Either its hi-tech terrorism. (You'd be nuts to rule that out)
Or God is removing His hand of protection from America. Why should God shed His grace on America with behavior so apallingly perverted. (Legal baby killing, homosexual unions sanctioned, rampant drug and alcohol abuse, popular entertainment media, ect ect ect)
Either one, we are in for destruction on a scale never before known in mankind!
Those things are all outlawed in Muslim countries. Maybe God is a Muslim.
Most of the visitors to this website have taken strong stances against baby killing, homosexuals, rampant abuse, and the entertainment media. IMHO, you're preaching to the choir and blaming this horrible tragedy as God's punishment for behavior of Americans is most sacrilegious. Frankly, it sounds like something Clinton would have said after September 11.
Hairball?
And if America is to be destroyed because of the issues you listed, then He must be DELIBERATELY and WILLFULLY ignoring the prayers and efforts of those of us who are AGAINST such issues. So according to your mindset, the prayers of righteous men availeth NOTHING and do NOT matter a WHIT to the Lord. Oh...I KNOW, when 'we' hit our knees, God tunes us out so He can claim in 'good faith' that He HAD to act against America. (He has your image/portrayal of Him to uphold, doesn't He?)
Can you enlighten us and tell us which of those lost astronauts were BIG TIME abortion pushers/supporters? After all, they must have been guilty of that if God killed them/removed His protective Hand to make a statement. And traveling along YOUR trail of 'thought', then He must be keeping His Hand of 'protection' over the abortion industry since they are NOT suffering like the aborted innocents on 9/11 or the Challenger yesterday.
You and others are painting a picture of a God who sits up in Heaven with a huge ballbat, waiting to knock off good AND evil people. And the picture of that God is probably not Someone an unbeliever would trust enough to get close to. But maybe that is the intention of the 'God's gonna get you because of the sins of the neighbors up the road' crowd.
For the sake of those who love Him and pray to Him and for the sake of those who may yet be delivered, His grace remains.
"Abraham came near and said, "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? "Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep {it} away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? "Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are {treated} alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?" So the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account." And Abraham replied, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am {but} dust and ashes. "Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?" And He said, "I will not destroy {it} if I find forty-five there." He spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose forty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do {it} on account of the forty." Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do {it} if I find thirty there." And he said, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy {it} on account of the twenty." Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy {it} on account of the ten." As soon as He had finished speaking to Abraham the LORD departed, and Abraham returned to his place." (Gen. 18:23-33)