Yeah, I guess that there were never violent earthquakes, tsunamis, or other cataclysmic events in the past. /s
Seriously: Applying Occam's Razor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_Razor), wouldn't it make more sense to simply assume that plate tectonics were responsible for this?
Why accept explanations requiring a whole slew of additional unproven suppositions? Even a devote Christian could placidly accept that the catastrophe in Japan, while regrettable, was not due to any supposed divine intervention and/or wrath of God.
Regards,
THANK YOU!!! I was going to say something like this, but didn't know how to put it delicately so as not to offend the religious folks. GAH! The Devil isn't coming to take us away, people. Get with the times. The Dark Ages are over.