The Bible Belt extends across the southern USA from Virginia to Texas. The white population is dominated by conservative evangelical Protestantism and the black populace of those states are equally enthralled with their churches. Several cities have fought for the title of ‘the Buckle of the Bible Belt’ and this last month the wrath of their god has visited in the deadly personae of mega-tornadoes.
Philadelphia, Mississippi. Oklahoma City. Joplin, Missouri.
Three cities devastated by vast walls of twisters.
Floods threaten towns and cities along the Mississippi and other river systems of the Midwest. Drought withers crops. Crystal Meth steals the lives of children and adults. The Bible Belt is suffering the pests of Moses.
New York City, home of the homo army, refuge of atheists, and protector of beer-drinkers, has evaded the hand of God. Our weather today could only be described as ‘pleasant’, although I did break out in a sweat in the late afternoon.
Sweat versus tornadoes.
Godlessness versus Godliness.
And we all know what is close to Godlessness.
Sympathy for the believers.
We hope the weather changes for the better.
Unlike Pat Robertson who said that 9/11 happened because New York was filled with queers, none of us non-believers think that the Bible Belt is getting its just desserts. We ain’t built that way.
WARNING
ST. LOUIS, LITTLE ROCK, CLEVELAND, MEMPHIS next.