Robertson and Falwell have company....

[QuettaKid]

the rabbi weighs in on Katrina:

Last update - 22:07 07/09/2005
Shas rabbi: Hurricane is Bush's punishment for pullout support
By The Associated Press

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former chief rabbi and the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas movement, said on Wednesday that Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for U.S. President George W. Bush's support for Israel's Gaza pullout.

"It was God's retribution. God does not shortchange anyone," Yosef said during his weekly sermon on Tuesday. His comments were broadcast on Channel 10 TV on Wednesday.

Yosef also said recent natural disasters were the result of a lack of Torah study and that Katrina's victims suffered "because they have no God," singling out black people.


http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/622278.html

[Modem Butterfly]

1. Well just because you aren't a Xian...

...doesn't mean you're not a fundamentalist nut.

[MN ChimpH8R]

2. So why didn't a lightning bolt strike Ariel Sharon's house

Just wonderin' :shrug:

[woodsprite]

3. If it was God's retribution, the Potomac would have flooded and

DC would be under water.

[chaska]

4. "Who will rid me of this (these) troublesome priest(s)?"

[moondust]

5. I'm just sure that's not it.

It's because of Jim. Jim has reportedly been living in NO. I loaned Jim a pencil in 3rd grade and he did not return it. Katrina is God's retribution on Jim. Take that, sucka!

[FlaGranny]

6. How dare he claim to know

God's will? I thought no man was supposed to know God's will.

[maine_raptor]

7. I wish God would make up his/her mind

First it was because of Gays in New Orleans, now it's because of the Gaza pullout.....what next, 'cause there's a jerk in the White House?

[LisaLL]

8. God's a Liar? Response

Here's my favortie response to that:

According to the OT Noah's Ark Story, after God regrets killing people, He promises Noah that he will never again wipe out a population of people by flood. He promises with a rainbow as a covenent.

So, Mr. Falwell, Dobson, Rabbi, whoever---are you calling God a liar or are you making up stuff to advance your own agenda of intolerance and hatred????

[QuettaKid]

9. EXCELLENT response!!! nt.

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[Ganja Ninja]

10. Breaking: Bin Laden releases a statement on Katrina.

"It was God's retribution. Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for U.S. President George W. Bush's support for Israel."
(Seen one radical cleric you've seen'em all.)