The Bible itself says God creates both good and calamity.
“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil (calamity): I the Lord do all these things.” — Isaiah 45:7 (KJV)
This verse is one of the most cited in debates. Some translations use “evil,” others “disaster” or “calamity,” but the message is that both prosperity and hardship fall under God’s authority.
Scripture suggests disasters don’t happen outside God’s control.
“Does disaster come to a city, unless the Lord has done it?” — Amos 3:6
This implies events like destruction or catastrophe are not random but allowed or directed within divine sovereignty.
God is shown actively sending plagues and destruction in several stories.
Examples often cited:
The flood in Genesis
Plagues of Egypt in Exodus
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19
These are framed as acts of judgment, but still acts of God.
The same God credited for blessings is credited for hardship.
“Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” — Job 2:10
The Book of Job repeatedly frames both suffering and blessing as within God’s domain.