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  • It is not an original thought. This belief is called "the absentee deity" and does, in fact, exist in some societies eg traditional Batak religon (pre-Christian/Islam) in Sumatra Indonesia had an absentee deity. It has often been a way for people to rationalise the fact that they feel their deity is not malicious, but there is pain and suffering in the world. I don't agree with it. The God of Christianity is intimately involved in His creation, even to the point of coming to earth himself, as Jesus, to intervene in the pain and suffering and begin the healing process.
  • I think they are kind of like an atheist. After all if God has left us, then we're on our own and I don't believe that at all.

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