Quote: from Shogun villimax at 11:07 am on July 11, 2009
Quote: from Moonscar at 3:34 pm on July 9, 2009
Quote: from Shogun villimax at 2:40 pm on July 9, 2009
Quote: from Moonscar at 8:14 am on July 9, 2009
I am not saying that he isn't real. There's one thing I don't understand though. If he punishes those who don't have faith in him or believe he is real then why couldn't he just automatically make people have faith in him? I mean he never showed himself to us, he left written records which leave people puzzled to if he exists? I am trying to make this sound the least rude as possible because if he is real I don't want him to be angry at me for questioning him. My point is. If he punishes those who don't have faith in him, why can't he appear in front of us and destroy all doubt of his existence?

A gift that is demanded is no gift at all.
We all must find out for our selves
What exactly am I demanding?

You were saying "Why doesin't GOD just make us obey him".
I wasn't demanding anything. And obeying him and having faith in him are two different things. I don't think it's fair to put us in a world with all these different religions and beliefs of how we came to be, and supposedly get "punished" when we follow the "wrong" one. If I choose a religion other than Christianity it isn't fair to punish me for not having "faith". Cause there are other religions too that punish you for not having it either. So shouldn't god just make himself known if he wanted the confusion of which religion is right to vanish? I don't think it's right to hide yourself from the people you created in a world with all these different beliefs, only to punish them if they follow something else because they aren't sure of which belief. That's all I am saying.
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People won't be sure you've done anything at all" ~ God like space cloud