God sends Bears & Killer Whales to attack us for neglecting Bible, says FRC speaker
Bruce Wilson printable version print page     Bookmark and Share
Mon Jun 21, 2010 at 04:38:49 PM EST
[hat tip to rightwingwatch for catching this one]

"God said a curse would fall on a land which turned its back on him, and one consequence would be more tragic deaths at the hands of predatory animals." - thus spake evangelist Bryan Fischer, referring to a recent deadly bear attack on a 70-year old man in Yellowstone National Forest. Earlier this year, Fischer made waves with his claim that a trainer at SeaWorld in Florida died from a Killer Whale attack because SeaWorld didn't pay proper attention to Biblical scripture. Fischer is a confirmed scheduled speaker at the upcoming Family Research Council's Voter Values Summit. Other confirmed speakers for the event are Mike Huckabee, and Republican Congressional Representatives Michelle Bachmann, and Mike Pence.

Though this might seem a bit over the edge to those unfamiliar with the contemporary Christian right it's arguably the predominant belief, from the Christian Reconstructionist wing of the movement over through the more numerous charismatic evangelical camp, that all manner of disast