Quote Originally Posted by jazzcomp View Post
I wonder how religious beliefs justify events like this?
This is something that I believe no one has a satisfactory answer to.

I believe instead a better course of action is to help people caught in these disasters in any way we can (e.g. donation to non-profit disaster relief organisations, or helping the people directly if possible for those at the scene, etc.).

Thankfully, I have just checked that my Japanese friends are safe.