I can appreciate that, but take care you don't eliminate anything, since it's ALL been done and being done with His hand. The earth has been and very likely will continue to be a violent place would you agree? Alls I know is there is plentiful evidence around the world of cataclysmic events, some within human history - for those that will but see. Why He made it so I haven't a clue.
There are stories/myths/legends from around the world of, for example, the flood. You can choose not to believe ANY of them or you can do as others have and search in every nook and cranny for evidence that may support the story. Your choice.
But it also tends to open one's eyes to the chicanery of the fast-talking charlatans who will present only that presumed "evidence" that seems to confirm their current-day pet theory.
If by that you mean catastrophic changes affecting the earth, it is an old hypothesis; very old. The latest pet theory, if you will, is just the opposite.
Best,
The Earth was born in fire and catastrophe approximately five billion years ago.
In another five billion years, it will again face similar conditions as the sun expands to a red dwarf stage.
Between those two extremes, a window of opportunity for life, and for humanity. Make of it what you will.
Punctuations of disaster and opportunity have served to goad and guide us to reach, ultimately, for the stars.
One way or another, humanity will find God.