The Almighty to New Orleans

"Perhaps you didn't get my message!" You can run, but you can't hide.

I don't really believe that God is sending hurricanes to punish these poor people, but seeing Rita's storm track you could get the impression that something has it in for them.

Update: Houston, you have a problem! Rita is now at Cat 5. Maybe the Almighty is telling us that we really don't need oil and gas.

But I doubt that. I think it's more like the message to the people who built the Tower of Babel, "Don't think you can do without my help and protection!" You can't separate church and state in the way we have tried to do. Religious faith helps keep us humble, except for a small number of radicals. It also helps the poor far more effectively than government ever could. Anybody who reads the Sermon on the Mount should know better than to think that Jesus' teachings are harmful. It's usually apostates who use religion to hurt others or seek worldly power in the name of God.