The shift away from supernatural explanations led to a more optimistic view of humanity's place in the world and its ability to understand and improve itself.
Prefigured current perspectives on disasters
Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that the meaning of the earthquake depended on an understanding of the social and cultural context of the community, which prefigured current perspectives on disasters.



Well that goes off the whole revelations thing , Gods causing all these to awaken non-believers.

Tuff pill to swallow .

We’re all built from the same dust and dreams,
Different roads, but the same means.