Believe it or not, the article below actually cites proof that earthquakes are no more frequent or worse in the last days than throughout history, nor are any other events like cyclones and draught. When i questioned my wife about a recent tornado and why god made them and other natural disasters, my WT trained wife tried to say man has caused in imbalance in the natural forces......but the WT article cited quotes two books as saying they apparetnly have not, as nothing has really changed over the ages (which really surprised me since earthquakes and other disasters are supposed to have gone crazy since 1914!).
So then, the 242,000 that died in China (mentioned below) actually caused their own death by earthquake? Because the last sentence does say "forces of nature are not to blame." It says the "human element" is guilty. Wife again says that is humans screwing up the environment, but of course i say "how could they have caused the earthquake since 'forces of nature are not to blame'?" As i see it, this article (good read) clearly indicates that the "human element" problem is that we are "in the way" of gods wonderful natural systems of earthquakes, cyclones, and tornadoes.
Lets all try to stay out of gods way...........oompa
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w9312/1p.6NaturalDisasters—IsGodResponsible?***
WhatIsa"NaturalDisaster"?
When an earthquake struck Tangshan, China, and according to official Chinese reports killed 242,000 people, and when Hurricane Andrew slammed into South Florida and Louisiana in the United States and caused billions of dollars in damage, such natural disasters made international headlines. Yet, what if that earthquake had struck in the uninhabited Gobi Desert, 700 miles [1,100 km] northwest of Tangshan, or what if Hurricane Andrew had taken a different course and had spent itself at sea, missing land altogether? They would hardly be remembered now.
In this regard, note what the book NaturalDisasters—ActsofGodorActsofMan? has to say: "There is no evidence that the climatological mechanisms associated with droughts, floods and cyclones are changing. And no geologist is claiming that the earth movements associated with earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunami (earthquake waves) are becoming more violent." Similarly, the book Earthshock observes: "The rocks of every continent contain a record of innumerable major and minor geological events, every one of which would be a catastrophic disaster to mankind if they occurred today—and it is scientifically certain that such events will occur again and again in the future." In other words, the earth and its dynamic forces have more or less remained the same throughout the ages. Hence, whether or not some statistics indicate an increase of some forms of geologic or other activity, the earth has not become uncontrollably violent in recent times.
What, then, accounts for the increase in the frequency and destructiveness of natural disasters that we read about? If the forces of nature are not to blame, the finger of guilt seems to point to the human element.