The Last Time God Tried To "Make It Right" With An Apocalyptic Event, Here's What Happened

Alan: The Republican Base has despaired of political process (specifically, compromise) and has assumed a-full time posture of waiting on the Apocalypse when "God himself will make all things right."

The last time God attempted to "make it right" through an apocalyptic event, here's what happened:

"Prohibition, Noah, Ham And The Curse Of Canaan"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2011/11/daily-dose-111111-prohibition-and-curse.html

"Do Republicans Do Anything But Piss, Moan, Whine, Bitch?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/do-republicans-only-piss-moan-whine.html

"Faith, Hope, Charity And Divine Desperation"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/04/faith-hope-charity-and-divine.html

Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking "The Faithful" In God's Image

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/christianitys-bedrock-commitment-to.html

Conservative Christians Delight In The Punishment And Pain Of Others

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/conservative-christians-delight-in.html

Time For Catholicism To "Shelve" Traditions And Texts That Represent God As A Terrorist

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/time-to-expunge-catholicism-of.html

Pastor John Piper "discusses the vexing problem of God ordering the mass killing of every Canaanite man, woman, and child."

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/peterenns/2012/07/john-piper-on-why-its-right-for-god-to-slaughter-women-and-children-anytime-he-pleases-and-why-i-have-some-major-problems-with-that/

"God Enjoys The 10 Plagues Way Too Much"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/god-enjoys-10-plagues-way-too-much.html

Biblical Literalism: Not Only Impossible But Destructive Of Meaning And Souls

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/biblical-literalism-not-only-impossible.html

Worst Bible Passages

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/worst-bible-passages.html

Seldom Sermonized Bible Quotes

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/seldom-sermonized-bible-verses.html

Mistakes In Scripture: When The Bible Gets The Bible Wrong

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/05/mistakes-in-scripture-when-bible-gets.html

"Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/is-bible-more-violent-than-quran-npr.html

The Civil War: White Christians Slaughtering One Another On A Scale ISIS Can Only Dream Of
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-civil-war-white-christians.html

"What ISIS Really Wants" And How The Patriarch Abraham Appears To Be The Instigator

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants-and-how.html

Abrahamic Religions Must Deal With Their Own Bronze Age Atavism And Not Just Window Dress
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/abrahamic-religions-must-deal-with.html

ISIS And The Inquisition: The Shadow Side Of Religion. Why Does Belief Do This
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/isis-and-inquisition-shadow-side-of.html

All 3 Abrahamic Religions Should Be As Ashamed Of Themselves As They Are Now Self-Certain
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/all-3-abrahamic-religions-should-be-as.html

The Age-Old Normalization Of Warfare Through Stupidity, Ego And Religion

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-age-old-normalization-of-warfare.html

"Terror And The Other Religions"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/terrorism-and-other-religions-juan-cole.html

"The Politics Of Horror In Conservative Evangelicalism," '09 Outstanding Academic Title"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-politics-of-horror-in-conservative.html

Devout Christian, Blaise Pascal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal

"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/any-religion-that-needs-fear-to-thrive.html

"Bad Religion: A Compendium"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/bad-religion-compendium.html

Are Highly Religious People Less Compassionate?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/reprise-are-highly-religious-people.html

Religion and Perfectionism

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/religion-and-perfectionism.html

"Trial By Ordeal: The Bloody Old Testamental Roots Of Modern Justice"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/trial-by-ordeal-bloodthirsty-roots-of.html

"Trial By Ordeal: Alive And Well Into The 17th Century"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/trial-by-ordeal-alive-and-well-in-17th.html

What's Wrong With The Abrahamic Religions: Absolutism, Scriptural Inerrancy, Bloodlust

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/07/whats-wrong-with-abrahamic-religions.html

"Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy," A Glimpse Of True Christianity
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/amish-grace-how-forgiveness-transcended.html

Good Religion And Bad Religion

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/bad-religion-and-good-religion.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Religion

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on-religion.html

Pope Francis: "A Little Mercy Makes The World More Just"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/pope-francis-little-mercy-makes-world.html

"Which Do You Value More?

Mercy?

Or Justice?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/03/which-do-you-value-more-mercy-or-justice.html

Hey Christian! How Many Of Jesus' Moral Stands Do You Approve? Take The Test!

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/how-many-of-jesus-moral-exhortations.html

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"Love and do what you will."
St. Augustine

"You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image 

when it turns out God hates all the same people you do."
Fr. Tom Weston S. J.

Dorothy Day: “I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.”

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/02/dorothy-day-i-really-only-love-god-as.html

"Charity is the soul of faith, it gives it life; without love, faith dies."
St. Anthony of Padua