American Family Association sez: Hiker killed by bear is proof that God is smiting the US

[ck4829]

"History reveals that God’s covenant with an ancient nation suggests that one of the consequences for a nation which walks in his statues is that it will have nothing to fear from wild animals. “If you walk in my statutes...I will remove harmful beasts from the land” (Lev. 26:3,6).

On the other hand, “If you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments...I will let loose the wild beasts against you” (Lev. 26:14,22).

A wholly preventable tragedy occurred outside Yellowstone National Park last week as a bear that only hours before had been trapped and tranquilized by researchers woke up from his induced slumber just in time to maul a 70-year old man who was out for a stroll.

God said a curse would fall on a land which turned its back on him, and one consequence would be more tragic deaths at the hands of predatory animals. The truly sad thing here is that we are bringing this curse upon ourselves."

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/fischer-god-cursing-us-bear-attacks-failing-follow-bible

Mr. Evert made a very tragic mistake, he knowingly ignored posted warnings about bears being tagged.

It's NOT some supernatural being punishing the US, you absolute whackjob.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Wild Beasts? Is that all you got?

What kind of a putz God are you?

[AmericaIsGreat]

2. These people are raising children

It dooms us to generations of ignorant and narrow-minded, religious zealots.

[realisticphish]

3. according to wikipedia

there are 70+ recorded bear fatalities, dating back to the 1870s. And presumably quite a few more before that.

God's been smiting for a long-ass time

[madrchsod]

4. i did`t know god made a covenant with the good old usa...

if anyone did it would be the spirits of the native peoples that were here long before white christian zealots showed up.

"....cannibal christians,they suffer so..."

[thecrow]

5. IMHO

if God wanted to smite us, it would be more than one instance.
When a herd of wild bears attacks a city, call me.

[ck4829]

6. Bonus points for an army of bears with machine guns

I might actually consider that a sign that maybe some deity might be mad at us.

[sakabatou]

7. RIght-wing wackos...

[H2O Man]

8. Is that bear Catholic?

Does the pope shit in the woods?

[xfundy]

9. Ah, yes, God often uses bears and other animals

to smite the sinful libruls!

A group of children were taunting a bald man: "Go up, thou bald man!" the children shouted. God sent "she-bears" to maul 42 of those evil, vile,horrible children god created, then sent them to the Hell he, in his righteous wisdom, also created.

Ain't god good??

[tjwash]

10. What did they say about Notre Dame's touchdown-Jesus getting struck by lightning?

Just wondering...

[GoneOffShore]

11. Is this a 2nd amendment issue?

The right to arm bears?

[tanyev]

12. We've got an enviromental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico

and they want to use the death of one unfortunate hiker as proof that God has cursed the U.S.? Morons.