Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Senator, This is Not Kansas...

Yesterday I heard a sitting United States Senator refer to the Oklahoma tornado as "...an act of God".

I was appalled. Apparently one of our Nation's leaders in whose hands the fate of the rest of us is largely held holds to the ancient, flat-earth notion that God is out and about creating wanton destruction by means of naturally occurring weather phenomena.

God gets blamed for a lot of things, most of them bad.

The company I work for offers service contracts to homeowners to cover repairs of all their major appliances. The contract covers parts and labor for repairs with a few exceptions: "...rust, animal infestation and acts of God." If a tornado mows down your house, your appliance repair is on you.

I once saw a movie about a tornado that plowed through a Kansas farm community, upending everything and causing injury to a young girl who, in a fevered recovery from her injuries, hallucinated she was transported to a magical land populated with witches on broomsticks and flying monkeys.

While there, she learned that the All Powerful Wizard that ran the place and kept everyone in superstitious awe was no more than a man behind a curtain pulling a few switches and levers.

When the girl discovered the myth, she rapidly began her road to recovery and was soon awakened to reality and back in her right senses.

Grown men who attempt to lead our Country through the perils of the 21st Century should re-examine their world views. Instead of blaming God for disasters like this one, they should take a course in Earth sciences. (The link offers 6th grade textbooks available for sale).

After all, this is not Kansas anymore.




2 comments:

  1. "Acts of God" seems to me like a loop hole for insurance companies..

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  2. I agree, Hank! As if blaming God gets them off the hook for their responsibility toward the policy holder...

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