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dantheman688 -> God vs. Mother Nature (5/4/2008 4:25:05 PM)

Why doesn't God control mother nature? On the news, you always hear about radical weather killing harmless people....Where is God in all of that?
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drmark -> RE: God vs. Mother Nature (5/4/2008 5:28:10 PM)

God created all of nature (there is no "mother" qualifier, dm688!), so He obviously has control over all of it as well. God chooses to allow the laws of nature to operate in amazingly consistent ways almost all the time. Since the Original Sin of Adam and Eve, things like death, destruction, and catastrophic calamities occur in our fallen world. Rarely, God may intervene and who knows if perhaps He protects unknown numbers of people every day in His Infinite Mercy. BTW, I would certainly not call most people harmless!



J_Michael80 -> RE: God vs. Mother Nature (5/4/2008 6:09:20 PM)

The words "Mother Nature" is a man-made terminology. There is no such thing as "Mother Nature." I believe God controls the (winds, rain, thunder, lightening, tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, etc.). I also believe God is Soveriegn over our entire planet and the universe.



dantheman688 -> RE: God vs. Mother Nature (5/4/2008 6:19:15 PM)

Thanks for your posts, I agree with both of you. I was just wondering why we have different intense weather. What kind of message does God convey when drastic weather occurs. Could it be simply to gain or keep our attention focused on Him?



J_Michael80 -> RE: God vs. Mother Nature (5/4/2008 6:39:52 PM)

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original: dantheman688

Could it be simply to gain or keep our attention focused on Him?


"If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)



drmark -> RE: God vs. Mother Nature (5/4/2008 10:40:09 PM)

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What kind of message does God convey when drastic weather occurs.
Matthew 5:45



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