Why "mysterious ways" don't matter.

[alexwenzel]

There's no particular reason why a creature can't understand its creator. Do you understand your father less than other men? And if so is that because he had an hand in your creation?

A father is not the creator of his children. A father is simply regenerating, not creating.

Nope, you aren't talking about how to make the dish, but rather what it tastes like. No special knowledge is required other than to taste it, which many atheists have done.

If you have tasted it, you are acknowledging that the taste was real.

Why try to enlighten you? Because you are here and you are lacking in knowledge. The bolded parts of Proverbs say it all. The goal is not to take all hope away merely to ground you in reality.

I haven't seen nothing here that has given me hope and ground to reality. I have mostly seen individuals expressing their hate to believers. "God is the foundation of true knowledge". (Proverbs 1:7)

The necessity of inventing the devil is a consequence of inventing god. But rather than blame the devil, wouldn't it be better to take responsibility for what we do directly? That is what happens when you believe in neither god nor the devil.

God was not invented. "He is the alpha and omega". I do not blame Him or the devil for my wrong doings. I do take responsibility for my own actions only because He is real. If there was no God, then right or wrong would not be real.

There's a reason so many "misinterpret" the Bible in this way.

There are many other reasons. However God will judge only according to the light they have been given. Even if the light is very dim God sees it as the only light in the dark. "The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day." (Proverbs 4:18)

And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell. . .

Agree :-)

It's amazing to me how long ago the bible already prophesied about this very topic. "People who aren't spiritual can't receiver these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can't understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means." (1Corinthians 2:14).

Sounds much like a charlatan about to demonstrate ESP, or their ability to talk to the dead to me. It's the mark of a con-man attempting to deflect the inevitable mistrust before it begins.

The passage was not referring to talking to dead people. It was referring to God revealing the truth to those who are willing to receive them.

Especially if propped up by laws, wars, and suppressing everything that disagrees with it right? Even so much of the Bible has proved demonstrably false.

The bible has not been proved to be false. The bible can be tested and proved as I have done. People have lied about proofs that the bible is false and people receive this messages without investigating. If I was the devil that's what I would do too.