(December 22, 2011 at 1:26 am)Fleetwoodfloyd Wrote: Why is it that since the bible was completed, there have been no amazingly fantastic events and miracles like those that occur on a regular basis therein? I am not aware of a single event that comes close to a parting of the sea or fitting two of every species on a boat, being swallowed by a whale, feeding whatever that number was with a single loaf of bread, etc., etc., etc. All it would take is one undeniably divine miracle like the dozens (hundreds?) "documented" in the bible, and this forum would be history. Someone please enlighten me as to the reason for the cessation of big-time miracles.
Miracles don't happen anymore because:
A very select group of uber-elite Arabs living in miniscule plot of desert sand were given a tiny 30 year window of time in the middle of human history to witness for themselves the mind-blowing power of the son of an almighty deity. These very special people were allowed to witness first hand the awesome power of the creator of the universe and told their amazing stories to many authors hundreds of years later who managed to record it without the slightest error or exaggeration. Impressive - I know. This of course means that people like you and I don't actually need to see miracles anymore because we have the word of 2000 year old goat herders that we can rely on. Why should god waste miracles? We have the flawlessness of word-of-mouth. You see, god clearly is all powerful and amazing, but he really is limited to stopping by the planet once and only in one part of the world. Would it have been better for him to show up at a time when world wide communication didn't take five generations of families and miracles could be witnessed on You tube? Yeah probably, but god is mysterious that way, and more importantly he wants us to have faith not just love for him. No one knows why - don't ask, just shut the fuck up and get on your knees bitch.
Praise the lord, I don't need any miracles. The bible is all I need!
Amen!