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...