I am no expert on logical fallacies, having taken one college course in logic almost 10 years ago. That said, I spotted fallaices of the straw man, non causa pro causa, the Texas sharpshooter and poisoning the well in their arguments.
The whole piece also appears to be a red herring, since it doesn't matter whether god made/allowed a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina to happen. What matters is how our country's leadership faltered in preparing for it, failed to respond sufficiently at the time of the crisis, and scapegoated the whole affair on a seemingly undeserving Mike Brown.
Oh, and about your post:
It's an old one to say the least. I received it a long time ago from Christian friends. Where to begin?!
Well, first off, there is no god. Never has been. Just man's creation of the concept and that is all. So, there's no god letting stuff happen. There's no god to keep it from happening in the first place. Nature will do it's thing and people need to wise the fuck up. Killing people in the name of their god is foolish. Killing people in general is foolish. Jesus was wise in saying let he without fault cast the first stone. Everyone has faults. Jesus's followers, namely the ones that wrote the gospel John were spot on by saying God is love. Theres no god but love. Love rules. Love is where it's at. If I love my neighbor, I won't lie, cheat or steal. If I do those things, it's because I fail to love and I need to start loving. Perhaps I even need help doing so. That's where my neighbor can truly reign so-to-speak. He/she can be powerful and great and love and if I can learn and do the same, so shall I be. We'd all benefit. Love rules. Not hate, murder, immorality, or what have we. Yet people stand up for their god and not for love. That is sad to me.
As far as the bible is concerned, it's a good piece of literature and perhaps philosophy as well, though it has many flaws and contradictions. It was written by many people and they all got on different tangents and what not, sort of like I am in this comment. But, it has some really good stuff in it too.
This lady is generalizing way too much in the end and who know's if it's even really her remarks or just some joe schmoe in Texas or somewhere who thinks it's all true. Because it most certainly is not. There is so much involved in all of this and that. It can't be summed up as easily as the author thinks it can.
I may not have been totally coherent here. I'm pretty tired. But, that's my two cents fer now.
Hah. So God comes and goes at the whim of popular demand? What a gentleman! I think we can assume that natural disasters such as Katrina are no more common now than they ever were, regardless of people's changing opinions of God in the schools.
I read that and felt like I was reliving thanksgiving dinner...jeez, my step dad is an ordained minister and my grandparents have been missionary's for the past 48 years.....
I don't want to delve too deeply into what I think right now. You don't want me too either. This is a loaded topic. How is it that preachers kids are ending up with bastard children, and preachers are caugth having affairs. Humans are human, we can't help it and everybody needs to step off their pedestals and soap boxes and figure out how to teach our children to have cross cultural norms and values that teache them to treasure their time alive and respect other people.
Aslo we need to remember that LIFE HAPPENS !!! People die, are born etc. There have always been floods and disasters. Hell there has always been war.
How dare these christians prefess in believing in a '3 O' god, and then have the audacity to say he's being a gentleman and stepping out. Give me a break !
But, it has some really good stuff in it too.
The whole piece also appears to be a red herring, since it doesn't matter whether god made/allowed a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina to happen. What matters is how our country's leadership faltered in preparing for it, failed to respond sufficiently at the time of the crisis, and scapegoated the whole affair on a seemingly undeserving Mike Brown.