Lutherans, Tornadoes, and Gays! Oh my!

Some theists superstitiously mythologize weather events, natural disasters, and other such occurrences, claiming that they are messages from their god. This video looks at one example of this odd practice, i.e., the mythologizing of a tornado that hit the area where the Evangelical Lutheran Church in American was having its churchwide convention in Minneapolis on August 19, 2009. Apparently, there are people in the 21st century who have managed to convince themselves that a tornado in the American Midwest during a summer afternoon is a miraculous event.

LogosApologia has yet to approve my video response. Perhaps the facts and statistics set forth in it are just too much for him to deal with.

UPDATE 4.21.10: In principle, of course, this is no different from the Iranian Muslim cleric who recently claimed that earthquakes are caused by women who fail to dress modestly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz3PUJuP4Z4

Links:

LogosApologia's video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALk1z5euBxI

And the boobs at Coral Ridge Ministries perpetuate the mythologizing of the tornado:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMbZ3yS9TE

The website for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's ("ELCA") biennial churchwide assembly and a summary of the assembly's various actions:

http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Three-Expressions/Churchwide-Organization/...

http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Three-Expressions/Churchwide-Organization/...

Article on the various tornadoes that hit around the American Midwest at or about the same time on August 19, 2009:

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/tornadoes/2009-08-19-minnesota-tornado...

The Minnesota Climatology Working Group's statistics on the occurrence of tornadoes in Minnesota:

http://climate.umn.edu/doc/historical/tornadic.htm

Video of the late Jerry Falwell (along with Pat Robertson) mythologizing the cause of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-CAcdta_8I

Video of an Islamic cleric mythologizing various weather events and natural disasters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZY05j5SOKU

Crazypills2 posted a very good response video to LogoApologia's mythologizing of the tornado of August 19, 2009:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pPBjTvj4Qw

A while back Djosephallen did a very good video on another case of mythologizing weather and other such events:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nEBXatWVgk

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[Swackers90]

i believe God sent the tornado, it's too much of a coincidence that it went straight to the Lutheran church exactly at 2pm when the gay meeting started. the tornado could of travelled anywhere.

[ProfMTH]

@Swackers90 "it's too much of a coincidence"

LOL! OK.

[docslarn]

I guess God must favor we Episcopalians over Lutherans. We went further than they did, even electing a a gay bishop. But we were rewarded with pleasant weather and good traveling conditions after the convention. God sure is one inconsistent fellow.

[ProfMTH]

@docslarn "God sure is one inconsistent fellow."

Totally. One might say a bit of a mystery. ;-)

[heartofmelody18]

FOOLS rush in.. ELCA is on a fast track to the land of Politically correct and lobbyists ... so where is the separation between Church and state again??? Give to Cesar what is Cesars, and give to GOD what is GOD"S Do not under estimate the Lord

[ProfMTH]

@heartofmelody18 Do you believe Yahweh sent a tornado to the ELCA's meeting?

[smurfboywv]

I love how christians condemn gays with leviticus, but forget the numerous other abominations listed all over the old testament.

[GaboonViper67]

@JosiahCha Yeah, its gay substance. Which is of little substance. Just keep telling yourselves what you want to hear, then, for you, it will eventually become the truth. No, don't worry about the truth, just what you want the truth to be. If if brings you so much peace, I wonder why gays just can't leave it alone.

[GaboonViper67]

Sounds to me like there are some superstitious homosexuals out there, that believe that the prophecies of God will not be fulfilled. Time will show that they will. And, come judgment day, your so-called 'superstitions' will be confirmed to be true. The destruction of Sodom and Gomhorra was probably rumored, by gay zealots, to be a superstition in their time. Guess not!! Gays shall not inherit the Kingdom of God. Ever.

[LeftWingPOG]

9/11 was an inside job! thank you very much!!!