It appears Pat Robertson is not alone speaking for God in the use of nature to punish the sins of man. A Christian pastor in Queensland, Daniel Nalliah of Catch the Fire Ministries, has announced that the devastating floods in Australia are actually divine judgment against Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd because he “spoke against Israel” in December 2010.
Nalliah is upset because, while in Israel, Rudd insisted that the government should allow international inspectors into its nuclear facilities — a position consistent with demands made against Arab countries. He also called for a halt on new Jewish settlements.
God, according to Nalliah, decided to flood the country in response. Call me skeptical, but wouldn’t it have been easier for God to smite down Rudd or guarantee that England beats Australia in tomorrow’s cricket match?
Nalliah previously successfully defended himself against of charge of inciting hatred against Islam under Victoria’s then-new religious vilification laws. As a critic of those blasphemy laws, I am glad to see such acquittals even for irresponsible or obnoxious speech.
He also previously declared that the “Black Saturday bushfires” were revealed to him as divine punishment in”prophetic dreams” for Victoria’s decriminalization of abortion in 2008.
Lottakatz,
That’s quite a video. BTW, how does one become a prophet? Attend a school of “higher” learning?
FYI: God killed those birds because they had “tweeted” to him their refusal to convert to Christianity. It had nothing to do with DADT.
Anonymously Yours: “LK, Take out the 2 “I’s” and you have a pair of Bongs…..”
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LOL, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Tootie – Christian stories about the end times vary greatly but many of the popular myths include the burning of Jews who do not convert. It is not atheists that are making this BS up.
Perhaps God really is very angry about the guy trying to build the ark. He would have good reason to be since the man is not building it to hold the cargo that was aboard the original version:
Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate
English Standard Version (©2001) Genesis 7:2
That boat is going to have to be a lot bigger than this guys design. 14 of each kind of clean animal, not 2 as so commonly stated. Probably more of that atheist propaganda, right tootie?
LK,
Take out the 2 “I’s” and you have a pair of Bongs…..
I for one am shocked that a public figure of any sort would use a disaster or other news event to grab attention for themselves and favorite cause.
And thanks to BoingBoing we now know that butsex and the repeal of DADT is the cause of the recent bird and fish die-off (another one in Lake Michigan over the last few days). Somebody in Chicago must be having butsex! 🙂
link from BoingBoing (a mighty fine blawg)
Cindy Jacobs, a “respected prophet,”:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V17WGTvPHGg&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0]
Buddha,
No one here would mock you…certainly not…never in a million years….
James M:
This website is particularly obsessed with the things religious people say and do.
Mike Spindell,
Actually, the New Testament doesn’t teach that all the Jews are burned up in Armageddon and any Christian looking forward to such a thing is probably not a Christian. I find that non-Christians generally spread the myth you speak of.
In the end times, the true believing Jews in the land of Israel will be rescued when they flee to the rock-walled city of Petra prepared for them by God. (Revelation 12:1-6)
These Jews play a key role thereafter in end-time history serving God with great favor and power. This is why so many American Christians, in particular, care about the Jews.
The vast majority, probably over 99 percent, of those who die on the plain of Megiddo (probably millions and millions), will be unbelieving gentiles who hate Jews and God.
It will be Jews and Christians who will be hunted down during those times. More Christians will die during this period than Jews. Perhaps that will comfort you somehow.
Here is a fairly good summary of the biblical teaching on the subject of Petra:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xEZ85yzmCtgJ:ldolphin.org/kingdom/ch11.html+petra+save+jews+revelation&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
I don’t know much about this website at all, but the summary of this portion of scripture appears solid.
This is the period begins their restoration, not anhilation, as fortold in the Old Testament books of Daniel and Ezekiel in particular.
The bible commands Christians (me) to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
That I do.
James.
This is a legal blog, remember?
James,
As a professional equal opportunity mocker, I represent – er, resent – that remark. Or are you just mocking me? 🙂
Why is this news? The mad ramblings of other delusional people don’t get reported on internationally. Nobody cares that the schizo down the street thinks the CIA flooded Australia with their weather machine as part of a huge conspiracy. But if the delusional person claims to be talking to God, rather than hearing the CIA or aliens? All of a sudden people give a shit what he’s saying, even if its just to mock them.
Verily, the floods are a measure of God’s displeasure with former Aussie Ken Ham, who is building a Great Ark, such as Noah did build, but he doth proceed without the behest of our Lord, and not to please the Lord, but to lineth his own pockets.
Or not.
The Pastor seeks headlines to gain more of a flock to shear. As
a Jew i’m always suspicious of Pastors who support Israel because their end game is to have us all burned up as we help to speed up Armageddon.
Go home Westboroclown….Go Home….click your heels together…provided you can get those stilettos close enough with out poking the preachers eyes out….
WestboroMan
Thank you for your submittal for Joke of the Day. It will likely be today’s winner.
Another act of my God. Repent, repent for the hour that he comes is unknown.
God has spoken against Israel.
What now?
Its a shame we have to be careful about our rhetoric these days because there is an opportunity to express how I feel about all these religiously insane morons speaking for their incarnation of the Great Hairy Thunderer in the name of this ones organization: “Catch The Fire”.
But, of course, if his particular variation on a theme is correct he will indeed catch the fire in the next world.
Psst! It’s not a prophetic dream if you have it AFTER the event in question! Kinda defeats the purpose!