(April 10, 2013 at 7:53 pm)Godschild Wrote: I did not say that, it's not even suggested in my statement, so tell me why did you reply as if I had. I believe you are trying to bring confusion into this conversation.
So, every time a Christian tells me that I didn't find God because I didn't look hard enough or do it correctly, that Christian is lying? Does God open himself up to those who seek him cynically, or doubting his existence and not wanting to find it?
If the answer to those two question is 'no', then indeed one must first believe in God so that one can believe in God, and when one fails to find God, it is because he does not first believe in God. You have to completely devote yourself, mind body and heart, to God before he'll open up to you and 'prove' his existence to you. Which is exactly what the likes of Drich, strodel and most of the other Christbots here repeat endlessly as if programmed to do so.
Confirmation bias is what that is called.