“If Pat Robertson can be believed, God was on the terrorists side and made 9/11 happen to punish America.
Of course, I don’t believe Pat Robertson, or anyone else who thinks blaming God for acts of man or nature is sensible”
Its not a matter of “blaming” God. He does do it, and He is not to be blamed for doing something wrong, even though it may be harsh.
“He is not to be blamed for doing something wrong, even though it may be harsh.”
Fair enough. But that’s not the same as some mere mortal saying he knows that G_d did it for a purpose, and he knows what that purpose was, and he knows the purpose was punishment.
To be able to “know” all that stuff would make you akin to G_d yourself. And we know where that kind of ambition leads, don’t we?