In the old testament, God pretty much got whatever he wanted. He parted seas, brought about plagues, turned people into salt, spoke through burning bushes, and drowned the planet. In the new testament he took more of a back seat, yet promised to rain hell fire upon the world at some point in the future. In the multitude of centuries since these texts were written down by over 40 different men, over the course of thousands of years, God's gone AWOL except on an individual person scale to those who've "seen the light".
What happened to all of the epic grandeur?
Where was God on 12/26/2004? Or 1/12/2010? Or 3/11/2011?
In ancient history God was this:
In modern times God's been reduced to this:
Did God decide to become shy once technology could actually record events in real time?
This guy had it nailed hundreds of years before Jesus was even born.
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”