This past January 8th we raised a question in this blog about God’s involvement in our world. Specifically, we questioned Muslims who attributed to God the many lives that were spared at a mosque during a tsunami. In the past few weeks, there has been several news stories about high winds leading to a crane collapse which killed over 100 people at Mecca’s Grand Mosque. If Muslims give credit to God for sparing lives during a natural event such as a tsunami, why have we not seen Muslims blamed God when lives are taken because of a high wind.
All the religions of the world have this problem. In their effort to prove the validity of their religion, they resort to attributing events that have a positive outcome to God. The problem is that when negative events occur, who do they hold responsible?
