[ThirstyMan]

It is dangerous to go around declaring the will of God as evident in these tragic events. It just doesn't get "us Christians" very far, if you know what I mean.

Such declarations tend to impeach the character of God while alluding that we have some special knowledge of God acting on "our" behalf by slaughtering other humans.

Speculating this was God's punishing will, based on coincident events without any prophetic knowledge that this was indeed God, and not simply a natural disaster, would achieve what?

Wouldn't such logic prove that 9/11 was "God" talking to us and rewarding the Muslims fanatics? Seems like a dangerous path for a Christian to tread.

[Strategerist]

Wouldn't such logic prove that 9/11 was "God" talking to us and rewarding the Muslims fanatics? Seems like a dangerous path for a Christian to tread.

The way the kookists get around that is by claiming disasters affecting mostly Christian nations are the withdrawal of "protection" by God from Christians straying from the path, so therefore Florida being hit by a hurricane is because Disney World has a "Gay Day" or Northridge getting hit by an earthquake is because of legalized abortion.

I'm not making either of the above up, either. The fact that Disney World was essentially undamaged from all the hurricanes this year in FL, and most of the destruction was to elderly retirees and military bases and whatnot, doesn't seem to faze them.

[AGreatPer]

"Wouldn't such logic prove that 9/11 was "God" talking to us and rewarding the Muslims fanatics? Seems like a dangerous path for a Christian to tread."

Maybe the Egyptians were right and we should all be praying to the Sun God. It's Rahs (sp?) fault.

[hushpad]

Wouldn't such logic prove that 9/11 was "God" talking to us and rewarding the Muslims fanatics? Seems like a dangerous path for a Christian to tread<<<

I'm only arguing this one point, because your first three sentences/observations make good sense. However, the logic does not extend to 911 because that was a human-made disaster not a natural one.

Natural disasters do seem to be appearing with greater frequency than usual, a biblical sign to many no matter where the disaster occurs.