The mysterious world of earthquakes
Written by Tom Beasley in News at April 23, 2010
One might understand ancient civilizations or individuals attributing earthquakes to daily events or supernatural causes. Certainly, no one attributes natural disasters in such a way today, other than perhaps Pat Robertson. Unfortunately, the problem might be more wide spread than you think. An Iranian cleric states that “[m]any women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes.” But that is Iran, certainly there aren’t more people who think like this one might say. Well, for those of you who keep up with Deepak Chopra, you are one step ahead of me. Earlier this month Chopra tweeted that while meditating he had an “oops” moment and caused the Baja quake in which some people died, many were injured, and there was significant damage and outages. In the modern world it is no longer acceptable to think that your supernatural or spiritual beliefs are reinforced by natural phenomena. It is also incredibly offensive to submit such foolish ideas when people are suffering and dying. The scariest thing is not that these people think such crazy things, it’s the amount of followers people like Pat Robertson, Deepak Chopra and some Islamic clerics who would hold these beliefs have.
Source: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/chopra-blames-own-meditation-for-baja-quake/19426755
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/world/middleeast/20briefs-Iran.html
I could be very wrong, but I had thought Chopra tweeter at roughly the same time as the earthquake, found out their was a real earthquake, and clarified. Did he ever plainly say he was attributing the earthquake to himself?