Tipping points

Practically every interview I've seen of survivors of the recent tornado in Oklahoma have mentioned their "God" at some point in the dialogue, it doesn't bother me in the slightest of course however I must confess after a while it does sound a little contrived to my ears, perhaps it's the accent. BUT, never mind all that, here's something refreshing and something you don't see everyday, a regular person in mid-western America happy to let the world know that they are an atheist ON TV!. The woman in this interview was asked a completely dumb insensitive question by this facile TV presenter, he asked if she had "thanked the lord" (presumably for being spared), she replied, " no, because I'm an atheist" - good on'ya lady! Significant for two reasons, firstly it shows that belief in Yahweh or any other Deity has sweet FA to do with whether your house collapses on your head and secondly LOOK AMERICA a perfectly decent and nice person with a cute baby (not being eaten) who survives F5 tornadoes and doesn't need Jayzus to be her personal savior.

Although when you think about it the more interesting question for the followers of Jayzus in Oklahoma is why did he send the tornado to kill an innocent bunch of school children in the first place?... or maybe they're all just all praying to the wrong God?