Is there any reason why all the magical shit that happened in the bible ended? Seems unfair if you ask me. I want to see a drop of water instantly sprout a flower.

The bullshit in 3...2...1....

(March 29, 2014 at 11:14 pm)KUSA Wrote: I want to see a drop of water instantly sprout a flower.

Oh I can't wait to hear our resident theist's explanations.

Well come on now, we're listening.

(March 29, 2014 at 11:14 pm)KUSA Wrote: I want to see a drop of water instantly sprout a flower.

I think you are being a little harsh on them. True....you don't get BIG miracles like pillars of fire and parted seas anymore but who can argue with fucking "mary" showing up on the filthy griddle of a California Mexican Restaurant?



How can you dispute that? Why on the left side I even see the Great Min with his pecker out getting ready to hump her.

(March 29, 2014 at 11:14 pm)KUSA Wrote: Is there any reason why all the magical shit that happened in the bible ended? Seems unfair if you ask me. I want to see a drop of water instantly sprout a flower.

To me, that was the biggest thing that leapt out at me when I read the Wholly Babble: the stark contrast between the world depicted in this book vs. the actual world I lived in.

In The Wholly Babble, there was nothing mysterious about the god Christians believe in. One can barely turn a page without some overt demonstration of the supernatural, from demons causing diseases to priests working magic. Today's priests can't even manage a Cure Light Wounds spell. Put the Babble down and look at the universe and you see a natural realm governed by predictable laws and best understood through science and reason.

The supernatural upheaval didn't end with Jesus, either. The Book of Acts is particularly drenched in overt woo, from angels interacting with people to magic handkerchiefs that heal the sick.

How anyone actually believes any of this stuff today is beyond me.

God is really, really old. He is tired. Just moving his bowels in the morning is more than he can manage anymore. Anyone wishing to part a sea these days will have to do it himself.

Because most of the stuff that used to be considered "miraculous" can now be explained naturally?

Here's what's going to happen: the first theist is going to come into this thread, and the first sentence they're going to type is something along the lines of "who says there are no more miracles?"

Next, they're either going to list a set of unconfirmed, unconfirmable nonsense miracle claims like weeping statues, or Fatima, or some bullshit like that, or they're going to list a bunch of completely explainable, normal phenomena in the natural world, and claim that god does that, therefore miracles.

No matter what, they're going to completely miss the point of the thread, which is that obvious, magic miracles seem to have stopped. Because glib non-answers are the cornerstone of apologetics.