Machasin, Muhammad2019-09-252019-09-252014-05-3120149782940428694http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/207694Understanding this problem and seeking an appropriate pastoral approach to the trauma that the victims have of the disaster, constitute the reflective objectives in this paper. Why disaster – in this case the earthquake that hit Alor Island in 2004 – happened, is an additional question that deserves attention. Four theories are proposed, the first three of them being based on the lack of knowledge of the proper cause of the earthquake, and the fourth a scientific explanation helping people understand why the disaster happened – but does not satisfy those who need answers related to belief. Based on this scientific explanation they may come to a theological conclusion that it was God who constituted the real cause of the disaster, but then a faith question arises: Why did God create an unstable earth?Pages:335-341engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)GodFace to faceChildrenGlobal ethicsPolitical ethicsEconomic ethicsCultural ethicsReligious ethicsMethods of ethicsBioethicsCommunity ethicsEnvironmental ethicsBook chapter