Just a point of observation, Kobo. I am troubled by your association of science and scientology. They are far from each other. Scientology is a faith system (a religion, a Hollywood religion if you like). Science is nobler and more truthful than that... I do not know what you mean by the "will of God". Do you mean the earth quake in China? Or the tropical cyclone in Myanmar? The famine in Ethiopia? Or the war on terror? The genocide in Darfur? I do not even think Thomas Malthus is applicable here, but to talk about the will of God, you might want to refer to the "internal-external continuum" propounded by personality psychologists.