Why do some people feel natural disasters are a result of God's wrath?

Question

I have my own beliefs why people are subject to such disasters. It's science. It's random. It is the process of evolution, and some people live in places where disaster strikes. You wouldn't build a house on an active volcano would you? When that volcanoe erupts and destroys your village, would you say that that happened because you are sinners?

I'm just very curious as to why people believe such sensational nonsense. What drives people to surmise the reasons for a disaster to be solely the hand of the Lord?

Answer 1

I believe that your question is of rhetorical essence and no one who has a strong religious sense will answer it....

However I can attempt to answer this, even though i am not religious

People feel those disasters are the wrath of God because they feel that this would be proof enough for themselves and for the people around them who are non believers of the existence of a God....

So in short they feel its the wrath of God, for assurance that God exists... thats my answer... hope it helps.

Answer 2

"Why do some people feel natural disasters are a result of God's wrath?"

They Don't! It's just a good reason to go on a rant about whatever that personb feels is a sin. How often can the same person say the same rhetoric? Tying that same rhetoric to a current event gives the same old crap a slightly differnt face and lends a false sense of credibility to the "we are living in the last days " speech.

Answer 3

Before Jesus died for our sins, natural disasters might have been the wrath of God. After all, the Old Testament does say, "an eye for an eye." We cannot assume that God is punishing us with "natural" disasters today, though. Jesus died for our sins. He has "validated our parking tickets," so natural disasters are not the wrath of God.

On the other hand, we have abused our planet. The Greenhouse Effect is a little like a puppy pooping in the kennel. It is gonna be a really nasty mess, and WE are to blame for it. It is true that we were just doing what came natural to us, but it is still gonna be a mess.

The question is . . . who is gonna clean up that mess?

Answer 4

First and foremost, we are all sinners. That's why Jesus died on the cross for us, to cleanse us of our sins. Disasters don't happen because of sin because we've already been forgiven for them - God wouldn't punish us for something we've already been forgiven for.

Secondly, I don't think that natural disasters are a result of God's wrath on people. It bothers me that people get angry at God when things like this happen; I don't remember or recall anywhere in the Bible where He said life was going to be easy and sunshine and rainbows. Life is a series of tests and challenges; people's integrity and coping skills must be tested to see what they do with adversity and disasters.

Fact is, people are often warned about natural disasters. We all know that California is going to fall into the sea and be completely abolished. And is it not the fastest growing and most economically driven state? People just look for a place to put blame when things go wrong. Because God isn't a physical person, it's easy to point fingers at Him. Sure, God makes the decisions, but part of being a good Christian/Jew is to trust in His plan for us.

Answer 5

God=Nature=Chaos= The great unknown

You have a pronoun problem and a labeling problem.

Religious people think of God as the begining and end of it all. What's more, they are told God has a temper. A+B+ He did to us again.

And, a vain person will stand on volcano think it can't kill him. People die that way all the time. Nobody highlights those people because they don't want you to follow in their foot steps.

As for God and science, they are not at odds with one another. Read "Angels and Demons". You may like it. It touches on this subject.

And as for the volcano, watch "Joe versus the Volcano" , it might help you to judge your question better. Good guy lives, bad guys die, all because of the Big Woo. Sure it is fiction but people see this and think, hmmmm.

Answer 6

In most cases, it's probably just a matter of science--things happen.

According to the Bible, ultimately God is in control, but he lets Satan run the world. Satan wants people to suffer and blame God for the suffering. If they blame God for a tragedy, Satan wins. If they get through a tragedy because of their faith in God, the person and God wins.

The Bible does predict a time of greater and more predominant disasters in the world, ending with the "End of this world" and the beginning of a new Heaven and a new Earth without evil. Those that have/keep their faith in God will share in the new world.

Many believe we are in the time of the beginning of the end, but it has been thought before, also. Only time will tell.

Answer 7

For insurance recovery of damages. All kidding aside, it is not the hand of the Lord, or Divine wrath. It is just the natural weather patterns, geologically patterns of the earth etc. Basically God put the earth in motion some time ago and now it spins on its own axes. He's about building bigger and better models I think.

Answer 8

You like to flaunt your arrogance here and in many of your questions. You seem to think your "science" can explaineverything. When in fact we know that there have been many revolutions of thought in the history of ideas which show that science has been flawed and wrong time and time again.

People who think all these things that you pick on and seem to take some egotistical pleasure in pointing out are not like you.

You have no understanding of ancient culture, anthropology or religious customs and beliefs. If you did you would understand the answers to your questions about Christianity.

You are the same as all the Christians who try to jam their beliefs down everyone's throats. It means you are insecure in your beliefs or about your intellect. If you really are content with what you know and you know you know it than you don't need to post questions here asking why people who do not hold the same epistemological or cosmological beleifs as you why they believe it.

It seems as if you want to inflate yourself.

Answer 9

People say it's "God's will" because they're afraid to realize they affect their own lives. It's a morbidly overused statement that reveals people don't want to take responsiblity for their actions. It's an easy answer for a difficult question. Religion is notorious for placing blame on others rather than taking responsibility. It's sad, really, that so much 'faith' is placed in something they 'feel' is real...and not enough is placed in themselves.

Answer 10

I think it is a way for people to justify their own hatred or displeasure with something. Then again, maybe some people really do believe it is god's wraith. Just because someone does not hold the same belief as you does not mean they aren't being sincere.