A natural disaster which causes this much suffering can only happen
a. because God wanted to do it,
b. because God could not stop it,
c. because God didn't care if it happened or not.
a. If God wanted to do it and there appears to be no rational reason to punish good people with sinners then God can hardly be described as benevolent, and a God who lacks benevolence lacks a possible virtue. As something more perfect than this God can be imagined, this God is not God.
b. Similarly, if God could not stop the earthquake then God is not omnipotent, and again lacks a virtue which an existing God must have.
c. If God doesn't care about us, then why should we care about Him, and if we don't need to care about Him then why does He need to exist in the first place?
Brilliant!
