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Mr. Cuomo said, "The comments made by Rabbi Noson Leiter that sought to link the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy to our state's embrace of marriage equality are as offensive as they are ignorant. This catastrophic storm claimed the lives of more than forty New Yorkers. This kind of hateful rhetoric has no place in our public discourse, and is particularly distasteful in times of tragedy. Our state is proud to offer equal rights to all our citizens, and we will never tolerate the use of a tragedy like Hurricane Sandy to promote a divisive and bigoted agenda. I call on Rabbi Leiter to apologize immediately for his hurtful comments."
All I have to say is "Wooly Worm Festival". Yup, them little hairy caterpillars decide Presidential elections, weather, blight, legalization of Gay marriage AND legalization of Marijuana.
Why is it that so many people say they believe in a Bible which has God judging people with plagues, disasters, etc. And they have no trouble believing that. But, then if anyone suggests, like this rabbi has done, that perhaps a storm might just be God trying to get our attention, and turn us back to Him, they say he's crazy?
If God did that kind of thing in Bible days, what would prevent Him from doing it in modern times?
What did the folks in Joplin and New Orleans do to warrant their suffering?
I mean, really.
Whether your 'God', higher being, whoever 'is trying to get your attention' -- keep it to yourself. Not everyone ascribes to your beliefs in the first place. Further, making light of the destruction and death due to Sandy, not even week post-the event, for whatever reason, is absolutely vile and disgusting.
What did the folks in Joplin and New Orleans do to warrant their suffering?
I mean, really.
Whether your 'God', higher being, whoever 'is trying to get your attention' -- keep it to yourself. Not everyone ascribes to your beliefs in the first place. Further, making light of the destruction and death due to Sandy, not even week post-the event, for whatever reason, is absolutely vile and disgusting.
You didn't read what I said very carefully. I was asking the question of those who DO believe in the God of the Bible. I was asking of ONLY them: what is so outrageous about what the Rabbi said?
Why is it that so many people say they believe in a Bible which has God judging people with plagues, disasters, etc. And they have no trouble believing that. But, then if anyone suggests, like this rabbi has done, that perhaps a storm might just be God trying to get our attention, and turn us back to Him, they say he's crazy?
If God did that kind of thing in Bible days, what would prevent Him from doing it in modern times?
People in Bible times were too uneducated and ignorant to understand that there were forces of nature in the world that were destructive without it having to be some type of "vengeance from God" every single time. After all, they believed that the earth was flat and that the sun was the center of the universe, amongst many other beliefs that have been proved completely irrelevant with modern science and technology.
Where are the natural disasters in hardcore Islamic countries? Maybe God feels he doesn't need to intervene there because they are too busy killing each other off.
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