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May 17th, 2010
11:43 AM ET
Ted Turner: Is God speaking in Gulf Coast spill?Ted Turner has never been one to keep his opinions to himself. Sometimes referred to as “The Mouth of the South,” the CNN founder lashed out against religious believers in the past. He once dubbed Christianity a “religion for losers” and wondered aloud whether the Ash Wednesday observers around him at work were “Jesus freaks.” His marriage to Jane Fonda was rumored to become strained when she started finding religion. And while his stance has certainly mellowed with the years - he apologized for his past comments and joined with churches in 2008 to fight malaria - his suggestion that God may have had a hand in the oil disaster that killed 11 and is threatening the Gulf Coast may take some by surprise. “Could be,” God’s work, he told CNN’s Poppy Harlow. “He’s sending us a message.” Turner sat down with Harlow recently to discuss the energy policy in the United States. The full interview is posted on CNN Money. “I’m not a real religious person, but I’m somewhat religious. And I’m just wondering if God is telling us he doesn’t want us to drill offshore,” he said. “And right before that we had that coal mine disaster in West Virginia where we lost 29 miners,” as well as repeated mining disasters – “seems like there’s one over there every week” – in China. “Maybe the Lord’s tired of having the mountains of West Virginia, the tops knocked off of them so they can get more coal. I think maybe we ought to just leave the coal in the ground and go with solar and wind power and geo-thermals where it’s applicable.” Calling the United States “the biggest polluter and the biggest energy user in the world,” Turner said the country needs to take the lead in ridding itself of coal and oil dependence. “It’s just as important, if not more important, than getting to the moon.”
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I thought Ted Turner didn't believe in God.
Ted Turner....the SAME Ted Turner that doesn't believe in GOD. Now he can interpret his messages? Ya right Ted.
Something tells me Ted's got "voices" talking to him all the time.
God is already here and He is in the WhiteHouse accordind to Cris Noballs!!
Sure come time for politics , ted becomes a FAITH HEALER! spit in your face TED TURNER!
And now that I think about it, didn't Jane Fonda leave him because he couldn't stand her becoming a born-again Christian?
Can you imagine the furor from the liberal press if Pat Robertson had sad such a thing?
How are Turner's comments any less stupid than Pat Robertson's comments about God punishing us with hurricanes?
Uh Ted. God put the oil there in the first place
and you are the LAST person I would consult for theological matters. Especially after you've spent years ripping Christians.
Well, it finally happened, Ted snapped.
I thought Ted Turner thought he WAS God.....
For a man who detest religion, his citing God as a reference for his viewpoint is beyond comical.
Time to up the lithium dosage, Ted.
Good old Ted. A godless man until he sees some advantage in invoking the deity.
Hey Ted, is this the same God who brought Katrina to New Orleans? We would appreciate your theological opinion on why God did that...
Let's see, when men purposefully drill into the ground and an accident results because of their actions, it's God's will, and not just an direct effect of their causal actions. However, when an earthquake happens, following no causal action of man, we are told by liberals that it cannot reflect God's will.
Reasonable deduction. Now that is critical thinking.
Good, kw.
Thanks Jesus, there are some intelligent persons among us.
We are not alone.
Please give us wisdom.
Thanks!!
Wonder what Ted thought about similar comments from Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson? Way different subject but the same idea.
Darrell wrote: "Christianity: The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree."
Darrell, would you please tell us your definition of Islam? Judaism? Buddhism?
what of course is failed to be reported is that the amount of oil is still a drop in the bucket compared to the amount that NATURALLY seeps into the ocean annually. and the real cause of this is the environuts who have forced drilling further offshore where they must drill deeper and far more riskier. The goal seems obvious get the U.S. to quit drilling so we must spend our money with other countries (who happen to drill off our coast in international waters) and continue to drag our economy down
Could it have been sabotage?
Hey Ted. I hours of video where you say you don't believe in god. Are you a liar or just another lieberal hypocrite.