Christians, question about why God wouldn't reveal Himself...?
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Why doesn't he stand on the side of the road like a billboard?  He does, all of creation testifies to His existance. Study something as simple as a leaf- it's astounding the detail that goes into it.  You seem to like analogies- I do too- so look at it this way: if you see a beautiful Monet, you can admire the brushstrokes, the colors and the composition and no one has to try and convince you that there was an artist!  "No, no," you might say, "I believe that thousands of years ago all those colors were just thrown into the air and they happened to land on the canvas in this fashion."  The creation (the painting) testifies to the existance of a painter (the creator)\n\nMatthew 7:7 says if you seek Him you will find Him.  A friend of mine grew up in an orphanage in India and as a small child, wanted to know if there was more to God.  Jesus appeared to Him in a vision and told Him who He was.  Then he began praying for a bible and miraculously enough, some missionaries (this was back in the 1950's- people didn't travel as much as they do today) happened to pass through their small villiage and visit the orphanage so he could have a bible.  He's a missionary now, going to my church and traveling back and forth to India.  \n\nWe have a relationship with God through the Holy Spirit.  It is the Holy Spirit that works on this earth.  I've seen people's deaf ears open. I took a drug dealer to church once, and the power of God there made him start to convulse on the floor- THE NEXT DAY 1.He called all his contacts, 2.quit selling and using drugs and 3. started a street evangelism ministry for the homeless in Houston.  I know God exists because He works in my life- the Holy Spirit can give me a check in my spirit and keep me from going places, and can teach me through revelation. \n\nI have personally prayed for people and God has shown me specific situations in their lives to talk to them about.  One woman I met in a Burger King (she was an employee there) God put it on my heart to pray for her.  As I began to pray I said, "God let her be a light to Chris." and she stopped me, took about 3 steps back and wide-eyed asked, "how did you know my husband's name was Chris?"  Well, I didn't.  I had never met her before; I just prayed what God wanted me to- and He wanted to show her that He knew her, He saw her, He knew her situation and that He cared.  It was pretty cool!\n\n Just yesterday I was reading Psalm 2 about how God fights our battles for us, and I asked Him to do that for me.  Well last night we went to dinner at this restaurant, the food was awful, we were over charged for our meals, but it was such an exhausting day that I didn't feel like fighting our waiter. We still tipped him (since i was a waitress for years) Well the guy comes back with our check copy AND a bag of pasta (the pasta was the large size we'd been charged for, but had not recieved) saying "the kitchen accidentally made this- you guys want it?"  fresh bread (he hadn't been refilling our bread basket as he should have) and our leftovers.  And my friend, without knowing about my conversation with God that morning said, "Man, we didn't even have to fight him (the waiter)" \n\n I know this is an insignificant story, I could tell you more miraculous ones, like how I was woken in the middle of the night to pray for my sister who was busy totaling her car (but walked away with only a small scratch on her knee after clearing a 5' tall fence!) how I was healed of a degenerative family disease, how the power of God has touched my home, but it is the daily testimonies, the small things, that grow our faith. He just wanted me to know yesterday (because of all the battles I'm going through right now) that He cares even for the smallest skirmishes. E-mail me if you want to know more.  I could tell you story after story of the miraculous things God has done.
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God is full of surprises to us.  In our 3 dimensional world, we can't begin to fathom the wonders and surprises of God.  Maybe billions of years in the future, after we have travelled the universe, we will have enough knowledge of God to predict  God's intentions.   I doubt if we'll ever know enough to predict God's actions.
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I am not a great believer in the God theory, so I'm not surprised that he/she hasn't been back since the old biblical days.\nIf there is a God, perhaps he doesn't like what he sees, and has washed his hands of the whole mess.
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No, The only absolute and SURE thing that God has revealed is his word. And I am pretty sure that isn't in there. Everything else we just ASSUME is from God, with no actual proof- only a guess, and that isn't the way God wants us to live, he wants us to be sure, which is why he revealed himself and we have the proof.\n\nAnd choosing our spouses is just that, a CHOICE we make- based on a variety of things, but still our choice. That is something we are responsible for-- so choose wisely!!!
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Nope, I don't think he will, for a start it's to obvious.  Nobody knows when he will be revealed, he could in fact be alive on the earth today, or maybee he has not even been born yet??  Just make sure your life is right before God, and live every day like it's your last.  God bless U!!!
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All of you unable to face the miracle of the Qur'an.\nall you do is craing. and said " Jesus is the God Jesus is the God''.Some say " one day we will know Who is God ".I say, why do not know now?\nMuslims knew by scientific evidences Who is the God,so what prevents you from knowing God?
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Sometimes there are no clear answers to a question. This is one of those questions where nobody can give an answer and support it with concrete evidence.\n\nPart of the reason these questions aren't easily answered is that God wants us to CHOOSE to love Him. He didn't want to make things so obvious that we instantly know He exists.
