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Religious buildings and icons damaged by Tuesday's "act of God"

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Philadelphia Daily News

If earthquakes are "acts of God," the Lord certainly uses them in mysterious ways. Tuesday's quake didn't harm anyone, but it damaged an iconic statue of the Blessed Mother in Camden and shook loose angels and other ornamental objects from the top of the National Cathedral's spires in Washington, D.C. The term "act of God" is a legal one, commonly used in courtrooms and insurance contracts. "Some people, if they don't believe in God, would call it an act of Mother Nature," said Gary Miller of Temple's Fox School of Business. "An earthquake is definitely not man made."