Does God ‘protect’ some disaster victims but not others?

RNS’ Brittani Hamm and Adelle M. Banks examine the theological issues surrounding disasters, in this week’s full text article, linked above.

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Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of the best-selling book “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” said he does not believe the tornado was an act of God-even though insurance companies like to categorize natural disasters as such.

“It was an act of nature,” he said. “Nature is morally blind. Nature can be beautiful but it has no conscience. … I find God not in the tornado, but in the many responses to the tornado, whether it’s the courage to go on or the resilience to put your life back together or the impulse to help victims.”