A pact with the devil caused the earthquake in Haiti.
Hurricane Isaac was god's proof he could take out any fire related desert hippie fest, no matter the size.
God targeted Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists of Asia with his tsunami.
I've been hearing it all my life. Immoral behavior, turning away from god, homosexuality, pornography, Hollywood, the liberals; all of these things incur god's wrath in the form of natural disasters.
In the Bible, there are several ties between morality and natural disasters. In the story most frequently told (not to mention, used as as children's room decor theme) the world had become so wicked that a flood was sent to cover the whole of it. Pharaoh's heart-hardening in Exodus was the cause of plagues, nine of which were some form of natural disaster (the tenth was probably ninjas). There was an earthquake that released the chains of everyone imprisoned with Paul and Silas that may or may not have been accompanied by Paul hearing the voice of an angel telling him to leave.
There are also a few examples of death directly due to immoral behavior. Ananias and Sapphira in the new testament died after lying about the dollar figure of their tithe. The first child of David and Bathsheeba died because of its father's sin.
Those were precise, targeted punishments for sin. If Hurricane Isaac was supposed to punish whatever crazy things that preacher believes happens at Burning Man, why didn't the hurricane show up during and in the region wherein Burning Man took place?
If god's aim has gotten that imprecise, is it laziness? Who wants to worship a lazy god?
Would a perfect being flex their muscles at a bunch of hippies by beating up the poor?
Why do fundamentalists always go back to the lamest reasons for things, instead of taking action to help those affected? What is their fetish for victim blaming all about? Feed the hungry. House the homeless. Care for the widowed and orphaned.
Christianity, I am disappoint.
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