The God of D'Souza

Read this post by Dinesh D'Souza about the ongoing situation at Virginia Tech. Remember that this is the same D'Souza that thinks Conservative Christians in the US and Muslims in Iraq should join together to destroy the hedonism of "liberal" America, which he blames for the 9/11 attacks in his book The Enemy at Home. Even the ultra-conservatives can't stomach much of this gibberish, such as this quote from the first page of The Enemy at Home: “I am saying that the cultural left and its allies in Congress, the media, Hollywood, the nonprofit sector, and the universities are the primary cause of the volcano of anger toward America that is erupting from the Islamic world.” Oh my God... (no pun intended) So, back to D'Souza's post regarding the Virginia Tech incident: Notice something interesting about the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings? Atheists are nowhere to be found. Every time there is a public gathering there is talk of God and divine mercy and spiritual healing... Could this be any more simple-minded? The reason that there is "a public gathering there is talk of God and divine mercy and spiritual healing" is because there is currently a group of people in Virginia trying to make sense of an inherently non-sensical situation. They are looking for answers that cannot easily be found (prompted in that search by the mass media coverage of "Why?"). Religion is one of the human outlets that allows people to come to grips with situations like this. It requires only sophmorically simple logic to understand this reaction. Moreover, a true atheist would have no significant issues with this feeling. If one finds comfort in their God in a time of despair, he should indeed look to that God. To each, his own, an atheist would say. Many respondents to D'Souza's original post have also highlighted some interesting facts. "John", respondent #9 to the original post, asks: I think a better question would be "why do you suddenly hear from opportunistic zealots who only seek to push their own agenda when bad things happen"? I don't have any answers to the tragedy that has occurred. The difference between you and me, though, is that I admit it.If anyone seeks comfort in religion in terrible times, I genuinely wish them well. It's not my choice, but I don't presume to know what's better for anyone else. Just myself. People practicing religion does not offend me. But opportunistic zealots who take a national tragedy and use it to promote their own relgious agenda do. Are you listening, Dinesh? This is a fair point, as "Paul" (respondent 8), says: ...how come God is always called upon AFTER the tragedy, to watch over the family and friends of those deceased but never even considered for causing the event, or not stopping the event. I'm guessing your comment is going to say something along the lines of...well God doesn't intervene on Earth, that's up to us. Well if God doesn't intervene prior to a tragedy, why would he intervene afterwards? Dinesh, your logic and analysis in this case is as poor as it was in your latest book. The overt overtone of personal agenda stifles any relevant points that may exist in the substance of your post. I must say, however, that even if that patina is removed, this post holds no analysis of any value. You are simply Fundamentalist-mongering (like that word?). Nothing more. Not very impressive, even for a Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.