You are being incredibly ignorant tavarish. But you are in good company, and I certainly won't hold it against you.
You seem to have spent that entire post trying to bat away the fact that theology requires that there be no verifiable proof of the existence of any god, and explicitly the Christian God. You can't deal with that. Fair enough. But lets establish this and remember it's the focus of the problem.
How would you propose faith would work (being "belief in something there can be no proof of") should there be external proof to negate it? Sound illogical to you? If it does.... good, we can agree on something.
This, although a central precept of mainstream (ie 99%) Christianity, seems to be a new concept to you. hence my unkind 'ignorant' label. forgive me, I'm sure it was an innocent mistake, and like I said, very well supported.
Christianity isn't a mixed message - it's a very direct one. You'll find all of us agree on the essential fundamentals.
How do I know personally that my God is true? I test my notion of God every moment and it pans out. Did I dodge again?
It is even more logical for this God to need your response rather than forcing knowledge of himself onto you. The cornerstone of belief is faith... faith is an incredible thing and the catalyst for logical enquiry. A god that negated faith would be a puny god indeed to a real God, one which necessitated it.
You seem to have spent that entire post trying to bat away the fact that theology requires that there be no verifiable proof of the existence of any god, and explicitly the Christian God. You can't deal with that. Fair enough. But lets establish this and remember it's the focus of the problem.
How would you propose faith would work (being "belief in something there can be no proof of") should there be external proof to negate it? Sound illogical to you? If it does.... good, we can agree on something.
This, although a central precept of mainstream (ie 99%) Christianity, seems to be a new concept to you. hence my unkind 'ignorant' label. forgive me, I'm sure it was an innocent mistake, and like I said, very well supported.
Christianity isn't a mixed message - it's a very direct one. You'll find all of us agree on the essential fundamentals.
How do I know personally that my God is true? I test my notion of God every moment and it pans out. Did I dodge again?
It is even more logical for this God to need your response rather than forcing knowledge of himself onto you. The cornerstone of belief is faith... faith is an incredible thing and the catalyst for logical enquiry. A god that negated faith would be a puny god indeed to a real God, one which necessitated it.
