大地震令人震怒
2001-01-27
一月十三日薩爾瓦多七點六級大地震仍記憶猶生，剛剛又讀到印度七點九級大地震的消息，令阿東非常憤怒。請不要跟我說地震是神給人的考驗，這些妻離子散慘絕人寰的慘劇並非人所能，亦非人所應承受的考驗。這是甚麼考驗？目的是甚麼？考驗大家在親人死時可以哭得多大聲多慘？完全不可理喻。施予人不能承受的殘酷考驗完全沒有理性，更沒有感性。亦不要跟我說這是因為阿當吃了禁果後世代代所承受的懲罰，這樣的懲罰比任何獨裁者所施的懲罰更無情，更殘酷，更不公平，更不可理喻。更不要跟我說這是人不能理解的難題，神自有一套。我最討厭這種解釋，因為沒有解釋比這種解釋更野蠻，更蠻橫無理。完全是等於廣東話的「你講晒啦。」阿東從不會信服這種裡頭全無道理的解釋。如果有其他教徒再有其他有道理的理由解釋地震這種導致生靈塗炭的慘劇，請從速跟阿東聯絡，以消我心頭怒火！謝謝。
為甚麼神不阻止像地震這樣的慘劇的發生？我不明白，我不明白......當大家祈禱感謝神賜給人類食糧時，有沒有想到神又「賜」給了我們病毒和地震？你總不能跟我說病毒和地震是人造出來的吧？沒有人有這等能力！大家還記得唐山大地震死了二十四萬人嗎？整個城市頓成鬼城，飽受喪親之痛的人的淚水足以填滿萬宜水庫！難道我們又要祈禱感謝神賜了人們這麼多淚水和不能承受的痛苦和考驗？還是只是阿東太仁慈了，會為這些慘劇而動容？對神來說這不足以令祂動容？或者，神似乎已在啟示錄保證會有世界末日，到時死的人相信會多得很，慘況會更激烈，所以地震只是微不足道吧！為甚麼基督徒都這麼仁慈和善良，但神卻是這麼麻木不仁？為甚麼？阿東不是想罵神，只是想知道真相。由於太「火滾」，所以措辭不怎麼客氣，還請見諒。
一具又一具屍體被拉出來......這個人的幸福和他/她身邊的人的一生的幸福頓時毀於一震......
但願沒有餘震......
Buildings in Ahmedabad, the dusty main city in Gujarat, collapsed like packs of cards, killing or trapping families who were at home celebrating the public holiday. Reports said 260 people had died in the city. (SCMP)
Television footage showed relief workers struggling to clear rubble from demolished buildings in Ahmedabad, as well as mutilated corpses of children. (SCMP)
Hundreds of people were besieging the fire station asking for help to dig their relatives out of the collapsed buildings. (SCMP)
70 children and some teachers were feared dead in the debris of their school building. (SCMP)
In Pachchao, a once prosperous town of 40,000 people 70km from Bhuj, about 90 per cent of the buildings had collapsed. (SCMP.com)
''There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been demolished,'' said Dawood Ismail Siddhi. (SCMP.com)