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I know there are examples of such disastors and punishments in the bible. Personally, I believe that these are allegory instead of fact. I also think they were invented by man as control measures for the population.
A "God of Love" would not kill thousands of innocents to punish thousands of guilty people.
i believe even jesus said it was better to lose your life than to lose heaven or maybe it lose the offending member of your body that was sinning. imo, i believe god cares more about our heavenly lives than our lives here. i don't pretend to understand everything god does.
it is an issue that will be unresolved until god comes, if he comes. theologians have debated the issue for centuries. i believe CS lewis once said something like, that suffering happens, is a great weapon use by those who do not believe in god. and he is right, its the age old question of why a god of love would allow innocents to suffer.