Question for Christians..

[Ryft]

Why was little or no faith needed to believe in God during Old Testament times (God appeared to humans regularly) yet today Christians have to rely on 100% faith for their belief?

I am assuming you mean faith that God exists, since despite his irregular appearances the Israelites still required faith in God—even when he was in their midst (e.g., in the story of the parting of the Red Sea, with God as a pillar of fire in their midst the Israelites still struggled with faith in God). And the reason is because faith that God exists is redemptively pointless. "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder" (James 2:19). God has no vested interest in people giving their intellectual assent to his existence. God is invested in redeeming (saving and sanctifying) his lost sheep, which requires a good deal more than people agreeing that he exists. There are those on this very site who have said that if God was made unequivocally real to them, they still would reject him.

[Violet]

See, that's a lot better said than most Christians. The reason *I* will still reject him, is because he simply cannot exist as who the Bible and Christians claim him to be. I would believe that he is a very powerful being, possibly an alien, maybe a god... but it couldn't be the Christian one.

It's difficult for a god to con logic and reason...

[Ryft]

See, that's a lot better said than most Christians. The reason I will still reject him is because he simply cannot exist as the Bible and Christians claim him to. I would believe [in something that] is a very powerful being—possibly an alien or maybe a god—but it couldn't be the Christian one. It's difficult for a god to con logic and reason.

We shall see what the content of your posts look like on that score after the formal debate is completed...