Tsunami a sign of things to come?

[Robs71Nova]

Me and a few co-workers were having a good discussion about this earlier tonight, so I thought I would introduce it to the board to get yalls opinion. As most of you know there was a recent tsunami that hit killing 125,000 people (As of tonight) in the area of Indonesia. Many of you whom are familiar with the Bible will recall the book of Revelations, the last book in the Bible. In this book it details all kinds of disasters that will hit the earth before God comes again. (I guess this whole question is assuming you believe in God, but even if you don't your two cents are welcome.) Could this huge disaster be a sign of God's wrath? Could He finally be getting "fed up" with all the people using His name in vain, and trying to take His name from everything public? I realize this is kind of a far fetched arguement, but I think it's something interesting and worth debating about. I personally think its just a terrible "natural" disaster, but I don't rule out God's power for one second. And there are MANY MANY people that read the Bible literally that are taking this Tsunami as a sign of God's wrath. Ok, Im just rambling now, but you guys basically get where Im going with this post. SO please feel free to leave what you think.

Rob

[95dxcivic]

i dont even think about that stuff, it scares me, i live my life in more peace without stressing out about whats going to happen to the world. I just dont think about it and i just LIVE.

[taranaki]

The tsunami occured because of a chain of event that are more than adequately explained by physics.

The fact that the Bible makes vague threats about 'bad things that will happen' leaves the door open for every theological conspiracy theorist to run around predicting armagheddon evry time there is a significant natural or man made disaster.

I've even seen people try to connect the WTC attacks with their wretched collection of books.

[DGB454]

The Bible isn't as vague as you may imagine it is.

[jeffroski]

Yes it has made me think, maybe you all need to read revelations for yourselves. And yes I do believe in God. Its not I could be dead but I should've been dead twice. We are all entitled to our opinion, I am a God fearing man. Where did the six of the sand colored missle statement come from.

[YogsVR4]

I get tired of people saying this is a tragedy of biblical proportions. It is horrendous and awful, but it killed less then .002% of the worlds population. At most it may double that amount. Tragic - yes. Biblical - no.

There have been several years where tens of millions died of starvation in India or China alone. Several Hundred of thousand have been killed in Africa because of tribal warfare. Those are not biblical. Those are tragedies that we don't see on the news and therefore do not dedicate any time to. Out of site, out of mind.

Its to bad people only see Gods wrath in things. Maybe they should stop and think for a minute that the tragedy could have been a whole lot worse if he didn't intervene. Perhaps he cut the waves from 100 feet to 30 feet. Perhaps he is responsible for every amazing rescue story you'll read about. If someone wants to contribute the bad to God, they should just as easily contribute the good.

[taranaki]

Originally Posted by DGB454

The Bible isn't as vague as you may imagine it is.

And it's not as absolute as some like to believe it is.

[sivic02]

People have always tried to say that everything is leading to the end of the world. Its because people try to bend everything the bible says to make it relevant to something that has happened. I have heard of people going so far as to say that we are already in the end of the world and that computers are the mark of the devil, the mark on the head(moniter) and the mark on the hand (mouse)...i mean come on, get a life. If you really sat down and tried you could probably work stubbing your toe into one of the plagues. So people just need to stop trying to figure out when the worlds gonna end and just enjoy being alive for this short time we have on this earth.(until January 15, 2035 to be exact, when robots take over)

[dirtydx]

I'm curious what will happen on december 21st 2012, those crazy Mayan's knew something big... apparently that is the exact date that our sun will pass through the milky way.

ever checked out www.truebiblecode.com ?

[YogsVR4]

Pass through the Milky Way galaxy? We've been in the Milky Way for over five billion years


Don't put much stock in the Myans - they didn't even get as far as inventing the wheel.

[eversio11]

Originally Posted by YogsVR4

Pass through the Milky Way galaxy? We've been in the Milky Way for over five billion years
.

oh man, for some reason that obvious answer was so damn funny

Anyone who spouts prophecies from the Karan, Bible, or whatever is a nut. The kind of people that sit on the corner of the street on a box

[dirtydx]

http://www.levity.com/eschaton/Why2012.html

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by Robs71Nova

Me and a few co-workers were having a good discussion about this earlier tonight, so I thought I would introduce it to the board to get yalls opinion. As most of you know there was a recent tsunami that hit killing 125,000 people (As of tonight) in the area of Indonesia. Many of you whom are familiar with the Bible will recall the book of Revelations, the last book in the Bible. In this book it details all kinds of disasters that will hit the earth before God comes again. (I guess this whole question is assuming you believe in God, but even if you don't your two cents are welcome.) Could this huge disaster be a sign of God's wrath? Could He finally be getting "fed up" with all the people using His name in vain, and trying to take His name from everything public? I realize this is kind of a far fetched arguement, but I think it's something interesting and worth debating about. I personally think its just a terrible "natural" disaster, but I don't rule out God's power for one second. And there are MANY MANY people that read the Bible literally that are taking this Tsunami as a sign of God's wrath. Ok, Im just rambling now, but you guys basically get where Im going with this post. SO please feel free to leave what you think.

Rob

I doubt it. I know quite a few religious folk. Every now and then I like to get into a bible discussion with them. These people know the bible. Have read it in and out. They are able to comprehend and understand pretty well. But whenever I ask them about the book of Revelations they're stumped. They really don't know what to make of it. I'm guessing out of all the books Revelations is one of the hardest to understand. So one underwater earthquake killing over 100,000 people when compared to the entire population of earth doesn't mean the end of man. IMO.

Although, these people do see man kind may be nearing their end. I'm not talking about today or next year. They just see people are slowly drifting away from God. Banning of school prayer, x-mas plays and songs, legaliziing abortion (which I'm not for or against but they believe it to be one the cruelest acts of murder), etc. But who knows. Maybe God has had enough, maybe he hasn't. All I know is, I gotta keep on keeping on. Thats all I can do.

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by YogsVR4

Don't put much stock in the Myans - they didn't even get as far as inventing the wheel.

Hilarious.

[DGB454]

Originally Posted by taranaki

And it's not as absolute as some like to believe it is.

You mean some who actually read it?