Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Weather God's wrath?

Every time we have a series of major disasters -- this year being the flood in Burma, earthquake in China, and the extended winter in the US followed by lots of tornados -- it spawns commentary on these things being punishments on the world.

It's a good question. God is in charge of the universe, no doubt. And we're doing a lot to displease him these days. And he wiped people out in the Bible who were not shaking out well.

But what would it take for the Father of mercy to impose such widespread pain upon people by intervening in the natural order he set up? For these massive losses of life and property to end up in the win column.

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