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whatthehey

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40. No reason to know one way or the other

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 01:48 PM

Dec 2015

But I do know her statements show a level of delusion that, were it not based in religion, would warrant at the very least total and complete rejection from all quarters and quite probably serious consideration of mental health needs. The fact that it and others of the same ilk are not routinely treated like that outside some left-leaning internet forums like this one is precisely why those who definitely are on the vanguard of theocracy get to keep pushing their anti-science bronze age regressive nonsense onto a supposedly secular society, because almost everyone is too scared of the usual vicious Christian backlash, or too cowed by convention-driven "respect" for religious claptrap, to call a delusion a delusion.

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Woman Said she Redirected Tornado to Another Neighborhood When God Gave her authority over winds [View all] kairos12 Dec 2015 OP

. irisblue Dec 2015 #1

No more bizarre or crazy as other religious beliefs. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #2

No kidding! gratuitous Dec 2015 #17

+1 Hekate Dec 2015 #25

How do you feel about that woman steering the tornado away from her home and... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #32

How do I feel? catnhatnh Dec 2015 #35

I would expect no less from simpletons Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #45

Hey this is the DFW area Blus4u Dec 2015 #78

"Genuine Christians"? Really? cleanhippie Dec 2015 #82

Out of countless people I've met in my 52 years Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #89

Pardon me for the 2nd reply, but Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #95

TL;DR cleanhippie Dec 2015 #100

Not so much! atreides1 Dec 2015 #101

Religion has no standard other than belief. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #104

Right Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #102

Astronauts, like most professions, require education, training and experience. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #103

Yeah, but not actually Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #105

Your irony meter is broken. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #108

further discussion is futile Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #110

Thanks for that. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #112

That makes one of us Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #113

When you compare unicorns to God, but only believe one exists... cleanhippie Dec 2015 #114

Uh Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #120

Wait. We're discussing belief in a god, you make the reference to unicorns cleanhippie Dec 2015 #121

And I thought we were debating who is or isn't a genuine Christian Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2015 #124

If you are accusing someone of not being a "genuine Christian" then you most certainly are cleanhippie Dec 2015 #125

Remember the saying about rational thought and religion Blecht Dec 2015 #130

I couldn't agree more. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #133

OK, then. I' m Batman. lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #137

Yeah, being batman is the same as believing in a god. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #142

Ya know how I feel? meow2u3 Dec 2015 #52

Who cares? She is nuts. nt Logical Dec 2015 #140

Yeah, on the pain of eternal punishment and torture if you don't. NYC Liberal Dec 2015 #61

Sure, because those things are exclusive to religion, amirite? cleanhippie Dec 2015 #63

You were the one who said ALL gratuitous Dec 2015 #70

Sure, but belief in the absurd is the one shared characteristic of religious belief. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #74

So you have this power? gratuitous Dec 2015 #85

We all have it. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #99

Well I know one person who has that power... yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #115

The power of bad breath? cleanhippie Dec 2015 #118

super breath yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #119

That's humanity not religion Politicalboi Dec 2015 #81

Where you're standing must be enshrouded in fog. rug Dec 2015 #27

Same imaginary friend as far as I can tell. AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #94

crazy? SoLeftIAmRight Dec 2015 #55

Those are ideas exclusive to religion? cleanhippie Dec 2015 #64

Throughout history religion has led to more deaths than anything else. panader0 Dec 2015 #67

I'll take WW2 (80MM) and Genghis Khan (120 MM). rug Dec 2015 #75

This message was self-deleted by its author truebrit71 Dec 2015 #109

So she helped kill 11 people RockaFowler Dec 2015 #3

Right! She steered the storm away from her place right into other people's homes and she got... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #34

She hasn't thought this through. Fawke Em Dec 2015 #68

My thoughts exactly. Chemisse Dec 2015 #79

I guess she figures she out-prayed those 11 souls... Whiskeytide Dec 2015 #88

Wow. Just wow. matt819 Dec 2015 #4

Charming... uriel1972 Dec 2015 #5

Why aren't these people classified as mentally ill? LonePirate Dec 2015 #6

Yes. Yes it is. It's exactly because of that. whatthehey Dec 2015 #15

Let me follow this: rug Dec 2015 #33

No reason to know one way or the other whatthehey Dec 2015 #40

You consider it even feasible that this woman is the vanguard of theocracy? rug Dec 2015 #42

I have no idea of her influence or involvement in any movements. Do you? whatthehey Dec 2015 #43

I have an idea what actual theocracy is. rug Dec 2015 #44

Agreed there. But then I never made that claim did I? whatthehey Dec 2015 #49

What you did say (which I consider opinion not a claim) was: rug Dec 2015 #71

Pretty much, yes skepticscott Dec 2015 #92

Well I hope the victims sue her jberryhill Dec 2015 #7

She willfully, out of self-protection asked God to save her even if it causes other deaths. ladjf Dec 2015 #66

Religion had nothing to do with this whatthehey Dec 2015 #8

Heh, had me going for a sec... uriel1972 Dec 2015 #13

In that case, I will not attribute your post to religion. rug Dec 2015 #31

And you would be right not to. whatthehey Dec 2015 #41

I have authority over the winds too jberryhill Dec 2015 #9

That's no act of God, I can tell you that much. Orrex Dec 2015 #10

Hmmm... Would a sulfur smell be involved? Thor_MN Dec 2015 #21

OK.......... PatrickforO Dec 2015 #11

^^^That^^^. Yes, and yes! onecaliberal Dec 2015 #20

"Chosen people" and "elite of God" goes back a long way KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #91

