The Old Testament teaching that God brings misfortune upon people as punishment for sin and disobedience is obsolete.
It is refuted in the Book of Job and in the New Testament.
But this mentality survives to this day as Prosperity Theology.
And it infects many Christian Churches.
The reaction of Fundamentalist and Evangelical Churches, particularly in the United States, to the AIDS crisis is a classic example.
They said that AIDS was punishment from God for the sin of homosexuality.
And that homosexuals would go to hell.
But these claims have long been disputed, even within the Christian Churches.
AIDS is cured.
There is no longer any pretext for their prejudice.
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