Does it bother you when people point out that you have bad reading comprehension? :)
I never said that God was punishing Haiti. I said the exact OPPOSITE.
We are all affected because of sin. The creation was affected because of sin.
God did not single out Haiti to be punished for their sin by an earthquake.
I do not agree with Pat Robertson.
Natural disasters are a result of sin in that the world was perfect before sin entered it. Not because God used this earthquake to punish sin.
The comment that I made that you flamed me for was in response to someone else’s post that sin has consequences.
In the first part I said YES sin has consequences.
In the last part of my post I said HOWEVER that isn’t what Pat is saying. He is saying that this is DIRECT judgement from God.
I do not agree with this but was just pointing out how what the previous poster said did not square with what Pat Robertson was saying.
GOODNESS!
I knew that's what you were saying the first time I read your post.
God created all of the Universe long before mankind came along. The forces both incidental and incremental that drive the Universe were also here long before that time.
To claim that the bad forces in the Universe are the result of the sin of man is purely ignorant. The fact that mankind is here and living among these forces has nothing to do with whether mankind caused them or not.
The simple proof of that is, Christians, righteous and evil people are all effected by these forces equally and without discrimination. Those who hold a strong faith in God through out these disastrous forces are those who are saved.
The Universe is still perfect in and of itself. Mankind never has been perfect except for a few moments when/before God gave us a free will. The Garden of Eden is a fundamental illustration given to mankind so that we can better understand God's intent, but our primitive and simple minds took them literally. Those illustrations have been a hindrance to belief ever since.