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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,947 posts) Wed Mar 25, 2020, 01:21 AM Mar 2020

PA Lawmaker's Resolution Says COVID-19 is God's "Punishment" for Our Sins

What are politicians doing to help people in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak?

Republican State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz of Pennsylvania is doing her part by filing a bill, House Resolution 835, calling on everyone to pray and not eat.

Because that’s how you defeat a virus in crazytown.

This is theocratic wish fulfillment. Just read through the language for “A State Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer.” Borowicz literally says that God sent this pandemic as a “punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins.”

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/03/24/pa-lawmakers-resolution-says-covid-19-is-gods-punishment-for-our-sins/?fbclid=IwAR24WnNd5aHK3tQa5yzMAtbx-Jfc1kQT0jWhyLN8T8bWxdYHVoQy_YhWO9I

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PA Lawmaker's Resolution Says COVID-19 is God's "Punishment" for Our Sins (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2020 OP

Well maybe the Devil is in the details or how you interpret them. gordianot Mar 2020 #1

Guess she's done some heckuva sinning. elleng Mar 2020 #2

Fucking asshole Xians. stopbush Mar 2020 #3

You got that right vlyons Mar 2020 #5

Speak for yourself Cartoonist Mar 2020 #4

Patti Smith: "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine." 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #8

One Of The Best Lines Anyone Ever Got Off, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #13

loving god sends plague to kill his followers...and everyone else. whatta god nt msongs Mar 2020 #6

Just saying..... safeinOhio Mar 2020 #7

You're so right. Delmette2.0 Mar 2020 #10

Feel free to safeinOhio Mar 2020 #11

Of course.. like the "gay plague" mountain grammy Mar 2020 #9

Would that be god's punishment for getting to be over 60 Warpy Mar 2020 #12

gordianot

(15,540 posts)

1. Well maybe the Devil is in the details or how you interpret them.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 01:24 AM

Mar 2020

Depending on your point of view it could be God is really pissed.

elleng

(137,285 posts)

2. Guess she's done some heckuva sinning.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 01:26 AM

Mar 2020

stopbush

(24,633 posts)

3. Fucking asshole Xians.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 01:30 AM

Mar 2020

vlyons

(10,252 posts)

5. You got that right

Reply to stopbush (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 01:45 AM

Mar 2020

So glad I'm a Buddhist. The church abandoned me long ago. Preaching sin and guilt totally turns me off.

Cartoonist

(7,563 posts)

4. Speak for yourself

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 01:34 AM

Mar 2020

Maybe God's punishing us for your sins.

3Hotdogs

(13,711 posts)

8. Patti Smith: "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine."

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 07:03 AM

Mar 2020

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)

13. One Of The Best Lines Anyone Ever Got Off, Sir

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 07:35 AM

Mar 2020

msongs

(70,377 posts)

6. loving god sends plague to kill his followers...and everyone else. whatta god nt

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 01:46 AM

Mar 2020

safeinOhio

(34,547 posts)

7. Just saying.....

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 02:46 AM

Mar 2020

God was a lot nicer when Obama was President.

Delmette2.0

(4,286 posts)

10. You're so right.

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 11:22 AM

Mar 2020

Can I steal that?

safeinOhio

(34,547 posts)

11. Feel free to

Reply to Delmette2.0 (Reply #10)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 02:40 PM

Mar 2020

I’m honored.

mountain grammy

(27,441 posts)

9. Of course.. like the "gay plague"

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:16 AM

Mar 2020

that the current head of the CDC pushed in the 80's

Stupidity is alive and well..

Warpy

(113,131 posts)

12. Would that be god's punishment for getting to be over 60

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 02:27 AM

Mar 2020

or god's punishment for smoking? Seems like there is quite a bit of tobacco being grown in PA these days.

These believers trying to get butts in the pews always say this sort of bullshit about everything. It never fails to amuse me when some church gets flattened by a tornado and the preacher says it's punishment for all them gay boys in San Fransisco. You'd think they'd find a god with better aim if that were the case.

It's a virus. Like HIV 40 years ago, all it wants to do is replicate and spread. We finally got through to people about HIV when it started killing kids and I suppose it will be the same with this one.

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