News from the ESRI: Redlands, California—January 20, 2010—ESRI is working closely with the geographic information system (GIS) community and agencies responding to the Haiti earthquake by providing software, technical support, GIS data, and personnel. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake—characterized as one of the worst natural disasters ever in the Western Hemisphere—GIS- is assisting …
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Haiti’s misfortune brings the problem of ‘good and evil’ to the forefront.
Since Haiti was hit by the earthquake I have been patiently waiting for any religious person I know to excuse god for the disaster and blame “mother nature”. Haiti’s misfortune brings up and all to familiar inconsistency in religion, especially the monotheistic religions: the problem of good and evil.
Pat Robinson, Christian TV evangelist was so disabled by this conundrum that he publicly resorted to claiming that the reason Haiti suffered such great misfortune was because they had “made a pact with the devil”. For him, this was a sufficient explanation for the recent Tsunami, Hurricane and now Earthquake that has brought this country to its most desperate hour.
Haiti needs Humanitarians
This is a comprehensive list of non-religious charitable organizations that are sending aid to Haiti. Please consider helping in whatever way you can. Non-theistic Charities
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