Why has your god forsaken us? Why has everything happened thousands of years ago and is his presence nowhere to be seen? You could say that god is in all of us but then why do I see no magical events happening? I have tried to read the bible, and I am still doing so, but I have a feeling that someone who has been dead for over thousands of years is pulling my leg. I'd rather live according to something more solid and down-to-earth such as the Hagakure. ...
Sorry for taking so long to get back to the conversation. I helped take care of things around the house for my wife as she had much work to do in the evenings to prepare for work.
What you ask is a good question, Raptor! and one i've asked God about myself. Why doesn't God make Himself so obvious He cannot be ignored? One answer may be that it doesn't accomplish His purpose, which is to save as many of us from *censored* as will allow Him. God's answer to your question may be, "I did great miracles, but still the people for whom I did the miraculous turned their backs on me."
Another answer may be that God DOES do miracles today. These miraculous events may be more subtle, but not less real.
For example, i live in an area that has frequent tornadoes (Indiana). A few years ago, one such tornado touched down in the middle of this states' second largest city. It crossed a busy street, ripped through a parking lot turning over cars, and lifted off the ground just seconds before it hit a crowded movie theater.
Back at home, i and my youngest son were praying in our basement, that the tornado that was reported on the radio would not harm anyone. We had no idea we were praying for my wife and oldest son. They were in the movie theater watching the movie Shrek. Her van, which was parked in the parking lot where other cars were picked up and dropped, was even unharmed. The tornado also trashed several small businesses and ripped the roof off a large nursing home for the elderly. However, as my son and i asked God, no one was hurt.
To me, that is a miracle that is obvious. It is one that is documented, for anyone may read of the tornado in a copy of a Fort Wayne, Indiana newspaper in a local library.
However, perhaps the greatest miracle is that God cares for any of us at all. Before i knew Him i asked why He had forsaken me. Now i wonder why He cares for me at all, since, in my worst moments, i still forsake Him in thought, word or deed.
Why do for unfaithful me what i myself would never do for someone? Why did the Father allow His one and only Son to suffer for me? Why do this so that i may live with Him forever? It is beyond reason. It is beyond question that His love for me is beyond anything i am capable of expressing to Him in return.
If you are willing to look into the historical evidence, you will find it too overwhelming to ignore. That a dead guy really did get up and walk is the best documented historical fact in ancient history. There is more evidence supporting the life, accomplishments, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ than there is evidence supporting the life, accomplishments and death of Julius Caesar. But no one would seriously doubt what we know of this Roman ruler.
Why not examine the evidence of Christ and make an educated decision?
Regards,
Doc
