Admin Mod wanted to restrict this thread to more strictly keep to the topic of the quake itself and strictly news about the quake.
Other related discussions have been split off and invited to here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2687394/posts?page=65#65
You may want to let SW6906 know. They were the one who wanted to know about the deleted posts.
I think the deleted posts infringed FR policy. I do not think they were simply off topic.