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Christian faith doesn't just say disasters are God's retribution

  • Written by Mathew Schmalz, Associate Professor of Religion, College of the Holy Cross
imageDaniel Arrhakis, CC BY-NC

Seeing the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, conservative Christian pastor John McTernan argued recently that “God is systematically destroying America” out of anger over “the homosexual agenda.”

There were others who disagreed over the reasons for God’s anger, but not necessarily with the...

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