Mock the loons

Readers may recall a decade or so ago Brian Tamaki blamed an earthquake on gay marriage. He was rightfully mocked for this. It’s both crass and lunacy to blame something like an earthquake on whether or not gays can marry.

Well to match that we have the MP for Tamaki Makaurau MP saying:

A Te Pāti Māori MP says the fire that devastated the Tongariro National Park could be a message from a paramount chief who died earlier this year. 

Oriini Kaipara, a former broadcaster who won the recent Tāmaki Makaurau byelection, said the blaze could be taken as a sign to return the land to Māori.

This is the same level of lunacy. But you can be sure very few people will say that Kaipara should be mocked for her views.

I believe both statements are lunacy. I don’t think God caused an earthquake because of a vote in Parliament and I don’t think Mahuika started a fire because of Tongariro National Park is owned by the Department of Conservation.

But to many on the left they would say that it is crazy to state that the Abrahamic God caused an earthquake due to a political issue, but the belief that Mahuika caused a bushfire due to land ownership is a legitimate cultural belief that should be respected!

Note I am not saying the belief in God or Gods should be mocked. It is when people ascribe specific events to Godly interference that they should be mocked – the idea that these people personally know it is divine interference.