Hellfire and Damnation

[4thofeleven]

With the confirmed death toll now standing at 181, and dozens of fires still burning out of control, Danny Nalliah, pastor of the unfortunately named ‘Catch the Fire Ministries’ and general asshole, decided to make a statement about the bushfires.

"God's protection has been taken off the state, and Satan is having a go at the nation," Mr Nalliah, senior pastor of Catch the Fire Ministries, told The Age… Catch the Fire Ministries today starts a week-long campaign of fasting and prayer to repent the abortion law reforms and other "unrighteous, ungodly, and unjust laws and practices".
 - The Age
 

Charming.

Now, some of you might be saying “But wait a minute, didn’t the bill decriminalising abortion pass more than three months ago? What took God so long to notice? And didn’t the ACT decriminalise abortion years ago? And what’s with the flooding in Queensland, then? – they’ve got the strictest abortion laws in the country!”

And some of you might be saying “But wait, isn’t the idea that Satan can act openly in the world with God’s consent theologically troubling for a variety of reasons?”

And then, some of you might be saying “THE HELL WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU SICKENING BASTARD?!” I think there’s a fair bit of merit to that position…

Comments

[deaka.livejournal.com]

I heard about that. More than likely this guy sees no problem with what he's saying or his timing, which kind of boggles the mind.

I didn't know about the links to Howard and Costello, though. Embarrassing... not surprised to see Costello distancing like crazy.

[sunnyskywalker]

Also, you would think God would be more precise - have the houses of the godly miraculously spared or piled on an ark or something. I seem to remember a precedent for that...

This guy does boggle the mind.

[4thofeleven.livejournal.com]

Well, technically he's arguing that God isn't directly responsible - He's just decided not to *prevent* Satan from doing things any more. So, if anything, one would expect the righteous would be disproportionately targeted...