by Mary M. Redoutey

Created on: January 18, 2010   Last Updated: January 19, 2010

There are some people who look at what appears to be a recent increase in natural disasters  say that it  is "God's judgement".  Yet, it should be remembered that the geological record of our planet bears great evidence of much turmoil... volcanic eruptions, floods, droughts, earthquakes, ice aces, etc. It should also be rememberd that these events caused the formation of mountains, carved out the Grand Canyon, created rivers and streams, and even provided us with our gemstones ... So much beauty that we now appreciate was created from this process ... I ask those people who are now blaming God's judgement for an increase in natural disasters, was God judging the world when those beautiful things were created or just operating within natural law and utilizing it to further His love of creation?

Those who point at the victims of disasters and  attempt to blame them for their own victimization and those who are pointing the finger of blame at God and saying that God caused such disasters are both in error.

If I want to define the God of the Old Testiment, I would use the words of Moses. God said to Moses, "I am who am" meaning that there is nothing else... Nothing has existence without that God. Without that Breath animating the world, nothing exists. Without that love embracing all, nothing survives.... Later, mystics said truthfully, "In him we move, in him we live, in him we are all that we are." If this be true, then who would God be judging? Why would God judge Himself so harshly as to destroy his own body? Doesn't this seem a bit illogical?

Or, if that argument is a little to airy for you, then... if God be our loving Father/ Mother, would God harm his/her own children? God stayed the hand of the father in the Old Testiment who was about to sacrifice his own son. God said through Jesus in the New Testiment, "Forgive your enemies" and told the story about the father who forgave his son long before his son ever returned home to him... Does this parable of the Prodigal Son paint the picture of a God who would judge people with natural disasters or perhaps paint a picture of a loving father who would be racing to grab those who were injured in them with open arms?

Yes, there are writings in the Bible  to indicate that the people in the old days believed in God's judgement...  Yet one wonders if perhaps their writings were the people's misperceptions

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