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Does God Create Weather Disasters?

The Giant Noodle

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One guy I know says 100% all major storms are caused by sin and Gods wrath.

(Job 37:9-13) “Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.”
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Are Natural Disasters from God?
 
The Giant Noodle said:
One guy I know says 100% all major storms are caused by sin and Gods wrath.
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I heard a sermon of this type a while back. The minister connected all forms of extreme weather, illness, and every other negative event imaginable to punishment for sinners. I would like to think that 50,000 people killed by a tsunami were not all sinners, and if so, I would have to assume that collateral damage is acceptable. I'm sure there are other biblical quotes to explain it, but quite frankly, I'm not buying it.
 
Tonawanda said:
I heard a sermon of this type a while back. The minister connected all forms of extreme weather, illness, and every other negative event imaginable to punishment for sinners. I would like to think that 50,000 people killed by a tsunami were not all sinners, and if so, I would have to assume that collateral damage is acceptable. I'm sure there are other biblical quotes to explain it, but quite frankly, I'm not buying it.
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Well, arn't we all sinners? so I guess it's true lol.
 
The Giant Noodle said:
From what I hear, God has a 'hate-o-meter' for sin. Too much sin or a sin he reallllly hates and BLAMO!!! :afraid:
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Dang... so that's where spontaneous combustion comes from...
 
So the omnipotent and all-knowing god created us KNOWING full well we'd be sinners and then punishes us for doing what he knew we'd do?

Awesome.

Kinda like punching your two year old in the face for crying, and thinking that would stop the kid from crying.

Cancer and HIV are god's creations too aren't they? Black plague? Small pox? Polio?
 
On one hand there's various severe weather in USA which is God's way of answering the Iraqi prayers of taking revenge on you by using higher power. On the other hand there are words around here speaking that the USA has developed the technology to cause severe weather in any place it chooses to.

So are these hurricane hits final touch experiments before you unleash the design to evil doers of the earth? Or should you counter the prayers with those of your own and move the God's hate-o-meter somewhere more in the middle (or to the other side)?

I am asking cause it is snowing here heavily (it really does) and wonder whom should I blame for that!
 
The Giant Noodle said:
One guy I know says 100% all major storms are caused by sin and Gods wrath.



Are Natural Disasters from God?
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this is soo 3rd century man I mean the dude is stuck in a way back machine in neutral ya know. Like its today. Everybody knows where its at. Um like weather its up there swirling around and like it does what it does ya know. Its just like there. Really
 
Dragonfly said:
So the omnipotent and all-knowing god created us KNOWING full well we'd be sinners and then punishes us for doing what he knew we'd do?

Awesome.

Kinda like punching your two year old in the face for crying, and thinking that would stop the kid from crying.

Cancer and HIV are god's creations too aren't they? Black plague? Small pox? Polio?
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I didn't know that crying was disobedient, in fact Jesus cried. FAIL
 
Stopandthink said:
I didn't know that crying was disobedient, in fact Jesus cried. FAIL
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What the hell are you talking about? You've never heard of a parent hitting their kid in an attempt to shut them up?
It happens quite frequently.

Mega-fail on your part for missing the point completely.

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he just created the laws of physics . but people had better consider such disasters to be some warnings .humans have been distrupting the natural balance of the world that may cause much more serious dangers for our future days
 
Dragonfly said:
What the hell are you talking about? You've never heard of a parent hitting their kid in an attempt to shut them up?
It happens quite frequently.

Mega-fail on your part for missing the point completely.

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Your point makes no sense. If you sin you are disobedient to God and deserve judgement.
If my kids are disobedient then they deserve my punishment. But since when is crying always disobedience? You are trying to compare God to a bad parent and I am pointing out that it is a flawed analogy.
 
Stopandthink said:
Your point makes no sense. If you sin you are disobedient to God and deserve judgement.
If my kids are disobedient then they deserve my punishment. But since when is crying always disobedience? You are trying to compare God to a bad parent and I am pointing out that it is a flawed analogy.
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Yes - I'm saying god (the one portrayed in the bible) is a hideously bad parent. Exactly. There's nothing flawed about it.
 
Yeeey. more stupid threads about things we have put to rest since like... 200 years ago?

Yeeeey.

I mean, at times like this I wish I was divorced from sharing the same human condition with a bunch of people on the planet.
 
Medusa said:
he just created the laws of physics . but people had better consider such disasters to be some warnings .humans have been distrupting the natural balance of the world that may cause much more serious dangers for our future days
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In a nutshell.
 
Dragonfly said:
Yes - I'm saying god (the one portrayed in the bible) is a hideously bad parent. Exactly. There's nothing flawed about it.
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Apparently you admit you are a sinner so I don't know why you blame God for that. I would guess by the way you talk you are not a parent.
 
lizzie said:
Ummm, no they are not. Weather just happens. ;)
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That would mean that the god has no power over natural events. That can't be true if the god is a god.
 
Paralogic said:
That would mean that the god has no power over natural events. That can't be true if the god is a god.
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No it doesn't. It would just mean God doesn't actively control all natural events.
 
Anagram said:
No it doesn't. It would just mean God doesn't actively control all natural events.
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If the god doesn't control all natural events then...

(1) the god is not a god, because the god can NOT control all natural events

(2) the god is a god but the god does not WANT TO control all natural events, meaning that all natural disasters are a direct wish of the god -- not to take any active part to stop their destruction.

It's either (1) or (2).
 
Paralogic said:
(2) the god is a god but the god does not WANT TO control all natural events, meaning that all natural disasters are a direct wish of the god -- not to take any active part to stop their destruction.
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I don't see what's wrong with number two. You said a god can't be a god if he doesn't control the weather, but as you pointed out this isn't true.
 
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