Ok a potpourri of "miracles" now n' then. The virgin Mary appears. The sick are healed. God talks to Moses.(According to the Bible. A cusinart of rumour,innuendo and questionable "facts" assembled by hundreds of special interest "authors" over thousands of years. Now that's credibility..right?)
Callin' the "G" Man
Would'nt ya think if "He" really is up there watching over us, that he'd check in? Once a year, even? The Queen has her "Speech from the Throne." The President his "State of the Union." Why not a "State of the World?" from the creatorhisself? Like maybe at Christmas? With a "special appearance" by he for whom Christmas is (supposedly) celebrated?
New Year's Blowout?
So the Father, the Son, and (if he's not too busy) "the Holy Ghost."A blockbuster year end bash with "The Big Three!" Certainly this "transparence" in the season of "goodwill to all men" would unquestionably bond us to the supreme one and his posse? And ,bien sur, this would be the appropriate moment for our "Heavenly Father" to tell us how we've screwed up in the past year, and what we need to do in the new one, would it not?
Party Pooper
Yet, inexplicably ,year after year, God drops the ball. He blows his best chance to spread(not to mention solidify)his "Gospel." If he did, indeed create the World in six days he must know that timing is everything. And, more to the point, if he can do a World in six days, how busy can he be? Really? What excuse can he offer for not showing up when we're celebrating his "only begotten Son?"
But nnnnnnnnnnnnno! Not a word. Not a sign. Not a miracle. Not even a video! Just candles, hymns,massive spending, superficial smiles, turkey for winos,Holy mumbo jumbo,wars ,starvation ,poverty ,natural disasters, climate change and pedophile priests.
"God works in mysterious ways, his wonders to perform." No shit.
Misfits and Marketing
Psychologists say our feelings of inadequacy, and the resultant desire for someone/something greater to guide us ,are genetic. And after 4000 years ,too many churches to count, and almost as many religions, a counter argument has yet to emerge.
Atheists,particularly those in the world of commerce, would say that "God" is History's greatest marketing triumph. 4000 years of "brand loyalty" to anintangible product, that offers notangible benefits. In addition to promoting itself as a "unifying force", while doing exactly the opposite.
Our God is a Sailor
Contrast this, with a group of people who have not only actually seen/talked to their God, in the freakin' flesh, no less, but also have a tangible(as in "physical")souvenir of his Holy presence to worship, revere and adore.
These folks are the "Cargo Cultists." Pacific islanders who welcomed a shipwrecked mariner named John (from? East Akron?, Sacramento?, Blackpool?) as their God. And when he left, enshrining himself forever as "the God of their vision come true", his cargo remained, to become his temple. This"cult" is therefore known as the "John Fromm" cult. As in "John from?"
