Sunday, February 1, 2015

Did God make Hessian conservative resign?

When God (Judeo-Christian-Muslim version) features in politics, things get messy very quickly.

This time, the events led to the resignation of a deputy speaker and education expert of the CDU in the German state of Hessen. He is the editor of this county paper, which features some heavy stuff about Islamization and persecution of Christians in its latest edition. According to the media, a "third party" ad in the paper was the final straw in a long running string of controversies.

We went through the Feb 2015 edition and did not see any upsetting ad. The previous edition of January also looks harmless.

Chalk that up to inadequate knowledge of German or German politics. Why is the offending third party ad not named in the article?

Another controversy involving the gentleman is easier to understand. He had given an interview in which he criticized homosexuals by saying "Homosexuality is not normal. If it were, the Lord would have done procreation differently".

In terms of science, we could re-iterate a few points on this, but it would not be fun.

The religious view is more interesting:
Why would God cause the resignation of someone who so astutely interprets His design? Will the gentleman see his resignation as a test by God? Isn't it a little presumptuous for a human to clarify God's design plans? Or are humans allowed to expound on this because, after all, the Lord have them the ability to do so?

Some newspaper readers claim he was made to resign from his official duties because of his religious beliefs.
We know this argument from the U.S., too, where similar statements have caused similar controversy.

And in every single instance, we always ask the same question: isn't it nicer to phrase the demand for resignation using a little bit of religion than simply saying you are too uneducated or too stupid to hold the job?

We do not have an answer, and we cannot even ask the Lord to provide us with one.

But we will mess with the interview statement. If your religious feelings are delicate and/or easily offended, please go to another web site right now.

Do not read on.

Just don't.

"Homosexuality is not normal. If it were, the Lord would have done procreation differently".

Why has it not occurred to any, indeed any, just check on the web, any homophobe that the Lord might have invented homosexuality on purpose with a clear plan in mind?

Other than tempting normal folks and testing their faith for an unspecified later date.

Don't you think that someone who can make a whole universe or two, or three, couldn't come up with something to prevent some people from procreating and kill at least two birds with one stone?

The blogster, for one, can imagine the Lord sitting there scratching his beard just before he is taking a day off, thinking "almost done, but what can I do with those humans I don't want to see procreate? There must be a way to give them some distraction, so they don't go around stealing the babies of the faithful. Wait, I got it, I'll make them gay. But then I need to make it so that the others don't all want to be gay."

After another light second or so, he rubs his hands and goes, well, let's try this. I'll make the rejects gay so they can have some fun, but I'll make most of the others not understand the true reason for inventing gay people.

[Do we need to say this is satire? These days, probably yes. So: satire.]



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