thoughts on the news of the day: God

hmmm…..

            Last Sunday Michelle Bachmann, a GOP presidential candidate said the following:  “I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians.  We’ve had an earthquake, we’ve had a hurricane.  He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here?’"    It’s as if she was blaming politicians for the disaster.  A spokesperson for Bachmann said that she was saying the comment in jest; that it was a joke.  But that was after the uproar about it.

            Is that how God works?  Does God cause natural disasters because of our bad behavior?  Perhaps you remember the statement Pat Robertson made 10 years ago on national television about 9/11 being punishment for our sins.  How cruel to say that about innocent victims.  That comment was shut down almost immediately.

            My understanding of God doesn’t work that way.  God doesn’t play Santa Claus, nor does God punish us by causing natural or unnatural disasters.  At least my God doesn’t.  I think God cries when we cry and rejoices when we rejoice.  We are a part of God, just as God is a part of us.  I believe that Jesus came to save us from ourselves and that includes the natural disasters we sometimes cause by our carelessness with our natural resources.

            So I think Michelle Bachmann and other politicians and self made theologians should be careful what they say.  It’s kind of like playing God themselves, don’t you think?

            hmmm…..