why the world suffered

okay. i'm not a fan of theology. i do, however, manage to listen attentively to theo classes, mainly because of how good our professor is. our topic since the start of 2005 is about creation. naturally, we had to discuss the tsunami incident. great. as expected, this question was raised...

"was it part of God's plan for all the tsunami victims to suffer since He created the world?"

our theo teacher shared us something that caught my attention. she got this while watching CNN. there was a small conference of the world religious leaders on the tragic incident. each of them were interviewed and asked about their opinions on the matter. the Catholic leader gave some cliche answers that didn't even impress my teacher. ironically, she said, it was the Jewish leader who gave the most decent answer. he said something like if we notice, no animals were really part of the statistics of the casualties. why? it's basically because these animals are still closely connected with nature, still knowing what course it (nature) will be taking, thus fortunately for them, they get to escape danger. while us human beings, we have severed our relationship and connection with nature and God, thus, we no longer have any idea on what nature will be giving us.

weird as it may sound, but somehow, it got me thinking, deeply.