It's a very risky business ascribing divine intent to natural disasters. Nobody but God really knows why these things occur.
Quotes about ascribing (6 Quotes)
Thus it was that Cooke began ascribing his writing credits to L.C., who would later turn over the money to Cooke. It may have been unethical, ... But from Sam's point of view, it was adaptive compensation. He'd been taken advantage of because of his ignorance. He set up his label and publishing with the idea of not having him or his artists taken advantage of.
Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance.
One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism. It has not happened that way.
Just how many ways can you interpret the words of Jesus in John 145-6, 'I am the way and the truth and the life no one comes to the Father, but by me,' ... The worst this chaplain could be convicted of is ascribing to orthodox Christian historic faith, which is what I would think you would want from a Christian chaplain.
The gnosis of God is intermediate between immoderation, which is ascribing human characteristics to God, and negligence, which is denying any attributes to God.... The Truth lies in the balance between the two extremes.