Oh, You Talk to God, That’s Cool! I Need Some Answers

[Salacious B. Crumb]

If you don't know who or what God is how would you know if in fact He has been speaking to you all a long?

I’ve heard many claims of god, by you, and others, and haven’t come across one as of yet.

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Why doesn’t god tell the people that talk to him, that subscribe to other religions, that they need to convert to christianity?
Because not everyone wants to worship the God of the bible. Those who do He reaches out to.

You’re right, not everyone wants to worship the god of the bible, because they don’t believe in it at all. Do you want to worship the gods of Hindu? No, you say? Interesting, I’m sure some are saying your exact argument about you right now. Again, why wouldn’t god want to steer them in the correct direction?

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How come god lets them go to hell, by not telling them that jesus is their savior?
Same as above.
Just look at what some have said here. "They could never worship a God who does believe in equal rights, or they will not bow a knee to a God who does not 'X'. " You can fill in the blank with anything.

Same answer as above for me too.

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How do you know that they’re not talking to god, and you’re talking to yourself?
Because the results or what God does for you is out of your control.

I don’t understand that answer.

That's not how prayer works in Christianity nor in Islam.
Prayer in Islam is a form of worship, meaning the purpose is only to give their God glory.
http://islam.about.com/od/prayer/ht/pray.htm

What makes you think God does answer their prayers? God is not the only being out their answering 'prayers.'

This should cover some of your other responses as well. There are stories in other religions that god does answer their prayers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer In Germanic paganism, god answers their prayers, as well as others.

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Going by the stories of the bible, you’d think that there would only be one religion on this earth, if the bible was true.
why?

My next line in the last post will tell you. “A few thousand years ago, god cared so much when people didn’t worship him, that he commanded Moses to massacre people that didn’t worship the correct version of him, but in present-day reality, he longer does that. Why did the unchanging god change his strategy from massacring people, to doing absolutely nothing?”

You’d think you’d see christians massacring other religions because of their god telling them to do so, if your book was true, which would lead to one religion.

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If you actually talked to god, you’d be able to put forth a cogent justification for your god, and who knows.. MAYBE, actually provide proof of its existence. You’d think that your amazingly intelligent god would actually make you smarter, and not cause you to constantly spew fallacious bullshit, by trying to shift the burden of proof on others as your argument.
Who are you speak about? do you have examples?

Just read all of your dodges. How about your attempt at answering the straightforward question about why women are unclean for double the amount of time depending on if they give birth to a boy or a girl?

If this were true you would A/S/K for it as you have been instructed.

And, if you don’t get any responses…. ? What is a logical human being supposed to assume?

God's voice is not (For me anyway) an internal thing. It's not a longing or leading by feeling. I hear Him through messages/sermons on the radio. I experience direction through the opportunities he has provided me with, I get confirmation in a 100 little mini miricals every week that are the direct result of me being faithful to what I have been given. That and He sent a 'messenger.'

I’m guessing, by your definition of mini-miracles, I have about the same amount each week, and why would god bless me with those if I don't believe in him, pray, or any other related activities to that?

You probably were talking to yourself. We have been tasked to find God, God does not have the task to find you.

I agree that I was talking to myself, or just thinking my thoughts were god’s voice… And, how loving of him.

-Regarding your response to the Lev 12:1-5 bible verse. You completely dodged my question. Why does god consider women to be unclean for twice as long if she gives birth to a girl instead of a boy?

This doesn’t answer anything

The reason given can be classified under three different catagories.
Biological
Social
Spiritual

Biological, none that I am aware.

Social, Males needed to bond with the Father ASAP, so the Father would identify and accept his son. The same with the Mother. (the Father would care for the son while the mother was being purified) The mother's extra time with the daughter would also allow for her bonding.

Spiritual, to be 'Spiritualy clean' means to be as perfect as possible and to be ready to devote one's self to God and the law. To be put side was not a punishment, but a break from the rigors of OT Jewish life.

Here are some options that aren’t dodging the question. 1) God is a dick 2) The people who wrote this story lived in a different time, where many were misogynistic. They were putting words in their version of god’s mouth, probably in order to keep others around them in line with how they wanted things to be.