[quote='Ace Otana' pid='301857' dateline='1340289249']
[quote]It's nothing to do with wanting to be with god or not, I just don't believe there is one. [/quote]And if you knew God existed with out any doubt would you be Forced to believe in god or would you still deny God?? How would your 'morality' change?
[quote]There may be a god out there, perhaps entirely different from what you think he is. [/quote]All any of us can know is what He has told us about Himself.
[quote]Perhaps you miss understood him but accepts you anyway. [/quote]Which is why there are so many different forms of Christianity.
[quote]There could be a god that despises us all for one reason or another. [/quote]The reason is unrepented sin.
[quote]Thing is, for me I prefer to just live my life, help others and reach personal goals. If there is a god, then there is, and if there is no god then that's that. I want to know what's true, if there is no god, I'm fine with that. If there is a god I will be concerned for the well being of others, especially if he's as crazy as you make him out to be.[/quote]
What's crazy is how far soceity has strayed.
Now simply looking back places a person in a position to call God crazy.
[quote]I'd still opt for oblivion. To return to the state I started off from. The state where time and space no longer have any meaning to you. Being beyond such things.[/quote]IF this were true then you'd be the Only exception.
[quote]The claim 'god exists' is probably the biggest lie of them all. Have you ever considered that? [/quote]Yes I have explored both outside of the bible and then what the bible says, and found the path the bible contains to lead to God.
[quote]When I was experimenting with the idea of a god, I noticed I could change his personality, his likes and hates and his rules. I noticed, that I was inventing a being and subconsciously applying my own personality to it. It dawned on me that god is merely a concept of our creation. From our ability to imagine, and our imagination often clouds our judgement. Without control, we can believe in anything we imagine.[/quote]You have framed your endeavour correctly. You were expermenting with the Idea of God and were creating who you wanted Him to be, subsequently you accuratly concluded this God does not exist.
If you seek God as outlined in scripture there are no variables in which you can adjust. God is, and either you seek out what is or you attempt to modify what is to suit your wants. If you seek out the god of the bible in an honest effort that reflects what the bible has recorded then you will find the God of the bible waiting for you.
[quote]It's nothing to do with wanting to be with god or not, I just don't believe there is one. [/quote]And if you knew God existed with out any doubt would you be Forced to believe in god or would you still deny God?? How would your 'morality' change?
[quote]There may be a god out there, perhaps entirely different from what you think he is. [/quote]All any of us can know is what He has told us about Himself.
[quote]Perhaps you miss understood him but accepts you anyway. [/quote]Which is why there are so many different forms of Christianity.
[quote]There could be a god that despises us all for one reason or another. [/quote]The reason is unrepented sin.
[quote]Thing is, for me I prefer to just live my life, help others and reach personal goals. If there is a god, then there is, and if there is no god then that's that. I want to know what's true, if there is no god, I'm fine with that. If there is a god I will be concerned for the well being of others, especially if he's as crazy as you make him out to be.[/quote]
What's crazy is how far soceity has strayed.
Now simply looking back places a person in a position to call God crazy.
[quote]I'd still opt for oblivion. To return to the state I started off from. The state where time and space no longer have any meaning to you. Being beyond such things.[/quote]IF this were true then you'd be the Only exception.
[quote]The claim 'god exists' is probably the biggest lie of them all. Have you ever considered that? [/quote]Yes I have explored both outside of the bible and then what the bible says, and found the path the bible contains to lead to God.
[quote]When I was experimenting with the idea of a god, I noticed I could change his personality, his likes and hates and his rules. I noticed, that I was inventing a being and subconsciously applying my own personality to it. It dawned on me that god is merely a concept of our creation. From our ability to imagine, and our imagination often clouds our judgement. Without control, we can believe in anything we imagine.[/quote]You have framed your endeavour correctly. You were expermenting with the Idea of God and were creating who you wanted Him to be, subsequently you accuratly concluded this God does not exist.
If you seek God as outlined in scripture there are no variables in which you can adjust. God is, and either you seek out what is or you attempt to modify what is to suit your wants. If you seek out the god of the bible in an honest effort that reflects what the bible has recorded then you will find the God of the bible waiting for you.
