So it happened.
And there was panic among the netizens on Facebook, with some delusional theists seizing this opportunity to hammer into the heads of susceptible individuals that it was god who's sending the quake to punish sinners, that the end was nigh and that it was time to repent. Yes, it's a WBC style scaremongering. And it worked, because in such a claustrophobic foxhole it is hard to stay sane.
Interestingly, the only predominantly secular country in the world constantly battling the onslaught of god's wrath is Japan. Just last year a major tsunami engulfed that volcanic Asia Pacific state killing approximately 23, 000 citizens and destroying its nuclear power plant. And what did this legion of god's soldiers have to say? Watch here.
People can be so stupid sometimes. And they don't even realize it. One guy on Facebook even fancily put it that despite the perennial irreconcilable differences between Indonesia and Malaysia, we were able to empathize with the tragedy and pray for the safety of the affected areas and their populations because we are one unit under god. God is always the answer apparently. I would have scored 100% in my philosophy and science papers by just answering god if said person was the examiner.
The problem is, this same group of stupids usually comprises the nicest people too. And they usually mean well when they say something like this. It makes me feel so bad to correct their misconception, because the idea of a divine institution is central to their insanity. And challenging that gets them all worked up, angry and cantankerous. And then things get sour. Sigh.
If only there's a foxhole I could jump into right now because I'm dead tired.
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