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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>No, you are not misrepresenting me. The
scriptures repeatedly tell of God bringing calamity upon Israel in judgment of
their sin but also how these events served a disciplinary purpose and brought
His people back to Him. Any opportunity God gives for repentance, every minute
He spares us, this is mercy from Him who has the power and authority to cease
all existence.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ron Smith</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Sunil Ramalingam
[mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 11, 2005
1:21 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Ron Smith;
vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Tsunamis and God (was
Gary Larson...)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ron,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You write
at the end of your post:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>'This
disaster is an act of mercy upon those who have now seen with their own eyes
the awesome power of Godand now have an opportunity to hear the Gospel and
repent. They see the Christians coming to help with food and
reconstruction while their Islamic brethren throw them a bone.'<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Are you
saying that God used the tsunami first to destroy and then to demonstrate
his mercy? Or am I misinterpreting you?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sunil
Ramalingam<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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