This woman doesn't even have power over her own mind CoffeeCat Dec 2015 #12

For her next trick she will turn herself into a firetruck underpants Dec 2015 #18

I've ryan_cats Dec 2015 #14

hate it when someone not only beats me to a joke but has a better punchline dembotoz Dec 2015 #38

Pat Robertson would be so proud. lpbk2713 Dec 2015 #16

Ewwwwww... nt uriel1972 Dec 2015 #19

lock her up for murder then. these types of stories truly disgust me. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2015 #22

Narcissism combined with religion equals a toxic compost heap of a society. kairos12 Dec 2015 #24

Geeze. Starry Messenger Dec 2015 #23

Clearly, she's been skipping her lithium dosages. nt MrScorpio Dec 2015 #26

Hey! uriel1972 Dec 2015 #30

More like overdosing on religion. cleanhippie Dec 2015 #98

Government-approved insanity frightens me. nt valerief Dec 2015 #28

Sounds like she can't control her own wind. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #29

Twister Sister. GeorgeGist Dec 2015 #36

sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you are one....latter in this case spanone Dec 2015 #37

Well isn't that special. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2015 #39

Cuckoo for cocoa puffs.. n/t PasadenaTrudy Dec 2015 #46

and the "experts" tell you to take shelter Enrique Dec 2015 #47

So they are going to be brought up on attempted murder charges? Rex Dec 2015 #48

Heard this on NPR. WTF ? Why would NPR air this nonsense???? bowens43 Dec 2015 #50

I thought only witches could do that stuff. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2015 #51

Too bad nobody in that other neighborhood thought of doing that tularetom Dec 2015 #53

Oh just had to say also, why didn't she cause the winds to die out and fade away? Rex Dec 2015 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author Io1989 Dec 2015 #56

She obviously doesn't bother reading her book very well hobbit709 Dec 2015 #57

This tornado loves you cali Dec 2015 #58

I LOVE Neko Case! JunkyardAngel83 Dec 2015 #96

Does she do lottery numbers? Vinca Dec 2015 #59

Yes I would like the numbers for tonight's Powerball please! Initech Dec 2015 #141

So the people "downwind" can sue, right? . . . n/t annabanana Dec 2015 #60

One of Satan's titles is/was "Prince of the Power of the Air"... uriel1972 Dec 2015 #62

That's a new version of an old joke. I think that she is going to discover ladjf Dec 2015 #65

And we are supposed to respect religious beliefs why exactly? DetlefK Dec 2015 #69

Too bad she didn't direct the winds to dissipate WhiteTara Dec 2015 #72

Her god gave her permission to kill her neighbors in order to save herself? Iggo Dec 2015 #73

So basically she asked God to flatten somebody else's house with a tornado? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #76

Well, isn't she a "darksided" so-and-so! Go kill THOSE people, now, you mean old wind, you~!!! MADem Dec 2015 #77

remember this one ... napkinz Dec 2015 #132

Ewwwww, it's a Very Sad DAY!! KKKKRISTIANS!!!!!!! SINNERS!!!!! LOL! MADem Dec 2015 #134

... napkinz Dec 2015 #143

Both of those women are... 3catwoman3 Dec 2015 #139

hmmm ... I wonder which Republican candidate they support napkinz Dec 2015 #144

I would hope the surviving familys who were not so lucky could have a case to sue her. randr Dec 2015 #80

...and your little dog too! Liberal In Texas Dec 2015 #83

really wondered why NPR chose to run that story of the storm rurallib Dec 2015 #84

when will she be indicted for murder? Takket Dec 2015 #86

A mighty wind Blue Owl Dec 2015 #87

She must be the last airbender. N/t actslikeacarrot Dec 2015 #90

I'm told we're not allowed to call this a delusion. AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #93

if you believe somone rose from the dead Skittles Dec 2015 #97

What did the people in the other neighborhood ever do to her? Orsino Dec 2015 #106

What a religious nutjob.... truebrit71 Dec 2015 #107

This is the kind of story that makes most of us yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #111

How very Ben Carson of her suffragette Dec 2015 #116

poor woman, she is probably in the middle of a manic episode. nt La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2015 #117

Sounds like the curses, spells and other magical junk of many other religions/cults, doesn't it? n/t bobthedrummer Dec 2015 #122

Burn the witch! NCLefty Dec 2015 #123

+1000 lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #146

dear lord,allow us to have univ. healthcare. wendylaroux Dec 2015 #126

Does this mean? abakan Dec 2015 #127

Can they be charged with murder of those who did die? CanonRay Dec 2015 #128

*** Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #129

Damn, I thought this floriduck Dec 2015 #131

this is just like the shooters excuse. mentally ill, crazy, off meds... JanMichael Dec 2015 #135

NOT fair. She said "unpopulated areas" NOT another neighborhood WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2015 #136

This clearly classifies her as a religious terrorist. lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #138

Religion is a scam rockfordfile Dec 2015 #145