Religious Hubris and Plate Tectonics
I am constantly astounded by the sheer hubris of the baptists. In reading through various baptist websites to see how they respond to fuckwad (eg Pat Robertson), I read the following:
“Second, the Haitians are suffering because we are fallen people living on a fallen planet. In the Garden of Eden, this tragedy would not have occurred. In God’s perfect plan there would have been no Hurricane Katrina, no tsunami in Southeast Asia, no cancer or heart disease or
earthquakes. But when we fell into sin, the entire planet was affected. As a result, “the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time” (Rom. 8:22). The earthquake is not the Haitians’ fault. God cares for their pain as his own.“
(http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/4730/9/ – paragraph 7).
So, do I take it to mean that the batpuppies think humanity is the cause of plate tectonics?!
Tectonic Plates
Tectonic Plates
(note that Haiti lies on the Caribbean plate margin)
Before I get too dismayed by their presumption, let me see if I can put it in terms that my simple mind can understand…
Eve wanted some fun and tempted Adam and they coupled, which caused “the Fall”, and plate tectonics resulted.
Whoa! Way to go Eve! Talk about making the earth shake…
