Tsunami - God's fury or Man's stupidity

I was vacationing in Mangalore when the Tsunami disaster hit. Everyone was glued to the TV as the news reports kept coming in. One of my friends even called up to check that everything was fine at Mangalore. Fortunately Mumbai and Mangalore were spared.
Now rumours are rife that the tsunami may hit Mumbai. Interest in the mangroves has suddenly begun to intensify. Political parties have begun to give suggestions on how to protect the city from these destructive waves.

So did it take a disaster to bring man to his senses? Unfortunately, no. Whispers go around - is it near judgment day, end of the world, is God warning his people, sending signs... and the speculations continue. Some wonder how could God be so cruel, taking so many lives, when He is supposed to be a God of love.
But man fails to realise that what he's sees as the hand of God, is nothing but his own undoing. If one tampers with nature, what does one expect?

Years ago, I set out to write a book on a subject dear to my heart, lil knowing the ramifications that subject would take...I penned down what I'd put on the jacket of the book, what the cover design would be, and then left it incomplete, promising myself that I'd complete it somewhere in the future... It goes something like this:

MY GOD EXPERIENCES

“In today’s day and age where man has near about overcome all environmental and natural hazards by way of scientific inventions and breakthroughs, the word GOD has been pushed back in the deep recesses of the human mind.
Today sees en number of possibilities, which perhaps in the past may not even have seemed possible. We have the current generation not only planning babies but also deciding on what type of a child they want – a specific IQ, height, color and good looks. Not forgetting the quest of men to clone human beings.
When today man has begun to play GOD where exactly does he stand? Does this prove Darwin’s evolution theory right or is there really a GOD?
This book is not a religious introspection but a genuine search by the author on what role GOD plays in our lives.”

Today when I look back over what I wrote years back, I shudder to think where man has reached. Today, indeed man has forgotten that he's only a custodian of what God has created, not God himself. If today disaster has hit, it's only nature paying back man in full. Amen.