Epicurus riddle.

[athrock]

Because they do not want to obey, to submit or to worship.

Hey, Satan knew who God is better than any of us, but he preferred his own will to God's will.

We're all guilty of this to varying degrees.

So..we all actually know God exists, but consciously turn away from him?

Some do. There is a range of "knowledge", and God knows what each of us is accountable for.

However, if you will read the wording of Chad's post to which I responded, it should be obvious that we are discussing the response of those who do know that God exists and yet refuse to accept His free gift of salvation.

There are, of course, others who know less. Even these, however, know of the Laws of Human Nature (justice, mercy, etc.) that have been written on every heart (conscience). They will be judged according to what they know and how they responded to that knowledge.