Opinion: Don’t Blame God For Tsunami

The tragedies of the earthquake in Japan March 11 were, to most people, unimaginable. Yet with images of the disaster flooding in, disbelief was able to turn into compassion, and compassion into action. Simultaneously, Russian Orthodox priest Alexandr Shumsky published an article title “The end of the Japanese Miracle” March 14. In this, he wrote the earthquake and tsunami were God’s way of punishing Japan for offending Russia because some protesters had recently burned Russian flags and destroyed portraits of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev/ Bethany Breeze , UIdaho Argonaut. More here .

Question: Is God to blame for widespread human tragedy like the devastation to Japan caused by earthquakes and tsunami?