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Originally posted by keybplayer:

PS: royandreno, I am not saying God caused this disaster (as you should realize from the statements in my previous post). Nor should 'you' think God was in any way "responsible" for this disaster. What do you think anyway Roy, that God is somehow up there looking down on these Asian countries and all those poor innocent people and just decides to toss a few lightening bolts around in the direction of Sumatra because he has nothing better to do? Ridiculous! The cause of this disaster rests firmly on the shoulders of these Asian Governments who lacked the foresight to install a warning system for 'their' citizens. If the warning system was in place and operating properly this disaster could have been prevented, at least to a major degree anyway. These Asian countries have known for YEARS that major earthquake activity has occured on a repeated basis in those areas over a LONG LONG period of time yet haven't done anything about it, even after seeing with their own eyes, the benefits the Pacific warning system has been.

I can't understand why people think that when something bad happens God somehow did it or was at fault or why didn't he stop it, etc. Then again when something good happens God never gets any credit but instead it is attributed to luck, good fortune or something similar. I'll tell you why people do that, because they don't really know who God is. When they read the 'Manual' to who God is they will understand him much like you read the manual to your Keyboard and you understand how to operate it because the Manual explains the Keyboard in intricate detail and when you grasp its meaning you understand it and how it operates. It is the same with God's manual the bible.

Best regards,
Mike

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Mike, read my post! I don't want to start a religious battle here, but I never said God was responsible because I don't believe in God, period! I cannot think of anything that has caused so many wars and so much misery on this earth as has religions. In my sense religion is a product in peoples heads, based on fear of dying. I know lots of you, especially you US guys, are into God all the time, and frankly I wish this site would be totally religion and politics free. I believe people with good hearts is what this world needs, not religion.

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Roy-Andrč

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