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Will God destroy California with an earthquake if Prop 8 is struck down?

A new prophecy from some fundamentalist groups:

Will God be angry with if it legalizes gay marriage? Angry enough to destroy the entire state with a massive earthquake? Apparently there are signs and portents everywhere that indicate this is so... at least according to a number of pro-Proposition 8 evangelical ministers and their followers. Cindy Jacobs of Generals International, a group that seeks social transformation through prophecy and prayer, is alarmed about it. She has just received an "urgent prayer alert from our good friend Chuck Pierce concerning California" and its possible fate if Proposition 8 isn't upheld in court (Prop. 8 was a 2008 ballot which changed the CA constitution to effectively stop gay marriages, which courts had determined to be legal a short time earlier. Now Prop. 8 itself is being challenged in court).

More details on the signs and portents from their Jan. 6th prayer alert here.

Tags: anti-gay, fundamentalist, prayer, prophecy

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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on January 9, 2011 at 12:10pm

I fear that any earthquake will be enough for these idiots.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on January 9, 2011 at 12:16pm

So, why hasn't God smote Iowa yet?

Permalink Reply by Mick Wright on January 9, 2011 at 12:17pm

Ahahahahaha, what. WHAT.

I love that. 'Cause it's not like the state's on a FUCKING FAULT LINE or anything.

What odds can we get they can see the writing on the wall and are declaring a fairly frequent natural occurrence to be a sign of their god's displeasure just so they can point to it and scream theatrically the next time it happens?

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on January 9, 2011 at 12:24pm

Mick, I'm wounded. You doubt my prophetic dreams?

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on January 9, 2011 at 12:24pm

... well, okay, maybe I just want the harem dream to come true.

Permalink Reply by Mick Wright on January 9, 2011 at 12:25pm

Hey, I'll drink to that. I'll always defer to a senior scoundrel.

Permalink Reply by Ian Mason on January 9, 2011 at 3:00pm

Religion causes earthquakes. Faith can move mountains, there are different faiths pulling in different directions, result: earthquakes. Logic, innit?

Permalink Reply by linda wagner on January 9, 2011 at 3:18pm

So what place will be the new west coast if this happens? Wichita?

Permalink Reply by Yusuf Said on January 9, 2011 at 3:24pm

Wow....so this is what America has become? This is 2011 and America is worried that natural disasters will occur if we displease god? Seriously theist never left the 7th century when floods and snow storms were the result of an angry god. It's scary how many of these people there are.

Permalink Reply by Christopher Baughman on January 9, 2011 at 4:06pm