{"id":2510,"date":"2010-06-09T18:51:12","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T00:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2011-05-03T17:01:58","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T17:01:58","slug":"bp-is-doing-gods-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/06\/bp-is-doing-gods-work.html","title":{"rendered":"BP is doing God&#8217;s work!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/philippajacks.co.uk\/2009\/10\/Otter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, sort of&#8230; according to some Christian fundies, the oil spill is a sign of the End Times! Of course it is. Seriously, what isn&#8217;t a sign of the End Times these days?<\/p>\n<p>But this time, the fundies think the oil filling up the Gulf of Mexico looks like blood! And apparently, that&#8217;s a sign of the end&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2010\/06\/04\/blood-in-the-water.html\">According to <em>Newsweek<\/em>:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Some interpreters are very sure: The oil spill matches biblical prophesy  and is another predictor of the end. One commenter at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godlikeproductions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Godlike  Productions<\/a> argues that the redness of the oil seen in pictures can  be interpreted as blood. \u201cThe water is tinted red from the oil \u2026 it  ACTUALLY looks like blood. coincidence??? NOT!!!!\u201d On Facebook, at least  two discussion groups are devoted to mining the parallels between  events in the gulf and those predicted in the bible; and in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2010\/05\/31\/national\/main6534391.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">heart-rending interview<\/a> with CBS, a Louisiana  minister named Theodore Turner, whose congregation is one third  fishermen, said he knew it to be so. \u201cThe Bible prophesized hardships,\u201d  he said. \u201cIf we believe the word of God is true\u2014and we do\u2014we also know  that in addition to prophesying hardships he promised to take care of  us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2010\/06\/04\/blood-in-the-water.html\">Read the rest of the story here&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, sort of&#8230; according to some Christian fundies, the oil spill is a sign of the End Times! Of course it is. Seriously, what isn&#8217;t a sign of the End Times these days? But this time, the fundies think the oil filling up the Gulf of Mexico looks like blood! 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