To Those Christians On My Friends List...

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(or anyone else with an informed opinion)

This is (obviously I think) not my original thought, but it makes sense based on what I know. What do you think? (The hurricane, in this context is just a random example, this isn't debating a particular occurence)

If you believe Jesus is our savior, a hurricane can't be interpretted as punishment by God. By doing so you denounce Christ as our Savior.

Comments

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I'm not a Christian, and it's quite the opposite of my own theology that hurricanes are punishments, but: to me this reads as a set of utter non-sequiturs.

The "salvation" bit is intended for afterlife - I don't believe it states anywhere in the contract that random divine intervention (whether positive or negative) is disallowed during one's lifetime. If one intends to believe in natural disasters as divine punishment, I'm not aware of anything in the doctrine that contradicts it.

An over-simplifying parallel: even if the parents told a teenager that they are not grounded if they admit to sneaking out of the house last night, the teen still has to pay the neighbor for the fence broken in the process. One "deal" does not negate the other.

But, hey, not my theology. I just don't like seeing obvious fallacies.