The earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan this week have all the armchair prophets spreading doom and gloom on the web. As usual, the religionists are going all Pat Robertson on us and blaming the victims:
* "What God does is God's business. But I'll tell you this -- there's a message being sent and that is, 'Hey you know that stuff we're doing? Not really working out real well. Maybe we should stop doing some of it.' I'm just saying." ~ Glenn Beck
* "What if God was tired of the way they treated their own people in there own country! Idk guys he makes no mistakes." ~ Cappie Pondexter
* "I fear that this disaster may be warnings from God against the Japanese people's atheism and materialism." ~ Senior pastor Cho Yong-gi of Yoido Full Gospel Church
* Sept 11th (NY) Jan 11th (Haiti) and March 11th (Japan) .... Luke 21: 10-11 Then Jesus said to his disiples: "Nations will rise against nations, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven. Jesus says for behold I come quickly. So, ask yourself "Am I ready?" ~ An in-law of mine on facebook.
Those are but a very few of the many disingenuous quotes I have read over the last couple days, and I am utterly baffled at their unashamed ignorance (well, the Glenn Beck one isn't surprising). The most intelligent creatures on earth with more knowledge about our planet than we've ever had before and yet the vast majority still think earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes are the mysterious workings of an invisible, sentient being that hangs out somewhere in space.
It's like living in the fucking Bronze Age.
This is what happens when people are more concerned with putting religion in our schools instead of science. We end up with adults who don't understand that plate tectonics and weather systems are a real part of inhabiting a living planet. It's unfortunate when natural disasters affect populated areas, and my heart goes out to the people of Japan. But the earth isn't punitive and there is no space-being arbitrarily slapping us around. Japan is on a fault line and earthquakes are common in those areas. Period. No other explanation or prophecy is required.
You know when we need to worry in a big way? When there are no more earthquakes - that's when the jig is up - because it means the earth is dead and any living thing still here will be extinguished forever. Life cannot exist naturally on a dead planet, but we've got at least another few million years before that happens. I hope the religionists don't annihilate us all in the meantime. Fucking fucktards.
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