Many columnists have discussed the religious aspects of the tsunami but the the best so far is, as usual, Bill Safire in the NYT: Read Where Was God?. His concluding remarks:
"Job's lessons for today:
(1) Victims of this cataclysm in no way 'deserved' a fate inflicted by the Leviathanic force of nature.
(2) Questioning God's inscrutable ways has its exemplar in the Bible and need not undermine faith.
(3) Humanity's obligation to ameliorate injustice on earth is being expressed in a surge of generosity that refutes Voltaire's cynicism. "
I regret Mr. Safire's imminent retirement but I doubt we will have heard the last of his wit and wisdom.
Monday, January 10, 2005
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