I read something today that really struck a chord.\u00a0 It is often said that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.<\/p>\n
What I read was<\/p>\n
\nSometimes, … when the thing you\u2019re looking for is big enough, absence of evidence is evidence of absence.<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I removed a person’s name from the comment to protect the idiots.<\/p>\n
The discussion centered around God, specifically, the Judeo-Christian God of the Old Testament.\u00a0 In the OT, this god destroyed towns directly, caused his armies to win against incredible odds, destroyed every living thing on the entire planet, caused a flaming bush to talk, created a pillar of fire to lead millions of people across the desert, parted an ocean, talked directly to his people.<\/p>\n
What does this god do now?\u00a0 Cause a pipe to drip on a statue of Jesus<\/a>?\u00a0 Cause a hurricane?<\/p>\n
The god of the OT was epic.\u00a0 Powerful in his righteous fury.\u00a0 When his people displeased them, he cursed them.\u00a0 He destroyed them, he razed their towns with fire, he caused them to be invaded and enslaved.\u00a0 Not once, but many times.<\/p>\n
How many people did god kill in Hurricane Sandy<\/a>? It hit the most populous area of the entire US and killed about 100 people.\u00a0 Most were elderly (over the age of 65).\u00a0 Really?<\/p>\n
This was god’s vegnence<\/a> because of many different issues<\/a> he has with us<\/a>.<\/p>\n
I’ve talked before about healing miracles and how they are never big things… like amputations.\u00a0 In the Bible, Jesus brought people back from the dead.\u00a0 But now, we get the occasional cancer cured.<\/p>\n
In the Bible, Jesus fed hundreds of people with just a few fish and some bread.\u00a0 Now, we can’t feed people with hundreds of church based missions.\u00a0 In the Bible Jesus turned water into wine for a wedding.\u00a0 Now… no, I don’t even want to go there.<\/p>\n
That’s what the quote is about.\u00a0 In the past, God was epic.\u00a0 He was present, directly, in-your-face.\u00a0 Now, he’s not.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
Sometimes absence of evidence is evidence of absence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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