Idolators

My opinion is that there is a very thin line between belief in the existence of a personal god and idolatry. The type of idolatry varies, but it is my experience that fundamentalists of all stripes worship a personification of their own prejudices. It is not sufficient that they think someone is wrong, it must also be the GOD has declared that the aforementioned someone is WRONG! The variant of fundamentalist matters little. The Washington Post adds another data point in support of my position.

Iranian Leader, Evangelist Call Prime Minister's Illness Deserved

By Alan Cooperman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 6, 2006; Page A12

The television evangelist Pat Robertson and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may not agree on much, but both suggested yesterday that the severe illness of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was deserved. Both men's comments were immediately condemned by religious leaders.

Speaking on his Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club," which says it has 1 million viewers, Robertson said God was punishing Sharon for dividing the land of Israel. Sharon, who engineered Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip last year, suffered a massive stroke Wednesday.

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Ahmadinejad, elected in June, previously made headlines by calling the Holocaust a myth. "Hopefully, the news that the criminal of Sabra and Chatilla has joined his ancestors is final," he was quoted by the Iranian press as saying yesterday.

Those who interpret various disasters as evidence of their dieties' agreement with them are despicable.