[steve86]

To the contrary, morality is absolute whether people agree or not.

I do believe that any natural event occurs with God's permission, and some may impart punishment. This one seems a little too non-selective to me, with Buddhists and Hindus suffering, for example.

[Quix]

There's also the issue of the whole planet increasing massively in it's hostility to God's values etc. at different eras. We seem pretty well headed that direction now.