[Aurel]

I will take a shot at answering the question of why would God have allowed this tsunami to take so many lives. First, one should look at death not like a punishment, but a passage in a different world, which may very well be a much better world than the departing souls are leaving. So, I would not worry too much for those who are gone.

It is evidently more difficult for those whose lives have been spared, because they must feel a sense of immense loss and stress.
It is also difficult for all of us who are witnessing these events, which are the second time a large number of souls leave this earth plane at the same time, the first time being 9/11.
I beleive that God allowed all this to happen for a purpose, which we cannot fully comprehend yet. I feel it has to do with revealing the goodness in the world, the compassion and solidarity that can exist among human beings. A similar outpouring occured after 9/11, but the whole thing turned into a war, which is going against God purpose, unlike what GW would like to make everyone beleive.
So, this time, there is no one to blame except mother nature and God, so no war to wage. Just express goodness, because there is no ennemy or terrorist who was responsible for this disaster. Maybe we should be a little less afraid of fictional terrorism, and a little more aware of how upset the Earth is, and what earth changes are going on right now.

At ant rate, those events are not a punishment, but an opportunity for change, and I feel like there is much more change to come.

Aurel