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If God is never to blame?

Then who is to blame for the tsunami that took 200,000, lives in Indonesia ? Ache in particular ? . Was God looking the other way that day ? and we are supposed to believe in God who watches over us all ?

I do expect the usual cop outs .

Cheers Pete

Update:

Selsi ! do you have an answer of your own and not a passage from a book ? .

Update 2:

MTS . Is a natural wonder the opposite of natural disaster ? so we don`t credit anyone with those ! ?

Since there is no God the question is hypothetical !

Update 3:

Becky I have posted in this section about 3 times in 3 years Protest too much ? not !

Update 4:

Becky I have posted in this section about 3 times in 3 years Protest too much ? not !

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  • Becky
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I think that the Bible presents an explanation of the appearance of pain and evil that is rational, that is internally coherent and that deals honestly with life as we know it. It also provides strength and hope to live in a world filled with suffering and evil.

    Remember the argument:

    1. An all-good God would destroy evil;

    2. An all-powerful God could destroy evil;

    3. Evil is all around us.

    THEREFORE, there is no all-good, all-powerful God.

    The logic seems airtight and irrefutable.

    But we can amend the syllogism to arrive at another piece of airtight logic.

    1. An all-good God would destroy evil;

    2. An all-powerful God could destroy evil;

    3. There is an all-powerful, all-good God;

    4. Evil is not yet destroyed

    THEREFORE, God will one day destroy evil.

    This is the Bible’s position - that God will destroy evil. He just hasn’t done so yet.

    Don't get your timeline and his confused.

    Source(s): Since there is no God the question is hypothetical? But you spend how many hours in this part of YA? Doth someone protest to much?
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You might not like my answer, The people there and around the world worship other gods and God hates it. It was a warning sign to the world come to him before of his second coming.This will help explain it better http://www.fbbc.com/messages/kohl_tsunami_or_sign....

  • 1990
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    You can't blame a natural disaster on God, how do you know God was looking the other way? Maybe he wanted to help those people and they didn't ask for his help. You don't know so how can you just assume he doesn't care?

  • 1 decade ago

    "Natural Evil" (plagues, disease, earthquakes etc.) MUST NEEDS BE moral evil for an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omniscient being. Thus, if he embodies the three "omnis" the existence of natural evil contradicts this definition of deity and nullifies it.

    My opinion.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Shift of tectonic plates

    Goes on all the time on smaller scale

    Look at Cali

  • Max P
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I don't think it cared or cares about tsunami. Because it is so busy watching porn LIVE!!!

    And, if you ask christians about that, they'll RUNNNN AWAY to save face!!!!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    God was busy chillaxin at that time.

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