I facepalmed so hard I concussed myself.

You sure get excited/angry about this stuff. Here’s a couple thoughts.

You’re mocking and saying how stupid the report is, yet you aren’t refuting any of the scientific studies involved. Your argument basically sums up to, “That’s true, but they’re stupid.” If you’re going to argue or debate against something, at least have evidences available to debunk the evidence coming from the other side.

You’re mocking the fact that some people are pointing out that the land of Israel/Palestine dried up right around the same time that the Jews were dispersed and almost entirely destroyed by the Roman Empire. You’re mocking the idea that there is any sort of link. There is no giant sign saying, “God removed the rain when the Jews left.” But these are two events that took place at the same time, the drought lasting many centuries. So when you’re attacking the report, I find myself a little confused. Are you saying that the science that says the rain stopped at that point in time is false? Are you also saying that the Jews were not dispersed or nearly wiped out by the Roman Empire around the same time? See, you’re ridiculing the idea that there is a link, yet the facts remain. Whether or not there is any link at all, nothing changes the fact that these two events occurred at about the same time.

My last point surrounds the issue of witnessing a perfectly natural looking event and claiming that since it’s scientifically sound, it proves that God had nothing to do with it. For instance, rain has a normal natural process that causes it (evaporation, clouds, cooling, rainfall, etc.). That’s natural, normal, and perfectly explainable. A person being pushed from the path of an oncoming car is also perfectly normal/natural. The hero just happened to be there at the right time to mount a rescue. But what put the person there at that time? Maybe he decided to go out for coffee early that day and just happened to end up there at the right moment. That’s a perfectly human and natural explanation (he went out to get coffee early). But God (if he exists) could have slightly nudged this encounter toward happening for days. The guy woke up early, he was stressed at work lately, traffic was bad so he took a different route to the coffee shop, he walked because it was such a nice sunny day instead of driving, etc.

My point is not that God is running around poking everything into place all the time. My point is that something doesn’t have to be completely supernatural or unexplainable to be from God or part of God’s plans. No doubt there is a perfectly scientific and natural explanation for the rain drying up when it did, but that simple fact doesn’t change the fact that God could have arranged it that way on purpose through subtle or not so subtle nudges. Another example is a person trying to stay warm. He might add wood to a small fire and bundle up in warm clothing in order to warm up. He gets warmer, that’s the result, but it didn’t just happen by itself. He made it happen through the use of natural processes (he put on warm clothes and added wood to the small fire).

I’m not defending the beliefs put forward in the article, however to undermine something from the standpoint of, “It’s not possible because I don’t want to believe it” sets yourself up for a serious knock down. Coming from the core of, “God doesn’t exist,” is fine, but you’ve gotta backup an argument with a lot more than something as intangible as the existence of God (true or not). In the end, the rain stopped, the Jews left at that time, and it’s an interesting coincidence if nothing more. Attacking a belief with a different belief is like two ghosts trying to have a boxing match, each punch completely incapable of connecting or causing any harm to the other.