God's Message? Tornado Hits Lutheran Conference on Gays
On Wednesday I noticed this Associated Press article which reports that the Lutherans - who were founded, among other things, in an attempt to "rediscover" the original meaning of the bible, are trying to dismiss the bible in a committee:
Leaders of the country's largest Lutheran denomination have agreed to disagree on homosexuality, endorsing an official statement on human sexuality that says there's room in the church for differing views on an issue that's divided other religious groups.
Delegates to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's nationwide assembly in Minneapolis on Wednesday approved a "social statement on human sexuality." The vote was a prelude to a bigger debate Friday, when delegates will tackle a proposal that would allow individual ELCA congregations to hire people in committed same-sex relationships as clergy.The meeting was, um, interrupted by ... a tornado:
Wednesday's debate was interrupted briefly in the afternoon when severe storms and a possible tornado passed through downtown Minneapolis, damaging the steeple of an ELCA church across the street from the convention center. Delegates were allowed to remain in the convention hall, but a few jokes about God's wrath proved inevitable.
"We trust that the weather is not a commentary on our work," said the Rev. Steven Loy, who was helping oversee the convention.
To be clear, it was not a "possible tornado," it was an actual tornado. Local blogger Orate Fratres has pictures of the toppled steeple , and describes the event as one of those "things that make you go hmmm..."
I mean, I don't remember the Council of Trent being plagued by local meteorological disasters.
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No it wasn't god . There is no such force. Conversely, to appeal to the bible thumpers, if it was god, I would have stood up on the roof and burned a bible!
No, seriously, dot pause dot pause dot
This does beg the question, though, as to why its the Tornado and not God that calls into question the formula: God exists to make a Tornado exist to scare the homosexuals into not existing.
Tornadoes are naturally occuring, difficult to predict and interpret, and not unlikely to occur in this situation. God is some super-invisible-friend-worried-about-our-genitalia for which we have not logical or anecdotal reason to believe in at all. But this story is funny because a tornado happened, not because people would suggest their imaginary friend did it.
That's pretty much it. Oy vey.
...Shaking my head in amazement at the levels to which some people will sink in trying to push their personal agenda...
It was the most amazing thing ever. First the tornado took out an abortion clinic, then jumped across town and took out a Gay Pride Parade, then cut back on it's original path taking out the steeple on the Lutheran Gay Orgy. During the tornado loud bursts of thunder could be heard, which of course could be nothing but god laughing at his mayhem.
A car lot was hit by the tornado as well. There is great debate about whether this was god ordained. The prevailing thought is that since the dealership was participating in the Cash for Clunkers program, they must be evil pro-abortion gay loving socialists.
The strangest bit, however, was that the tornado actually zigged then zagged to avoid both a gay-no-more exorcism and the trailer of the family practicing prayer over medicine up to and including the death of their children .
That god is a funny feller.
"That god is a funny feller"
As are you, my friend... ;-D
This might be an actual sign from God. Notice the cross atop the church was turned into an inverted cross after the tornado came by.
Be very careful seeing God in everything, it can go both ways.