WHY DID THE SOUTH ASIAN TSUNAMI HAPPEN?
God intended the tsunami as a warning: Shakur R. Sheffield of Miami, FL is reported as having posted a message to the Miami Herald’s feedback bulletin board called: “Perspectives on the power of nature, relief funds, and God. He wrote: “Make no mistake about it, this was no accident or freak of nature. This was a warning, a reminder or, shall I say, a ‘word’ from God. The first thing most of us say is, ‘Those things happen in third-world countries.’ Well that’s just another way of saying that we have been blessed — so far. These tsunamis should make us realize that we are one world, one people, living under the mercy of one God. Don’t think that because we are living in the high-tech, modern world that our technology makes us special or will protect us from all evil. Believe it or not, God still rules.” 1 If Sheffield’s interpretation is correct, then it is not clear exactly what God’s warning is. One might speculate that the victims of the tsunami who were overwhelmingly Buddhists, H
