"Jesus rules the wind. The tornadoes were his."
John Piper
News from a famous, highly praised, Christian leader
after the tragic tornadoes this past month:
“Why would God reach down his hand and drag his fierce fingers
across rural America killing
at least 38 people with 90 tornadoes in 12 states, and leaving some small towns
with scarcely a building standing, including churches?"
"..God alone has the last say in where and how the wind blows.
If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground
like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles,
God gave the command..."
"Jesus rules the wind. The tornadoes were his.”
John Piper
Whew! No wonder there are more and more outspoken atheists.
Piper does go on to say that “before Jesus took any life in rural American, he gave how own on the rugged cross.” Of course, as Piper has made starkly clear in the past, Jesus gave his life only for a limited number of humans. All other humans throughout history were foreordained to eternal torture.
As one blogger, pointed out, such Christianity is “twisted.” (http://loveradically.com/2012/03/05/john-piper-twisted-theology-on-twisters/
No wonder that many people are saying that Christianity’s god is a moral monster.
Though this "twisted" theology isn’t near as evil as other horrific claims by current Christian leaders which include the assertions that the Holocaust, and every rape and murder and molestation, happen for "God’s glory" and "good pleasure"!
"God not merely carries all of the universe’s objects and events to their appointed ends, but he actually brings about all things in accordance with his will."
"In other words, it isn’t just that God manages to turn the evil aspects of our world to good for those who love him;
it is rather
that he himself brings about these evil aspects for his glory..."
"This includes—as incredible and as unacceptable as it may
currently seem—God’s having even brought about the Nazis’ brutality at Birkenau."
John Piper, Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
The theologian William Barclay’s response
to such Christian views was “Your God is my devil."
"Your God is the God I don’t believe in.”
Oh Father, please help us to persevere in this hellish time of complete theological darkness!
Daniel Wilcox
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