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Science > Abortion |
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"Rob Wade" |
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12 Sep 2005 05:53:41 PM |
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God and Katrina |
God and Katrina
By Matt Friedeman
(AgapePress) - New Orleans City Council President Oliver Thomas has
seen what Katrina has done to his city. "Maybe," he has noted, "God's
going to cleanse us."
This columnist has talked to many serious Christians about the tragedy
of Katrina and the devastation it has wrought on Mississippi and
Louisiana. The camps of thought seem two: God doesn't do things like
this; and, God may well have done it, given the "sin city" nature of
New Orleans and the casino-blighted coastline of Mississippi.
It is most unpalatable, of course, to suggest divine wrath. But
biblically there is such a thing, and to assume that such Godly
interference with evil will never happen again in our "enlightened" age
is folly. New Orleans, for one, was one formidable "sin city." To begin
the litany of God-mockery is to wonder where to finally stop: the
occult and voodoo, Mardi Gras and the annual Southern Decadence
festival (basically a homosexual Mardi Gras), ten times the national
average of murders, a reputation for the worst government corruption,
casinos with their bribes of public officials, the famous Bourbon
Street which has evolved into a long line of porn shops and strip
joints, police officers so uncommitted as to join in recent looting,
and a city heaving with crime.
Perhaps it is just coincidence, but "Katrina" comes from the Greek
which means "purity." New Orleans could use some of that.
It now has a tremendous opportunity.
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has done an extraordinary job,
unlike his Louisiana counterpart, of providing leadership and hope to
the people of Mississippi in these post-Katrina days even as the coast
of his state resembles, in his words, "Hiroshima." He has said that
Mississippi will return to be "bigger and better" than before.
Today, we who are further north in the state are concerned with the
suffering of the coast dwellers and their rising from the rubble.
Mississippians are a tough lot; they will, indeed, arise. But
eventually, there needs to be a discussion on the "better" part of the
"bigger and better" equation.
The casinos are today gutted of activity and need to rebuild to have a
future. The first item of the gamblers' agenda this legislative session
will be to coordinate a statewide effort to get those casinos
land-based instead of resting on water. If "bigger and better" means to
automatically grant them this request and thus engrave the practice of
gambling further into the state's collective psyche, then I wonder if
the state will miss out on a great opportunity. It should be noted that
if the casinos can't be land-based, many of them may well leave
altogether.
One would hope that, when thinking in terms of "better," morality would
be the first thing to come to mind and not an afterthought to the tax
revenue casinos purport to bring to the state's coffers.
God is speaking. Whether He caused the hurricane or not makes for
interesting theological discussion, but this columnist for one will not
speak for Him. Even so -- He is definitely speaking. And as we bow in
humility and worship before the Almighty and ask for His revelation, do
we hear His voice articulating that we should go back to decadence in
New Orleans and casinos in Mississippi?
Here's hoping that we are not that deaf. Or, that stupid.
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