Who do you blame for disasters? God?
Wenceslas Hollar - Jesus before Pilate 2 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) When a catastrophe happens in our world, it is virtually certain that a question will come up: “Where was God ?” People always seem to question how a good God could allow a terrible thing to happen. The same question came up in Jesus ’ time, as we see from an incident recorded in Luke’s Gospel : There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.” (13:1–5) Some people asked Jesus a question about an atrocity t