Rev. Tom Honey: How could God have allowed the tsunami?

http://www.ted.com In the days following the tragic South Asian tsunami of 2004, the Rev. Tom Honey pondered the question, How could a loving God have done this? Here is his answer.

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[utopianguy]

contd...and put your faith in question. Best thing about tom honey is without fearing being caught by devil(as per his christian religious beliefs) puts his beliefs at test and he honestly does admit that he doesn't know the truth. He does not commit himself to regular bible blabber and present his view of what the world is and how the world should be. I do understand that he does not give the solution to the question. But you shouldn't have watched this video with expectations of any answers...

[utopianguy]

contd....we know that there are so many things science will not be able to answer or will not be able to answer within our lifetime. So though answers to those question might exist in abstraction but they certainly do not exist in relation to our lifetime. So even though we expect science, logic and reasoning to answer every question to mankind eventually they do not exist for us at least individually. Which in itself seems quite abstract, nonsensical and infuriating.

All we can say is "I Exist"

[andreasdrg]

16:49 The phrase "rigid doctrines" apparently sounds very similar to the name of a famous english evolutionary biologist :)

[JacobGaynor3]

mannnnn, fuck the police.

[yourroaddog]

It Seems to me he said these things must come to pass. and my thought is if these things are not shown, how will you know?

[xenon4646]

The 1st thing to consider when thinking about God that it's LOGICAL fact that He is out of what He created and not ruled by it. By which I mean:Time. God is out of the time dimension. He can see all things in the past or in the future. they are the same to Him. He is all knowing all seeing.

The other fact which we must admit and know: We have limited knowledge..no matter what we know. Read the first verse of chapter 16 ( The Bees ) of Quran: ( quran . com / 16 )

[cloudbusterman]

Inspect the tidal wave verse of Matthew's Gospel 8.24, maybe. Jesus said be not afraid users of blind trust. And a Sea of Honey evolved.

You can use comprehension (part of Holy Spirit) to plan defenses against tidal waves, "Holding back the Flood" as the song and God in Exodus have it.

The world's most noted "Held-back tidal wave in rock" strangely holds a 600m face of a tearful woman. This is not only symbolically a warning of what Flood Fall does, the held-back Flood wave could be tears of joy

[astat1]

@abcd6841 "Condone"? Wow, what a nice word, thanks~!

[fractalfires]

People have a problem with the idea of pain in a world that is ruled by God. His rulership keeps the laws of physics as LAWS, but he also rules by having given moral laws and the gospel. Interference with man's free will is the exception and not the rule of his moral gov't. A new world is coming and eternal retribution. Things will work out for good to those who love God and Jesus' appearing.

[yougocoming]

@TheLiberalSoup wrong? incorrect? i suppose you possess the absolute truth for this matter?

[TheLiberalSoup]

He's wrong, although he is respectful and skeptical about his own beliefs, which I admire. Still, I don't think he's worth TED's time. He's incorrect, therefore he's not TED quality.