[ColdWater]

If God sends a tornado as punishment to a deserving crowd, then those who die were given opportunity to repent. This does not preclude people from dying as a result of natural disaster simply because they happened to be in the road of bad weather. The two are not connected. However, we as limited humans cannot directly tell the difference.

If we as limited humans cannot directly tell the difference, how do you know there is a difference?

[rjsimmon]

If we as limited humans cannot directly tell the difference, how do you know there is a difference?

Excellent question. Those who repent and turn to God, to them, they see the difference. God's purpose is served. Man is redeemed.

Do you see the cross as a symbol of torture and death, or do you see it as a symbol of what God did for you out of love?