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The university newspaper, the Daily Reveille, was particularly atrocious today. The front page featured "Science vs. Spirit", with the subtitle "Katrina was God's cleansing for some, just weather for others". Quoting The Daily Reveille:Worshippers from CTracked on: Resonant Information (68.224.223.13) at 2005 09 13 21:57:11 - Theodicean blame
“Seeking Justice, of Gods or the Politicians” considers the changing nature of theodicy—justice of the gods. Theodicy was invoked as an explanation for disasters like Katrina (and still is, cf. PZ Myers’s record of theodicy in acti...Tracked on: 無の研究 (207.7.108.85) at 2005 09 09 05:33:56 - More "compassion" from the Bible Thumpers
Pharyngula::The godless are NOT celebrating and Right on Schedule, The Ignorant Tools Appear Classic. My favorite (from the ever eloquent Fred Phelps): Pray for more dead bodies floating on the fag-semen-rancid waters of New Orleans. Irrational belief can lead you...Tracked on: journal (38.113.1.97) at 2005 09 06 17:19:25 - Religious insanity
Pharyngula has the best roundup I've seen yet of the revolting response to Katrina from some segments of the religious community. One additional thought I had: more normal religious leaders have probably been preaching, trying to reconcile the dis...Tracked on: The Uncredible Hallq (72.9.234.70) at 2005 09 05 10:27:12 - The wrath of an intelligent designer
Over at pharyngula.org PZ Myers provides us with a great compilation of how the religious mind "thinks" in a disaster - The godless are NOT celebrating. It's quite disturbing. I should point out that this does not represent the religious...Tracked on: Buridan's Ass (66.235.212.128) at 2005 09 05 08:03:36