A massive earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami in northeastern Japan killing hundreds. [Reuters]
The 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday afternoon, creating gigantic waves. [Reuters]
Water submerged highways in the city of Sendai as the tsunami struck [AFP]
The quake shook Japan and roads in many cities caved in. [AFP]
Countries around the Pacific basin are on tsunami alert. [Reuters]
Friday's twin disaster was one of the biggest to hit Japan in recent decades. [Reuters]
A ship is washed aground in Kamaishi City, Iwate, by the tsunami which followed the Japanese earthquake [Reuters]
We must understand that, that must be a reason when something happen to us. I may be a sign of something that we have done before. So, i just want to remind myself and others that, we need to looked what we have done, dont do mischief in this world and increase our taqwa everyday as we dont know, when & where we gonna die.
Praise be to Allah...
15 comments:
we called it natural disaster for a reason. whether they done something bad or not, that doesnt contribute or have any part to this catastrophic. how ironic it is the jewish that muslim condemn so much didnt suffer the same fate eh? god must be on their side
There is a hikmah (ultimate wisdom) behind everything. If you do something bad, then God will punish you sooner or later. The 'sooner' punishment is in the one in this worldly life. The 'later' punishment will be in the here after. So if nothing happens to the tyrant in this life, it does not mean God is his side...
arent you mistaking hikmah with karma? I dont brain how you interpret the causes with god's action. the chaos in middle east, the massacre of palestinian, iraqian was the punishment from the same god too? boy, they must have made a terrible mistake that god forbids back then. why blame the jews when it's obvious that the god you worship until now delivers the punishment?
Never mind about hikmah, it is something you would not understand. If a disaster happens to you, that does not mean necessary that you did something bad. If something bad happens to you, as long as you are patient, God will reward you for your patience. So it is a test whether you can remember your God and not blame him or not...
as for japanese they dont place blame on god, mind you, they didnt have the same god that you had been worshiped. they blame it on the earth quake which is nature disaster. it is something that you wouldnt understand no matter how many years you spend you life for. they dont need the god's reward, they earn it by solely working their ass off. makes you ponder, why malaysia chinese lives in prosperity while it is otherwise for malays. god's reward is not enough for malays to survive is it?
First, whether you blame it on God or the nature, what's the point? You are just wasting your time. If someone were to blame his God for bad things that happens to him, it won't make a difference. He cannot control his God. If the Japanese blame it on the earthquake, then it won't make a difference as well. They cannot control the earth do they?
Secondly, I like to mention that even having a prosperous like does not mean necessary that God loves you. Maybe it is best for you to be a poor guy. Because say, if God gives you money maybe you will be corrupted and tyrant like some rulers.
if i kill your entire family will you bother blame it on me? you cant control me and my action much less control the earth's rotation do you?
it isnt about god love or what not, it is more about how you interpret the god's action when you dont know much about him either. i give a simple example so that birdbrain like you would digest it hopefully
disaster struck in acheh you interpret as "god wanted to test them", and if the same same disaster were to struck at israel/american, it becomes "this is punishment from the almighty god, serve them right"
see how the same god's action interpreted by the human will be differ when it comes to different religion, muslim and non?
Of course I would blame you. But that would not change the fact the my family are dead. Even if I spent the rest of my life blaming you, that will not bring them to life.
If a disaster would struck at America I would say that they deserve it? Why you are assuming that? I would not say that. It seems that you didn't understand what I was saying. Of course, a birdbrain like me would face difficulties to talk with a genius like you.
You don't know me, so don't assume things about me. For an instance, I am not Malaysian, I am not Malay nor Chinese...
What I believe is, if something bad happens to someone, then it is partially because he did something bad. If something bad happens to him while he didn't do anything bad, then it is a test...That implies on EVERYBODY, whether he is a Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Malay, Chinese, Indian...
In your last line, you are implying that all the people in this world will agree on how to interpret God's actions. Not all people will say 'Americans deserve it' if a disaster happens there. It depends on their perceptive and way of thinking. People are different, and that's why we are having this conversation. You are a clever person and you have shrewd point of views while I am only naive person with a simple perspective.
you really didnt understand single thing that i have pointed out? was it so difficult or should i tune my language down into bahasa?
when you talk about karma or god's test, that is what we called belief. and the belief itself is an "assumed truth" because we cannot prove or disprove it. And not just any truth, but just those by which we live our lives
that is relation of belief and assume,
and if you can make use of "assume", i dont see any wrong with me imitate the practice of "assume" into effect.
you dont understand my last line either, sigh, there is a reason why we have google translator. what i meant is
"human interpretation" of god's action
some said that A is right, while some stick with B
no matter what we came up with interpretation,
[we still cant figure out what god has in his mind, including muslim]
but you, you treated god as he is your childhood friend that you know best what he is up to. the moment you shove your belief (test/karma)down my throat makes you ignorant enough. god shows his sign but that doest mean that you had the capacity to gauge it into your perception. or does holy scripture you been reciting before tells you different things? if it does, you are but a blind imitation
"god will test Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Malay, Chinese, Indian?"
and you expect everyone would agree on that?
lets change the situation shall we?
