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By Austin Cline, About.com Guide to Atheism since 1998

Pastors Make Jokes About Katrina Victims

Sunday September 11, 2005
Pastsors.com is an online resource that is apparently run by Rick Warren ("The Purpose Diven Life") and his family. How have the people there reacted to the hurricane Katrina? According to one report, by making jokes and thinly-veiled racist comments.

On ExChristian.net, JM writes:

A question about what you would do with New Orleans now, THE MODERATOR of the site posted,

"Fishing should be good there with all the submerged structures."

He was making fun of the houses that had been destroyed! ...

Still another Pastor responded,

"Evacuate it, leave it as is for the looters to stay wallowing in their mud; they seem to be having fun. Build elsewhere for the decent folks and don't waste more tax $ on "land Titanic 2".

Also:

TOPIC [started by the moderator]: "These are my kind of men in New Orleans"

He gloats over those who are in their houses and plan to shoot people and responds:

"I wonder how we can ship those guys some more gas and ammo?"

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition! Sounds like just the sort of Christian leadership site that people should be happy to have around. It teaches Christian leaders how to be contemptuous, mocking, and irreverent to everyone unlike themselves.

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Comments

June 13, 2006 at 1:26 am
(1) BP says:

Nice try at twisting the words of those who truely care by those who have no clue of what compassion is. Just as all Athiests you have no clue as to what really matters and are nit-picking at non-problems.

June 13, 2006 at 6:02 am
(2) atheism says:

Nice try at twisting the words of those who truely care…

Nice try at a criticism. If you can’t support your claim that I have twisted anyone’s words, don’t bother making the accusation.

..by those who have no clue of what compassion is. Just as all Athiests you have no clue as to what really matters and are nit-picking at non-problems.

That’s an arrogant and bigoted comment, no different than saying Jews can’t be generous or blacks can’t be honest.

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