WHO WAS BEHIND THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI CATASTROPHE — GOD, OR HUMANITY?
[By Dr. Mohamed Elmasry* – Jan 17, 2005] The year 2004 ended on a very sombre note with the Dec. 26 Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster — perhaps the worst of its kind in more than a century, and certainly the worst natural disaster of this new millennium. It is now known that some 153,000 are dead, thousands more are missing, while millions have been left homeless and jobless. But who was really behind this tragedy? Was it a completely “natural” disaster?? Some will call it an “act of God” while others will blame the human element for at least part of the devastation. Here are the top six explanations, equally divided between God and humanity: 1. God wanted to punish Muslims because they do not believe that Jesus Christ is his Son. 2. God wanted to punish those tourists who travel to Thailand and other southeast Asian countries in order to have sex with children. 3. God wanted to see how generously human beings would reach out to help one another. 4. Human beings set off an undersea nuclea