"christian believes that everyone is sinner when he was born into this world whether he is a Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Malay, Chinese, Indian. That implies on EVERYBODY"
tell me, do you agree on this? if NO, then we can forget what you had preached before
I told you before I am not Malay, thus I am not very good in bahasa, so it is better to converse with you in English.
Google translate you say? Don't depend on that mate. I am fluent in 4 languages, and google translate is what I do when I want to have to some fun (because the translation can be hilarious sometimes)
Again, wrong assumption. I never said that I know God like me best friend. I just said what I believed. (or in your words assumed to be true)...
Now, say a teacher gives his students total freedom. Then do you think they will be any order in the class. But if the students believe that he will reward those who be good and behave and punish the naughty ones, would you think that the class will be better? Maybe he does not reward the good ones and punish the bad ones, however, just the belief that he would do so will make the students behave and be good.
So isn't better then to follow my (assumed truth) that God MIGHT (but not necessarily will) punish you in this life by a sickness, accident, or a disaster? Whether it is true or not, it has more positive impact than saying these things are totally and completely natural.
These things are natural, and there are called ‘natural disasters’ for that reason as you said. But above these disasters, there is a GOD. However, I am not saying that god is evil. As Albert Einstein said: “God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God’s love present in his heart.”
Lastly, my answer is no. I don’t believe that anyone is born a sinner. I believe that a person is born clean from sins, not loaded with the sins of his predecessors.
lol i can see that my comment just got deleted.you really can't take others people opinion do you? was it too hard for you to digest in?
the truth is always harsh.
Let me rewrite what I wrote
What matter is 4 language when you cant even [read between the lines]. What I had mentioned before doest mean what it had meant, it serves as sarcastic way. It doesn’t take rocket scientist to figure it out, lacks of reading fit in the reason why.
The order didn’t come down form the sky, it was made by people. When the murder takes its place, do you leave the punishment for god to take care of? NO, We take it to the authority. Why is it that we had holy wars, israelian and arabibian killed each others if it wasn’t for the religon reason? Belief is far from sufficient, what ne need is a new world order that enjoins what is right and forbids what is wrong
You belief is no different from placebo effect, why people fell for magnetic bracelet scam? It doesn’t have any proof nor credential to attest the aforementioned. It gives the positive effect? That is how idiot has in his mind before he was ripped off
Let me quote some of others einstein quotation:
“I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings”
“If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism”
Why people ought to accept what you believe in, if you reject their belief at the first place?
What I wanted to pointed out is don’t just answer for the sake of answering, please learn how to read between the lines.
As-salam & greeting to all, seems u guys are having so much fun here, im really appreciate with all the comment here. But this blog entry is just a piece of my view on current devastating natural disaster happening in Japan. It is just a way for me on expressing my gratitude & 'syukur' for living in a peace country in contrast with just what happen to Japanese people. Cheers...
To anonymous, you said "Why people ought to accept what you believe in, if you reject their belief at the first place?"
If this is the case, then why you did start commenting in this entry in the first place? You believed that natural disaster happens and people have nothing to do with it. The blog user believed in something else, so let him be then!
About your deleted comment, I bet that the user deleted it because of the language you used or for being offensive. Run a quick scan on your comments and my comments, you will what I mean.
To desskee, thanks for trying to stop this conversation. Yes, this is your blog entry, it is not a place for strangers to talk and debate. Sorry for that, if I meet you one day, I will apologize in person. :D
This will be my last comment, I have more important things going on in my life rather than filling this entry with comments hehe...
why you asked? because it was fun to see how you struggle to answer, while ignoring the crucial/obvious part, and comeback with derail respond for the sake of replying
and about deleted comment, it was a lie. i did it on purpose so that [you will make a wrong assumption], and you fell for it
just so you will taste the same 'slander' that you had threw upon me.
it was fun to have a clown like you =)
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