Oooh, bad idea...

I can't help thinking this is a bad idea.

What is New Orleans known for? Mardi Gras, the last big hurrah before we enter the lent season, just before Easter. Although I've never been there, it sounds like one huge debauchery. Wine, women, and song. And lots more that probably isn't even legal.

Two Level 5 hurricanes demolish the city and put most of it underwater. Its nearly destroyed totally, thousands dead, lawlessness running rampant. It makes me think of the history of Israel. The people would turn from God, and God would punish them, and they would return, for a while.

In the book of Judges, the Israelites returned to God. Under the kings, over a period of centuries, they turned farther and farther away, with renewals becoming rarer. And finally, destruction. Israel scattered, and Judah in captivity. They return, and 400 years later crucify their own Messiah, Jesus Christ. 40 years later, Jerusalem is razed, the temple destroyed, and the nation is no more, for around 1900 years. May 1948, I believe, is when the modern nation of Israel was reborn.

America has seen what God can do. He used foreign countries to punish Israel. Could He use the forces of nature to do the same to us? Yes. Is He? I don't know.

But I think expanding the gambling industry to help restore this area of our country is a dangerous idea.