The Idea of Progress » lightning http://www.theideaofprogress.com We are what we pretend to be Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:59:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 God Hates Statues, or Pointing Fingers at Others http://www.theideaofprogress.com/2007/05/23/god-hates-statues-or-pointing-fingers-at-others/ http://www.theideaofprogress.com/2007/05/23/god-hates-statues-or-pointing-fingers-at-others/#comments Wed, 23 May 2007 19:12:00 +0000 The Idea of Progress http://www.theideaofprogress.com/?p=39
It seems to me that every time we hear of a flood or earthquake or terrorist attack, the blame lay on the ’sinners.’ “It’s because people are gay/ voting Democrat/ listening to rock music/ fornicating without permission from the church.” God hates everyone that we do.

Well, lightning struck a statue of Jesus this week in Colorado. I’m assuming by that rationale that God either hates statues or Jesus, I can’t figure out which. It reminds me of an event in the 1960’s…It was during the whole “The Beatles are bigger than Jesus” debacle. Seems that a radio staion in Texas was broadcasting anti-Beatle sentiments, and the tower was destroyed by lighting. Now that’s funny.

This reminds me of the late (not late enough) Jerry Falwell. I don’t know if you saw Christopher Hitchens on Hannity and Colmes (and I can understand if you, like me, would rather have your prostate checked than watch Fox News), but it’s really funny.

Bill Maher had a lot of things to say, too. I usually consider him a blowhard like Dennis Miller, but I have to admit, I thought this was amusing.

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Talk about last week’s news. I just want to remind everyone that he’s gone.

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