Why knocking is so important.

[Tonus]

If you seek the God of the bible, as presented in the bible you will given the Holy Spirit.

It seems as if he makes it pretty complicated to receive the holy spirit.

As far as i am aware no other active god seeks a relationship with man as the God of the bible.

Then perhaps the one true god does not seek such a thing. That would seem to make more sense, than a god who desires a relationship yet makes it so difficult to get in touch with him.

Now ask yourself why He demands this.

I have, and I may even have asked in this topic once or twice. There is no answer that I can see that makes sense. God wants a relationship with us yet refuses to simply come out and say so, instead offering an apparently simple method of reaching him which is fraught with complications that make it nearly impossible to do so in a convincing manner.

Maybe he's the wrong god, then? Maybe the other gods don't need for people to A/S/K because they have other methods of being found. Certainly there have been lots of people who worshiped many different gods. Maybe for them, the idea that you have to ask god to show up is ludicrous and indicative of his weakness. Then again, they can't seem to get their gods to show up and say "hi" either, so their explanations are no more convincing than A/S/K.