Fresh earthquakes rock Indonesia

Read about the 4 earthquakes in Indonesia today (oh God, Indonesia really has been 'spammed' with earthquakes...).

1. First thing came to my mind: Jesus told us in the Bible not to be alarmed when we hear of such things, because all these are the beginning of "birth pains" (whatever He meant by that)... these earthquakes were already predicted by Him 2000 years ago. Thank God the government's better-prepared this time around - they sounded a tsunami warning.
   
   I don't think we can blame God for all these earthquakes... He's given us advance warning - esp with Him sending us wise scientists telling us that we stay in an earthquake zone, so be alert and ready!
   
   Somehow, I think God has mercifully sent us scientists to act as modern-day 'prophets' to warn us of impending natural disasters e.g. global warming, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, pandemics and the like... but we're still sitting on our butts in pride and complacency till disaster strikes.



2. Second thing: just after reading about the earthquakes in the Straits Times' headlines, I saw that Singapore's building nice condos in AMK (I think).
   
   Just struck me as ironic - and not done in very good taste. Our neighbours are suffering from property damages in the millions, if not billions, and we're building expensive luxurious houses for ourselves?
   
   Gee... ok lah, Singapore has helped before. Still, shouldn't we do more to help our neighbours too?