In the light of the bushfires in Victoria comes an early contender for wanker of the year. 

The Catch the Fire Ministries has tried to blame the bushfires disaster on laws decriminalising abortion in Victoria.

The evangelical church’s leader, Pastor Danny Nalliah, claimed he had a dream about raging fires on October 21 last year and that he woke with "a flash from the Spirit of God: that His conditional protection has been removed from the nation of Australia, in particular Victoria, for approving the slaughter of innocent children in the womb".  Mr Nalliah referred to 2 Chronicles 7:14 to back his assertion.

Mr Nalliah said:

"The Bible is very clear, If you walk out of God’s protection and turn your back on Him, you are an open target for the devil to destroy."

and also:

"In my dream I saw fire everywhere with flames burning very high and uncontrollably. With this I woke up from my dream with the interpretation as the following words came to me in a flash from the Spirit of God: that His conditional protection has been removed from the nation of Australia, in particular Victoria, for approving the slaughter of innocent children in the womb."

As well as the fires, Mr Nalliah has previously said drought and the world financial crisis could be partly blamed on human sin.

As I said, wanker!