In the United States, when there is a terrible storm we tend to blame Mother Nature, and sometimes people blame God. Still, what happens when a society turns their back on their religious culture, following, and heritage? What happens when a society or civilization no longer believes in God either through censorship from the government, or years of indoctrination by a regime which rules with an iron fist? Okay so, let's talk about this for second shall we?
If we stop blaming God or Mother Nature, and we start blaming the leadership, politicians, or government for every unfortunate event which happens, then this leads to mistrust in the government, at a time when the people put it above any sort of a religious God concept. This could in fact lead the government to fall or fail because the people no longer trust it to protect them. Those who believe in a God, believe that God is protecting them up to a point.
If for some reason something terrible happens, they somehow believe that it is their fault for lack of duty or respect to that God. For some reason, the secondary connection is not made when it comes to governments. For instance, if something terrible happens, and the people blame the government, they never turn around and blame themselves for not being good citizens, or loyalists. That's an interesting point of contention, one you may not have considered yet.
Would you like a case in point? Most of the folks in Japan are not religious, and when there was a giant tsunami and earthquake, they blamed the government and the authorities for not protecting them. For not building a big enough seawall, for not securing the nuclear power plants in case of a super mega quake, and then later on for not telling them the full extent of the damage, or the radiation leakage in this case.
Not long ago, there was flooding in Russia, and the Russian citizens outside Moscow are completely angry at the government. Same thing happened in China, in fact a Wall Street Journal article on July 23, 2012 by Josh Chin titled; "Deadly Flooding in Beijing Sparks Anger," when over 36 people drowned, as the "flood taxed city sewer and drainage systems, leading to the streets and neighborhoods filled with water."
These citizens of these countries are very upset, they are ready to protest and riot in the streets. Even if it wasn't the government's fault for trying to modify the weather in this case, although maybe it was who knows? Still, I would submit to you that the same rainstorm which hit China also hit the Philippines, and flooded out parts of Japan. It's not as if there haven't been great landslides and floods in China before, there have, in fact the biggest flood that killed the most people ever in a natural disaster, did occur in China. You can check your history on that.
Interestingly enough, I'd like you to consider this reality, and perhaps why past period nation-state leadership promoted God or gods as a concept for citizens to follow to keep in line, and not rebelling against that leadership. That last comment is an interesting one, and if you are of a religious connotation you probably don't like it, but from a philosophical standpoint perhaps you can understand the principles behind this. Please consider it all and think on it.
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