In a world that is filled with advanced learning, why is it the people are so "unlearned" when it comes to God
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Because a lot of people don't care about what is there after death. They are spending thousands of dollars for health and insurance but not pay a single dime to search for the true salvation.\n\n2 TIM 4:3 -  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; \n2 TIM 4:4 -  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. \n\nWhat a shame!
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Amen, and God bless you.  They just don't get it.  Like I have said before, you don't have to believe it, you just have to do it.  Some feel that People who have faith in God, are weak.  They feel that  They just can't handle the world on the their own, without believing in something.  It is not understood, that chapter and verse are recited, because it is God's word, and we are not to add to, or take away from it, so we have to quote it exactly.\n\nI witness God's works every day. And for those who have never asked, and received God's blessings, how very sad.\n\nI am so happy someone verbalized this.  Good job!\n\nGod Bless
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There are very few Pastors today that really lead the congregation through YHVH God truths in His Word.  Too many today are hirelings,...paid to preach and get their sermon from a fax machine sent down from their "higher ups".  YHVH God is not a god of confusion and YHVH is LIGHT, is LOVE...No comparison with allah the moon god and many are sadly mistaken and say he is God.  Too many listen to that hireling and don't check out what he says for themselves in GODS WORD.  YHVH God says, "Cursed be the man who puts his trust in a man".  Confusion must be one of those curses that they put on themselves.   A Pastor, Prophet, teacher should ALL be teaching The WORD of God .  Some people will sit in a pew for years and hear that hireling say something over and over to where even though what that hirelings says is not in The WORD, those people will believe it to be true.  Silly  people they are. All you have to do is put them to the "apple" test...There IS Wisdom today as there ALWAYS has been Wisdom.  Problem is that people want a "quick fix" today and are not SEEKING and are not studying themselves to show YHVH God and get His approval.  Lots of dry bones today in need of Ezekiel to shout the WORDS in their ears...The famine in these end days is for HEARING The WORD of THE LORD, YHVH.
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Only terrorists like knowledge! This sounds a bit un-American to me!\n\nI'm just kidding. I know what you're saying. It's not a good lesson to teach saying "God will punish you if you question his word or look for proof!". But that's the whole idea of religion: it's unquestionable. If you question it, then it all falls apart. So the church had to start the Bible with a story explaining how the pursuit of knowledge which deviates from "the Word" is the ultimate unforgivable sin.
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Because everyone including Catholics...don't know EVERYTHING about someone elses religion...and they ASSUME things very easily...instead of taking the time to learn something new
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Well in my opinion... If people don't understand something then it must be supernatural.  Believeing in God is easier than researching the evidence for natural causes.  Think about it 2000 years ago people were mystified to see the sun rise everyday, 1000 years ago solar eclipses were perplexing; are you really surprised that today people still can't comprehend our existance.  Where ever science can't 100% explain you'll have God.
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Observation and experimentation of the physical world lead to conclusions concerning physical phenomena (usually inaccurate!) But people don't want to admit that they are ignorant, so they stick hard to what they called knowledge after receiving university degrees. Nowadays, to prove as being knowledgeable, people used to cite all sorts of diplomas before their names.\nCollege Degrees evidently have some relative values in some fields, but they guarantee no true knowledge. Otherwise, what is the use of sending children to school?\nBut, true knowledge comes only from its true source, that is the knowledge taught by the Messengers of God. In order to gain this knowledge, man must firstly realize that he is completely ignorant, and starting a new and complete investigation of truth. He must use, not only his senses, but also his intellect, his intuition, his faith, his other spiritual abilities...under the guidance of the Divine Educator. This was the way of all great saints. In the past, they were called saints, because this education had not reached the great population. Now, this education is available to all, enabling us to become true men (no more saints), why we keep on denying it?
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People do not use God's Word to back up their points because it would be impossible. Too often their human thoughts are diametrically opposed to God's thoughts.\n\n(2 Timothy 4:3,4) For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths.
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Peeps practice their religion in hopes of either understanding something ( as in a wisdom practice) or for attainment of something (as in a salvation practice) if they achieved complete understanding of those things then they wouldn't need it.\n\nI'd say even theologist don't fully understand it, but only those who are one with the way, whatever the way may be.
