Are Natural Disasters the Judgment of God?
In the light of recent floods and bushfires, Australians are divided as to the cause of natural disasters. For some, anthropogenic climate change is the primary culprit: we are reaping the consequences of our CO2 emissions. The only hope is to erase our carbon footprint. Others take a more stoical line: natural disasters just happen, and there’s nothing you can do to prevent them. Australia is a place where these tragedies regularly occur, and the sooner we accept this, the better off we will be. In our age of personal autonomy, we despise the notion that God would ever judge...