Consider:  Pat Robertson proclaims that the earthquake in Haiti was God's punishment for Haiti's 'pact with the devil.' Pat, it's not the first really dumb thing that you have said,  you also pontificated about God punishing the people of New Orleans by sending a hurricane; but I am surprised that by now a close friend wouldn't have taken you aside and said,  "Pat..."

Consider: The outlandish claims of the 'prosperity gospel' (a false teaching that insists that God wants everyone to be wealthy and promises that if you come to church and tithe, God will pay-you-back big time). The teaching is not harmless as explained by The Atlantic (December 2009); Hanna Rosin explains that the tens of millions of adherents to this 'gospel' were encouraged into extreme risk taking. They were told, explains Rosin, that they should reach high, buy a big house, take a big mortgage, "take the first step and trust God to provide." With so many people making such foolish choices, Rosin asks, "Did Christianity Cause the Crash?"

The problem is that this nonsense is even associated with Christianity. It has everything to do with greed and nothing to do with Calvary. Remember, Paul condemns 'false gospels' in Galatians. With the same passion that Paul demonstrated, perhaps it is time that we tell these folks that there is no room in Christianity for this heresy. Maybe you can't fix stupid, but please don't call it Christianity.