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Noone can know that.\n\nUnfortunately, the Bible, reputedly given as the word to bring all persons to god & the christ figure, tells us not to believe any human teaching us that it is the word, that it's god is the One True Creator God, that Jesus is part of God and came to Earth to die for our salvation, and that the Holy Spirit is part of its god and the part that will enter you to let you know the Bible is the Word and the Truth.  \n\nRead on.\n\nWe can't know a "god", and can neither prove nor disprove what the currently referenced Bibles tell us (Referring to the modern-day, Christian mainstream belief that the Old Testament and New Testaments, as interpreted and popularly bound, make up the Word for us to receive).\n\nIt's an impossible connundrum. To know Christ, or God's love is one thing. But, to learn it by introduction to, and understanding of the Word as an "In" is impossible. Questions aimed at deficiencies, conflicts and historic errors must be explained away by interpretation.\n\nHowever, Jesus tells his readers, directly, not to follow charismatics, ritual or leaders of this earth. Everyone that is brought to Christ by witnesses or other humans faces a very real problem. Being brought to him, or introduced, means one has not met Christ and does not know his father or the Holy Spirit. The student then will be required to follow a teacher of this world.\n\nWithin his teachings, a True teacher would have to teach the student Jesus' direct warning about following worldly leaders/teachers. The student then cannot know whether his teacher is of this world (getting the fine details wrong and leading poor student astray), or from the right school of thought.\n\nthe student will need the Holy Spirit to enter him, so Christianity tells us, in order to understand the word. For any man can pick up the Bible and start putting together messages that serve his purpose by stringing passages together. Even well-meaning, but very misled persons can do this.\n\nThe student would have to come to know the Holy Spirit by following the worldly leader in order to accept the Holy Spirit and invite him into the student so that the student can know whether or not his teacher is a True teacher or one of this world.\n\nOf course, a good student, and one who has never been brought to Christ, would have to put the mental brakes on when they get to the point in the lessons where they are taught not to follow worldly leaders and teachers. A good student will have to say to himself:\n1. I'm being introduced to this alleged one, true, god by this person.\n\n2. This person tells me that there is one, true, god who created us and everything and loves us and chooses us and gave us his Word to know him.\n\n3. This person tells me that god's word is the Bible.\n\n4. This person tells me that the Bible says that it is god's word.\n\n5. This person tells me that the word is also jesus as we know him through the Bible.\n\n6. This person tells me that the word is truth.\n\n7. This person tells me that I have to believe in jesus, accept him as my lord and savior to be with god forever.\n\n8. This person tells me that jesus died for my sins, which otherwise separate me from god and had previously required priests to make various sacrifices to cleanse me to god.\n\n9. This person tells that we all have sin and must have this relationship with jesus, and live as he instructs, to be tight with god.\n\n10. This person tells me that there is an entity called satan, an anti-god, that exists to confuse me, lead me away from god and jesus, and take me down the wrong, worldly path.\n\n11. This person tells me Jesus demanded we not follow charismatics, worldly teachers or leaders, nor earthly ritual.\n\n12. This person responds to my earnest question about confusing points of the Bible and his (my earthly teacher's) message by telling me I will know the word is the Word, and the Truth through the Holy Spirit.\n
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I know what you mean. In the bible though it says our knowledge is just a fraction of God's knowledge...there are some things the human mind is not ever going to comprehend, which is why science was invented (the big bang theory..Please). I know someone who is extremely atheist/agnostic and its really sad that he's so closedminded. I mean, people say christians are closed minded but then atheists are too, because they won't even open up to the possibility that there is a god. I don't know...they greatest of the commandments is love so I guess thats all we can do.
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I doubt it. There is a long tradition of Christian intellectualism (just ask the Jesuits). Read contemporary theological commentators like Spong and Borg and try to suggest that they're in possession of low IQs. Personally, I'm religious and hold a doctorate, something not generally awarded to idiots. Of course, I also know some very intelligent atheists...as well as a few prize-winning morons of that persusion. There are both bright and ignorant people from both camps, believing and non-believing.
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Intellectual surrender. Good phrase! I (as you may gather) am a member of the second group. I feel that some people cling to the Word or God and the word of God only idea because they are lazy. If everything I need to know is already written down and needs no interpretations then I don't have to think for myself. It gives them an out and makes the spiritual life a no brainer with no work required.\nIt's just "here are the rules, go live by the rules" They have no need to pray or listen to God speak to them. They never have to wonder about anything. They never have to do any of the work of being human. Like cattle. Just follow the rules and then die. Easy instructions.\nThis is why I belong to a church that values education and thought.
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90% of the general public believes in God.\n40% of scientist in general\n40% mathmeticians\n30% biologist\n20% physicist\n\nIt seems the more highly educated tend to not believe in God. Also, I am a proud Southern gal, but statistics don't lie! The Bible Belt harbors some of the most intellectually inferior school systems in the country and some of the most ignorant ideals.
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i dunno i've ran into some people on here like that but that's true how could you explain anything. science, no science is something people use i think to jump away from the fact that god does exsist whether they like it or not. i've tried to make people beleive in god but some don't. so all you can do is beleive pray for those people. HE IS OUR SAVIOR SO WORSHIP HIM! GOD BLESS.
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God is a big question in a lot of people's minds.  If they're searching for answers, let them search.
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Personally, I think it's because many people do not try to back up thier faith with any kind of study. They pick a religion from what thier parents told them to pick, or are just too lazy to learn anything other then the "basics". If you get into a debate and they get stuck for a point, then thier faith waivers, or they just sound ignorant, and so they don't want to debate. \n\nThis is not the case for all Christians, (although it tends to be the stereotype) but there are a good number of people out there that really have no idea what they're talking about, and just want everyone on thier "side". \n\nAs for being afraid of Islam, it probably has the same thing to do with not understanding. And if they can't debate thier own religion because they haven't looked into it enough, there's no chance that they're going to look at another.