Christian Evangelists: Please Stop!

Pat Robertson has done it again. This time he went out and said that God has/is killing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for pulling out of Gaza. I am an evangelical Christian and I will admit that I don't have a clue how God is going to deal with the Jews at the end of all things. I will also admit that I don't thing the nation-state of Israel that we now know is not the same as the covenant nation of the Bible - in other words I don't think any of the land claims of the Bible have any impact on the Israel of 2006. With that stated I obviously don't think that God is killing Sharon for splitting of the land of Israel. But that is a side issue to the big issue that needs to be dealt with - Christian evangelists, spokespersons, celebrities need to stop standing up and saying things for God that are not biblically warranted, especially when it has to do with people that are dying or presently helpless. I am so tired of hearing people that supposedly believe in a loving and caring God claiming that devastation and death is the result of God getting back at really bad people. God does chasten those he loves, but the time to discuss this is not when people are in the midst of suffering. Did God cause Katrina to take out New Orleans because of their debauchery? Nobody knows, so we shouldn't be out their proclaiming that God did it. Instead we should be out there bringing the love of Christ to those affected by the tragedy. Surely displaying the love of God is more effective in showing the essential character of God than discussing the wrath of God. So, here is my plea... If you have any amount of sway in the Christian community, please start talking about the love of God and stop telling people that God is killing them because they're horrible. Thank you.