Are Locusts Next?

MANY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER IT HERESY TO THINK GOD WOULD PUNISH INNOCENT PEOPLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS. SOME, HOWEVER, SEEM TO BELIEVE THE MIDWEST'S FLOODS REPRESENT DIVINE RETRIBUTION:

"We can look at natural disasters of recent years in America and be reminded that we are in total subservience to a sovereign God who might be a bit unhappy with our treatment of the unborn and the trashing of the Judeo- Christian ethic." -- The Rev. Jerry Falwell

"Only Allah can bring the rain and only Allah can stop it. In dealing with Pharaoh, Allah sent signs ... in direct...

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