(April 23, 2014 at 7:40 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Playing God's advocate, the HS is the "helper", it generally only appears to believers. God doesn't tend to crash into people's lives swat style, you have to ask him. Stands to reason that areas in which people don't ask him (because they have not heard the good news), won't hear him.
I know that raises as many difficult questions than it answers but that's the "stock" answer.
Maybe it's a result of me being raised Lutheran, but I was always taught that the Holy Spirit had to chose you, too. This might be why some people moved away from that.
Of course, it still doesn't answer my "uneven judgment" part about some being raised in Christian nations and others being raised in Muslim nations where apostasy is a capital offense. It's not like YHWH can expect people over there to start seeking him out on their own. They're already afraid of going to Muslim hell and of actual physical death if they deconvert; it's not like YHWH is bringing anything extra to the table for them.
