Floods are judgment on society, say bishops

[goldenecitrone]

Does the Almightly hate them as well as we all got wet.

Probably. All in all he's a bit of a cunt is the Almighty.

 

[KeyboardJockey]

Probably. All in all he's a bit of a cunt is the Almighty.

Don't agree with you there but a lot of his followers are.

 

[Haller]

The bishop, who is a leading evangelical, said that people should heed the stories of the Bible, which described the downfall of the Roman empire as a result of its immorality.

Well, not really. The Bible was written before the downfall of Rome, so it could hardly 'describe' the event. What it does do is predict it in the mad-as-a-nail Book of Revelation, where it reckons that the fall of Rome will coincide with the coming of the Kingdom of Christ on Earth.

Bit of a crap prediction, then.

 

[wobbly]

Don't agree with you there but a lot of his followers are.

But he was invented by his "followers"!

 

[Matt S]

Well, I'm sure we can all agree that the Bishop of Carlisle is a prat.

However, it seems a bit unfair of the article to lump him in with the other bishops, who seem to be saying that we are reaping the whirlwind of consumerist lifestyles, taking too much from the earth etc etc. Which is perfectly scientific and, well, accurate. As opposed to the Bishop of Carlisle, who is a loonspud.

Evangelicals are beginning to properly take over the CofE though, which is deeply worrying. They have all the growing congregations, new churches etc, while the liberal Anglicans sort of potter around with congregations of twenty....Westboro here we come!

Matt

 

[Roadkill]

However, it seems a bit unfair of the article to lump him in with the other bishops, who seem to be saying that we are reaping the whirlwind of consumerist lifestyles, taking too much from the earth etc etc. Which is perfectly scientific and, well, accurate. As opposed to the Bishop of Carlisle, who is a loonspud.

Fair point, that. Most of the bishops are attributing the floods to exactly the same things as many of the rest of us, albeit with a slightly religious spin.

 

[Jografer]

God's over 2000 years old now. His eyesight must be pretty crap by now.

No, 2000 years ago he became a dad... he's a tad older , but coy about his age.....

 

[In Bloom]

the other bishops, who seem to be saying that we are reaping the whirlwind of consumerist lifestyles, taking too much from the earth etc etc.

Which is still a load of misanthropic, victim-blaming bullshit of the sort typical to religious nutters and greens.

 

[KeyboardJockey]

But he was invented by his "followers"!

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.

 

[JHE]

The recent floods in this country are nothing compared to the Asian Tsunami of 2004. Is God mellowing or are we just less naughty than the Indonesians, Sri Lankans and so on?

 

[laptop]

No, 2000 years ago he became a dad... he's a tad older , but coy about his age.....

Hmm.

Has anyone ever asked an Xtian loony whether the Trinity was a Duo intil 2008 years ago? Or, if the Son was alleged to have been loitering around his Dad's house for the preceding eternity before he was booted out for respite care, what was the Number of the ineffably not-quite-singular deity for that 33-year period?

 

[In Bloom]

Hmm.

Has anyone ever asked an Xtian loony whether the Trinity was a Duo intil 2008 years ago? Or, if the Son was alleged to have been loitering around his Dad's house for the preceding eternity before he was booted out for respite care, what was the Number of the ineffably not-quite-singular deity for that 33-year period?

Basic Christian theology - the trinity always existed, and continued to exist throughout the Son's gap-lifetime on Earth. To be honest, once you accept a notion as fundamentally absurd as the trinity, quibbling over terminology (Father/Son, etc.) is a bit silly

 

[laptop]

once you accept a notion as fundamentally absurd as the trinity, quibbling over terminology (Father/Son, etc.) is a bit silly

Oh, for sure, the whole point is that once you accept something that absurd you'll accept anything at all.

But twiddling with the details of the absurdity killed 30 bored seconds at work... and can be fun on the doorstep

 

[_angel_]

I read this in the Torygraph on the train back from Cambridge today.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/01/nflood201.xml

The Bishop said pro-gay laws were to blame for the floods

Right...so nothing to do with a stubborn patch of low pressure sitting over the British Isles then?

Ooh...and absolutely nothing to do with international climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions?

And nothing to do with long term geological and atmospheric changes then?

Nope. He says it's all down to the UK Parliament passing a series of Gay Rights laws. Well Right on Santa!

Comedians eh? Who needs them when you've got that lot?

hehehe love it! Wonder what his take on York Minster being struck by lightening was!!

 

[KeyboardJockey]

Hmm.

Has anyone ever asked an Xtian loony whether the Trinity was a Duo intil 2008 years ago? Or, if the Son was alleged to have been loitering around his Dad's house for the preceding eternity before he was booted out for respite care, what was the Number of the ineffably not-quite-singular deity for that 33-year period?

<trainee pedant writes>

Wasn't it 2012 years ago. I thought some monk miscalculated the date (probably cos the xtians killed off all those who could have checked the date for 'heresy')

 

[laptop]

<trainee pedant writes>

I salute you, young Jockey, with 568.261485 millilitres of ale

 

[TAE]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/01/nflood201.xml

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Edit - ok it's connecting now.



Well, christian bishops believe what the bible says - what a shocker that is !


I did like what they said about exploiting the 3rd world and playing fast-and-lose with the environment.

 

[Tokyo]

So why did Sheffield flood and not Brighton?

I fear it may be something to do with me. I'm in a same-sex relationship and in Sheffield. Didn't suffer too much from the retribution, tho'.

 

[Jografer]

hehehe love it! Wonder what his take on York Minster being struck by lightening was!!

... gay vicars.... and, as a pattern emerges, God is pissed off with Yorkshire....

 

[Fuchs66]

Hebden Bridge here in Yorkshire is still standing, so, that's that theory's put out of the window.

You'll be sorry once the boils start sprouting!!!!!!

 

[Fuchs66]

Am I the only one thinking "bukkake"?

You're gonna burn for that!!!