Japan's Natural Disasters Do Not Mean Apocalypse Now!

On March 11, 2011, Japan was hit by a 9.0 Earthquake. This gave birth to a tsunami that killed over 10,000 and left more than 500,000 homeless. My prayers and empathy go out for the people of Japan. It is times of great tragedy like this that I hear great statements of ignorance. It is well know that Texas is a red state. So as one would expect, there are a lot of simple folks. With that in mind I try to be very patient with my fellow Texans and their mental faculties. The only time I lose it a bit is on subjects where I know they should know better, if they graduated from elementary school. Since moving back here in 2000, I have constantly heard that every military conflict and natural disaster is a fulfillment of prophecy. I guess the statement by Edmund Burke is true, "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." If one goes online and uses google, one will find that the first generation of Christians to the current generation have believed the World was coming to an end in their lifetime. Every single generation looked at military conflicts, natural disasters and phenomenon to be fulfillment of endtime prophecy. The vague prophecies of Nostradamus and the likes of William Miller have not helped the situation either. If one just looks at the scientific evidence, one will find this area of the world has the most earthquakes. Wasn't there just an Earthquake in Asia? Did everybody forget about the OTHER tsunami? Earthquakes are quite frequent. They are the result of Earth's crust shifting. This is called plate tectonics. California has so many Earthquakes that the average resident can tell the magnitude of the quake. The Earthquake moved Japan 8 feet. Plate tectonics happen with God's Permission, but every time it happens does not mean Doomsday is right around the corner.