God caused Katrina and the California fires....

[lucy]

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according to this group of rabbis....

hnnnn,

the California fires (not necessarily the latest one in Malibu) were known, at least some of them, to be set by arsonists...God is directing arsonists now?


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"This time the Almighty is warning the US in advance: if the plague of water was not enough now he shall send flames. While hundreds of thousands of families have already fled the terrible fires in California, and we ask you, will you really forge ahead with this malevolent plan?" added Druckman.

 

The letter was authored by SOS Israel, a right-wing movement which earlier this year distributed citations to IDF soldiers who disobeyed orders and refused to take part in the disengagement.

 
The rabbis urged Bush's administration to back down from the current direction of the peace process, saying that not an inch of Israeli land should be ceded. "Be merciful to yourselves and the beloved America and its citizens. Lay down the hand you have raised against the Creator in war. Help the people of Israel fight without compromise against the terrorists who rise against it, and then, with a pure heart, you will truly be able to pray: May God bless America," the rabbis said.

 

Among the rabbis who signed the letter are several leading religious figures, including Rabbis Dov Wolfa, Yekutiel Rap, Gedalia Axelrod as well as the chief rabbi of Kiryat Arba and Hebron, Dov Lior and the son of former Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Yaakov Yosef.

 link  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3468489,00.html

[Michael]

Those who have a certain degree of religious knowledge try to depict signs of biblical revelation.  Using God as the scapegoat for all great ills and catastrophes is just a manner of bringing attention toward God even with no great shame to display themselves "imperfect before him". 

The greatest fears of the religiously educated are about the narrowing road to humankinds salvation.  After all...how much salvation can occur if so much of humankind doesn't even know what the sacrifice for it is?

So are these "signs" just natural occurences, prophecy based upon repetitive history, or actual markings of the end times?  Yes, all three are correct.  Are they "acts of God"?  Hm-m-m.... I suppose one could blame Mother Nature instead?