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Article: Was the tsunami an act of God?(Viewpoint)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- January 28, 2005
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An act of God! That's what many call the tsunami disaster. But what kind of God would do such a thing? If a human being killed over 150,000 people and left thousands of the living in mourning, children without families and families without breadwinners, we would consider such a person a sociopath. Is God any less a sociopath if God is responsible for this tragedy? I cannot worship a God who is a sociopath.
Many religious people say that God had complete control over whether the earthquake in the Pacific happened and whether there was a tsunami. They say this tragedy was the will of God. One person said to me that God's will was in every molecule of that water that ...