God's Existence

[221bar1]

With the widespread devastation in Asia doubts of the existence of any God are being raised even by some of the poorest insecure asians.

One old woman said to me that she was being punished for something she must have done but could not think what it was.
She had lost most of her family but continued to pray.

 

[Merlin the Magician]

Welcome home Ray and hope everything is as well as can be expected? considering what you had to endure/go through, must have been very traumatic an experience, hope your family are well too.....

Yes I can well imagine on seeing the pictures on the T/V that a lot of faiths are questioning, if there really is a god!! of any sort? a really tragic affair.......

I did post a message on saying you were safe on TOUT SEUL'S TSUNAMI thread....................

 

[221bar1]

Hi Merlin, it much depended on where you were when the first wave came, if you were on the beach front or in a ground floor room, you were in danger.

I was in neither and in no danger whatsoever.

Most of the damage was caused by debris being forced along by the surge of water and as of today only 10% of rooms in the resort are unavailable.

The main beach was back in business 2 days later with most of the debris cleared.

North of Phuket is a different story, Khao Lak almost obliterated as was Phi Phi island.

 

[krizon]

I'm surprised that organized religion has permitted the term "act of God" to continue to be applied to the worst kind of natural disasters (re insurance). With so many more non-believers than perhaps even half a century ago, there should be an insistence by atheists that it does not apply to their insurance policies, since they don't believe that God exists, and therefore He is incapable of performing these, or any other, acts.

I assume that people and businesses with concrete, foundation-based buildings have fared the best, but can't claim any insurance back, due to this 'act of God', and that the vast majority of the Sri Lankan/Indian coastal fatalities suffered because they had top-of-the-ground flimsy homes. The shredded appearance of these areas looks mostly to consist of wood, bamboo, and reeds. I hope that enough money is found to rebuild for the dispossessed using proper foundation-built, concrete villages, since any future occurrence will just again sweep away the lightweight structures.