of two cities completely destroyed by fire and never reinhabited, but that's another story), when God goes about destroying something, he doesn't mess around.
Not Afraid
09-26-2005, 12:20 PM
So, you're saying this half-assed stuff is the work of the devil? :evil:
scaeagles
09-26-2005, 12:34 PM
Ah....I'm not one that thinks everything has to fall into one camp or another. The world has certain physical and natural laws and events that just happen. There are fault lines, so there are earthquakes. There are warm oceans, so there are hurricanes. Etc, etc, etc. This does make me a heretic in certain circles that believe in divine micromanagement.
Not Afraid
09-26-2005, 12:37 PM
hehehehe. LOVE the term "Divine Micromanagement". Beautiful!
PanTheMan
09-27-2005, 04:47 PM
I was thinking about this god-vengeance thing, and I really don't understand it at all. If one looks at the Biblical Sodom and Gommorah story (whether one believes it was done by God or not, there is a lot of very interesting acheological evidence of two cities completely destroyed by fire and never reinhabited, but that's another story), when God goes about destroying something, he doesn't mess around.


However, archiologists have argued that Sodom and Gommorah might be a "Which came first? The Chicken or the Egg" Story.

Back when the story was put into the Bible, EVERYTHING was by the hand of God. If you got a rash on your butt, you were being punished for something.
So the Story of an entire city being leveled and burning to the ground, would surely have been quite the story for a long time. The fact that the area is prone to Quakes and most innner city strutures would have been clay brick and wood, one good shake and the whole city would have been leveled and burned in the aftermath. Stories being what they are grow to legend etc, and thus you get the story of 2 cities being flattened, at the hand of God.

But, who knows. I do believe in God, and sometimes the "Sh*t Happens" argument just cant be explained.
Ghoulish Delight
09-27-2005, 04:53 PM
Back when the story was put into the Bible, EVERYTHING was by the hand of God. If you got a rash on your butt, you were being punished for something.
So the Story of an entire city being leveled and burning to the ground, would surely have been quite the story for a long time. The fact that the area is prone to Quakes and most innner city strutures would have been clay brick and wood, one good shake and the whole city would have been leveled and burned in the aftermath. Stories being what they are grow to legend etc, and thus you get the sory of 2 cities being flattened, at the hand of God.That's not really relevant to the point scaeagles was trying to make. Under the assumption that you DO believe in God's destruction of Sodom and Gamora (as well as the copious other stories of God destroying things), Katrina certainly looks like a pale imiatation.
PanTheMan
09-27-2005, 04:56 PM
Well, I dont think God just goes around striking cities to dust. i think he lets us do that to ourselves. Build a city in area's prone to flooding and earthquakes, and what do you get?

Floods and Earthquakes!....Imagine that!
Ghoulish Delight
09-27-2005, 06:05 PM
Well, I dont think God just goes around striking cities to dust. i think he lets us do that to ourselves. Build a city in area's prone to flooding and earthquakes, and what do you get?Again, you're arguing a completely different point. It's not about what YOU believe. Scaeagle's point is that if even if you believe the letter of the bible, this act doesn't fit with God's past pattern.
scaeagles
09-27-2005, 07:54 PM
Again, you're arguing a completely different point. It's not about what YOU believe. Scaeagle's point is that if even if you believe the letter of the bible, this act doesn't fit with God's past pattern.

Exactly my point. Thanks.
PanTheMan
09-27-2005, 11:09 PM
Again, you're arguing a completely different point. It's not about what YOU believe. Scaeagle's point is that if even if you believe the letter of the bible, this act doesn't fit with God's past pattern.


I am not arguing. Just making a point.