If GOD is in control, GOD can stop it just as easily as GOD seems to have programmed these cyclical disasters into the fabric of the Universe. Could it be that GOD is waiting for us to evolve in such a way that we do not destroy ourselves or allow something other than GOD to lead us astray?
Wiping the slate clear allows the strongest live on and begin a new epoch of Earth's history. None of us are privy to the entire story. Only an entity that is truly eternal, omniscient and omnipotent could hope to know the whole story. I suspect that if GOD is that entity, He/She/It, is still waiting for humankind to learn the proper lessons.
If GOD is in control, GOD can stop it just as easily as GOD seems to have programmed these cyclical disasters into the fabric of the Universe. Could it be that GOD is waiting for us to evolve in such a way that we do not destroy ourselves or allow something other than GOD to lead us astray?
Wiping the slate clear allows the strongest live on and begin a new epoch of Earth's history. None of us are privy to the entire story. Only an entity that is truly eternal, omniscient and omnipotent could hope to know the whole story. I suspect that if GOD is that entity, He/She/It, is still waiting for humankind to learn the proper lessons.