[Excerpt from an article about praying for lower gas prices, which incidentally have gone up .43/gallon since they started this mess.]
"This whole thing is a wake-up call from God to Americans, because we idolize men so much," said Twyman, 59, a public relations consultant and Seventh-day Adventist who believes that high gas prices are a sign of the apocalypse drawing nigh. "I think through this crisis, God is trying to call us back to depend on Him more."
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"because we idolize men so much"
"I think through this crisis, God is trying to call us back to depend on Him more."
I am eagerly awaiting Ford's new line of God-powered trucks.
Rising gas prices make these idiots think that we're living in the end times? Seriously? Christ, these people actually think that having to pay extra for gas is some kind of catastrophic event... I'd love to see them try to survive a day living in poverty in Africa or being oppressed in Saudi Arabia. What spoiled pieces of shit.
Yeah....
It couldn't possibly be the fault of a bunch of rich assholes who think "Everyone needs this, so we can extort them for a much as we want.", then say to everyone "Sorry, Supply and Demand forces us too" as if it were a Law of Physics or something.
Um, gas in Norway is the equivalent of about $9.50 US, and has been far, far higher for a long time. Funny, how the fundies and bigots are so egocentric that the world is only comprised of the United States. You'd think that if they were going to try to pin some unfavourable event on God's wrath, it'd be that huge earthquake in China that's killed tens of thousands of people. Apparently, God sends his wrath by raising gas prices in America to less than half of that of most other western countries.
Just another shining example of the extreme lack of reality, and appalling amount of hubris, that fundies are in possession of.
@Peabody - Personally I'm looking forward to the Thetan powered cars by Chevy.
"I think through this crisis, God is trying to call us back to depend on Him more."
Well, God powered cars would certainly be a clean alternative to gasoline...
These people who believe everything is a sign from God seem to be worshipping a God with very poor communication skills. An omnipotent God ought to be able to bring us back to him with more clear signals than high gas prices.
If their God was real, he'd be a loser... just like them.
'When asked why the man was beating his own child to death with a sledgehammer, the accused said 'I wanted to show him that I loved him.''
Huh. Guess it only works in the divine scale.
This whole thing is a wake-up call from God to Americans
Why? The money for the gasoline isn't going into the sewer - it's going into the pockets of other people. It's a zero-sum game. The smart people who own oil futures make money and stupid people who drive their kids to school in a 13 mpg Chevy Suburban instead of letting the coddled little fuckers take the school bus lose it. God's message, if any, is "I gave you a brain - if you don't use it, tough shit"
"God is trying to call us back to depend on Him more."
So is God going to magically get me to and from work, without the need for petrol? That would be cool.
I am a bit tired about Americans whining about fuel prices, though when Europeans and Australians are paying so much more.
We could be living in a frickin' utopia, and these people would be saying that it is too good to be true, and is a sign of the apocalypse. Just shut up. You people are not prophets. The end is near, we get it. Now sit quietly and wait for it, or just concede that you have no idea what you are talking about and go about your normal life.
Well, if you can get free fuel from God, go for it.
The lower demand will make it cheaper for us.
Hey, dumbass, cover your roof in solar panels and then get an electric car you can charge up by plugging it into the outlet or otherwise wire into the house mains. Get a couple wind generators too, just in case it's a cloudy day.
That way you don't have to rely on gasoline.
They said that about bubonic plague. But then the whole 1300s wrapped up, and then the 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 1900s came and went, and we forgot about it.
And God thus spake: When thy Gasoline prices rise, thou shalt hear the trumpet of the Apocalypse (?)
Making shit up makes baby Jeebuz cry
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