With all the natural disasters happening around the world this week, I was waiting for this to happen, and it has. Finally someone has come out to claim that god is angry with us, and that this is his wrath.
Breaking the icy silence from the religious far right is Reverend Erwin Lutzer, a religious Arrogant Jerk who wants us to believe that these acts of weather and plate tectonics were sent from above to punish us, no, wait,… to remind us, no, wait,… to teach us… (there are so many contradictions in this 30-second clip it made my head spin).
Brother Lutzer was interviewed by Neil Cavuto on Fox News in a way that makes me think they knew in advance how ridiculous this guy would sound. Neil is visibly objectionable near the end of the clip; thank goodness.
Erwin Lutzer is clearly off his rocker, and is an Arrogant Jerk of the pious kind for trying to instill fear into the hearts of those who are already down on their luck. Is it really more comforting to believe that god did it to you? I wouldn’t think so. Let me give you my two cents so you understand where I am coming from…
While we often call these happenings ‘Acts of God’ for lack of better classification (‘Acts of Mother Earth’ was voted down immediately after we ran the Pagans out of town). These conditions are normal, and have been turning Earthlings on their heads for millions of years. The fact that there are more humans in harm’s way during these more recent times means that more people are affected, and more people can talk about being affected by them.
I’ll stop before I give you the whole nickel’s worth, and try to make sense of why god would choose to speak to us in such a riddle, as opposed to just coming down and saying ‘howdy’. Let’s move on.
Cavuto starts his interview by reminding us that there are ‘fires in Florida, earthquake in China, cyclones in Myanmar and tornados throughout the Midwestern United States’. Yes, it has been a terrible week for a lot of people. More than usual in any given week, bringing world attention to the tragedy and sincere, heartfelt sorrow from those of us more fortunate.
Reverend Lutzer has chosen to rub salt in the wounds and is proclaiming that god has done this to these poorest of people in order to teach us all a lesson. What an Arrogant Jerk. Even Cavuto asks why god would do this to such humble and meek people. After all, aren’t they the ones who are going to inherit the earth?
Reverend Lutzer and his suppositions are ridiculous from a reasonable perspective, and unsupportable even from a theological perspective. There is simply no way to explain why god would do such a thing without twisting and turning and adding a heaping plate of baloney to the mix. This guy is full of himself, and is wielding ‘god’ around in order to show himself off as an authority. This sort of behavior really turns my gut, and should be offensive to anyone who has the slightest consideration for those affected.
He is adding insult to injury in a most Arrogant way. God did this to those poor people in order to teach me a lesson? That just doesn’t make sense no matter how you slice it. Nevertheless, it seems to make sense to our good Reverend Lutzer. In the video, you will see this Arrogant Jerk stand firm in his belief that god has done this. Although coming up with a clear and reasonable explanation is a little more difficult for him.
Reverend Erwin Lutzer, you are an Arrogant Jerk.
PS: Florida authorities have captured a person they believe is responsible for starting the fires in Florida. His name is not ‘God’, for those of you who were holding your breath.
Yes, you are right, he is an arrogant jerk!!!!!