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Fair question, friend. I probably would NOT want to know. If I knew for certain that there was no God, then life would be utterly meaningless--especially in the area of morality. I would become crazy selfish, which would cause me to attack everyone else (verbally) just so I could survive emotionally until I died. So, in the final analysis, no, I would not want to know.
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Really now? Says who? Did Jesus Christ impart this knowledge, himself? Sounds a little kooky. \n\nWho is this God character? Why is he invisible? I suppose I am the image of the invisible Michael. I am also Michael. \n\nAre you sure Jesus wasn't some crazy cultist? \n\nSomebody once told me to find Jesus, but I always thought he was long dead. Where's he buried? Somebody also once told me he floated up to an invisible land of enchantment. I have no idea how I'm supposed to find some dead, mentally ill guy, whose body has somehow magically disappeared, and then how do I prove if it's him or not? There were no dental records millenia ago, let alone DNA files. \n\nHm, I think Jesus is lost forever, unless he's that guy on the on ramp holding that sign, looking like a serial killer. At least that guy LOOKS a lot like Jesus. Anyhow, nope, I did not know that Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God, and is also God. \n\nHey, I got an idea. Why don't you tell me all about it? This sounds like a pretty wild story!
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if he has no consciousness how does he create everything you see around you?\nThat doesn't make much sense. Perhaps he has a consciousness but not in the sense of it being in our interests. \nLike for example we think the whole idea of God revolves around us humans. Perhaps it isn't so shallow and larger than that.\nThen again, if what you said were to be true, I suppose we would be in big trouble.
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I read a bit on John's stuff and I have to say that it didn't get to the question of who created the creator.  If you attempted to answer this question you would find that being created by a god is just as difficult if not more so than being created from some random source because ultimately at some point a god would have been created from some random source.\n\nThere are more emotional reasons to believe in god.  Mostly, fear and a need to answer questions in an attempt to fill the void of our non-understanding ( is that a word? I don't know, if it isn't I just made it one) of our own existance.\n\nIs there a god?  If there is a god what is it?  Who is to define this god?  Don't we first have to have some type of experience of reference to see if this god exists?  \n\nWhat if I said god was undefinable?  Or infinate.  Then, you could say that god is everything and as such cannot seperate himself from himself to expose himself and therefor, you cannot detect him unless you detect the inifinate which means to realize that you and god are one, like that jesus guy.  This is the only way I believe a god could actually exist if we're talking about an omni god that is.  If you're talking about a super being then I don't know what to tell you other than proove it.
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wow...the bible proves it self... and has to many peope throughout history...those the seek the truth find it and those that have no value in it do not...If you find the word of god as stupid then you have your answer as to why it makes no sense to you...God is there for those who find value in him..nad he reveals himself to those who seek him with all there heart...if this does not apply to you then why are you so amazed that you do not understand what others do? I keep talking to athiest who find no value in god whatsoever....this makes perfect sense to me that god has not revealed himself to these and if they are happy and you are happy why do you care that God has revealed himself to others?
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I think that we all struggle in our faith one way or another. Questioning God's existence doesn't really cross most of our minds. We may question why He allows things to happen or we may even question our own Christian walk and our relationship with God. My pastors -and I've had a few in my life -haven't been perfect. In fact there was one who was my Dad's boss that treated his underlings shabbily and used the church vehicle for personal business. I think he may've even taken some of the better donations given to the church for his own. I do know that he was eventually caught by his bosses with his hand in the cookie jar and in adultery. He was speedily fired. As for weird things in a worship service? I recall visiting a Charismatic service to see what it was like. I met one of those pastors who held rather rambunctious healing services. You know the type.; they call you forward for healing even though you haven't volunteered or asked for it. He claimed -a few times- to be given a word of knowledge about some type of secret sin in some person's life. I found this made me extremely uncomfortable because I do not believe that God would humiliate an individual in this manner. Nor do I think that Jesus would compel anyone to come for healing. God is a Gentleman, and He never forces Himself on anybody. Neither should His servants
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Hmm, yeah, that's a very interesting point! Why not just trust "god" to protect him? Now, would that be a sin? Because if it was gods will for him to die, than he's preventing that from happening, right? but if god was "almighty" then he could give him a heart attack or something...but then if he's that powerful, why the need for bulletproof...round and round we go....I need chocolate!  :) smart question btw!
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God works in mysterious ways. It is not for us to understand God's work. We must have faith that He is all knowing and His actions should never be questioned.Our feeble minds could never comprehend Gods love for us.
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God is a little "bigger" than we are. We don't understand everything about Him and most of us go through life recognizing that there are things that our human minds cannot comprehend. We just accept the simple teaching of the Bible and wait until we will see clearly as I Cor 13 tells us,"12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
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lol because god decided to leave details out... oh wait no this was written by man who had no idea of life on other planets. ... yet another sign that either god is hiding stuff from us or this book is nothing more then written by man.