It sure didn’t take long for the Pious folk to begin saying stupid things.
The Fall released human moral evil into the cosmos, and every single human being is a sinner, tempted by a full range of sinfulness.
People say … where was God in all of this?” Gohmert said. “We’ve threatened high school graduation participations, if they use God’s name, they’re going to be jailed … I mean that kind of stuff. Where was God? What have we done with God? We don’t want him around. I kind of like his protective hand being present.
Michael Greiner, Christian Post:
Okay, how about 50 Christians burned alive in Nigeria in the same week? “Islamists again. Not representative of all of us humans!” Okay, how about 1.4 million babies aborted in the United States last year? “Sure, play that card! Not everyone believes that is murder, you know! And some of us protest!” A nation that worries more about taxes and the price of gas than it does about 1.4 million babies killed inside of their mothers’ wombs are the perfect proof of the murderous heart of the average man. But it is time to bring out the definitive proof: the words of Jesus …
Look: I don’t expect people who believe in talking snakes to say sensible, useful, thoughtful things — but is it too much to expect them to keep their idiot mouths shut at least till the blood is hosed out of the street?
