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Japan & God

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As  Japan braces itself  for a possible further serious earthquake, and deals with the consequences of such massive devastation caused by the last one, not to mention the risk of a major nuclear incident, how should Christians respond? Please understand that none of this is intended to claim that we have all the answers to such a disaster.  In fact, like Job’s friends’ initial response,  often the best thing we can do is say absolutely nothing, and share people’s pain. I write this article with  many unanswered questions.  But, unlike those who allow suffering to drive them away from God , I am convinced that  only God makes sense of suffering.   For if the Japanese who died really were just the random fruit of evolution, why should it matter to us if they died? But if each of them are made in the image of their creator, and lovingly crafted together in their mother’s womb, our inherent feeling that  suffering is NOT welcome in this world  makes perfect sense.  We should n