It was an article claiming that this is God’s punishment for Indonesia for what happened in 1998, during the twilight days of the Soeharto regime.

I recalled that during that chaotic period, an organisation called huaren.org or something was also posting up a lot of such pics, and ultimately admitting to some of them being falsified. If the original intention of the originator of this article was to create awareness of the atrocities done to the Indonesia Chinese, it is my considered opinion that he has failed dismally.

Such articles are completely meaningless, and utterly unhelpful. While I am not discounting the credibility of the story in the picture itself, I do have a big problem with the assertion that the tsunami is a punishment from God for what happened in 1998.

What has the people at Penang, Phuket, Sri Lanka, Southern India and even the Maldives got anything to do with these atrocities committed in 1998? That’s not mentioning that the perpetrators, if these atrocities are at all real, are not even Sumatrans for starters!

The Almighty God I know will not resort to lashing out at those who aren’t even guilty of the atrocities mentioned in the first place. If God wants to punish those who are guilty, He is capable of higher precision than resorting to the use of a tsunami.

If you need to know more, all you need to do is read the Bible to find out.