(October 22, 2013 at 5:29 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote: Either you're a hardcore mystic and you will continue through this "cloud of unknowing" or God is allowing you to find what you want to believe.
That's got to be the worst answer I've ever had a Christian give to that question.
Why would a god not show himself to someone that earnestly seeks him when that person's eternal soul depends on it?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell