I don't blame god for anything
As religious or unreligious as I may or may not be, I think everyone is accountable for their own life. I salute god for giving us a wonderful earth, upon which hurricanes and all matter of weather comes along.
A hurricane is not a bad thing, not evil, not the devil. If you choose to believe it is, so be it, I won't argue with you. But I can't honestly say it is.
This is my standpoint: Katrina was not bad. It was a good test, so to say, of peoples character, their ability to survive in termendous adversity, their ability to take heed of warnings, their ability to cope. It is nothing more than that. You can pray to god about it, and donate money - I don't have a problem with either.
You could say Katrina was an oppertunity for the USA, perhaps world, to come togeher.
Like everything else in life, it;s about perspective. But I don't think people should question their faith over this. Or "not like god anymore" or something silly like that. Besides, god has a heavenly kingdom for those who deserve it, right? So don't worry about those who died, either.
I think a big problem with the world, or american media, perhaps, is that we are so focused on the bad/good, or just negative media, labeling everything as a tragedy, etc. Don't get me wrong, Katrina is a hurricane I won't ever forget.
a few closing thoughts
god made hurricanes, but if that is so, he also gave us legs, ears, brains, which led to communications systems.... and also, the ability to govern, or not govern, ourselves wisely.......
I agree with melon, as far as the earth goes. There are cycles to everything, and hurricanes are NOT bad or evil.
when people say that it really does make me laugh.
The sun can kill you if you get much closer to it. But it also is a part of the cycle of how things work here on earth. It wouldn't be too great a stretch to say that a hurricane is exactly the same way....