Why you can't find God

[MilesAbbott81]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

TL;DR, so I’ll just reply to the title:

I can’t find God for the same reason I can’t find Bigfoot, goblins, chem trails, chupacabras, pixies, reptilian aliens, angels, fire-breathing dragons, ogres, centaurs and guac that doesn’t disgust me.

Things that don’t exist are notable for how how hard they are to find.

Boru

[awty]

I have to agree on the guac thing but am still hoping to stumble upon a pixie; and dragons are just so cool that they really should exist.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

[The Grand Nudger]

Perhaps you should become well read in atheist literature™ before you say things like...atheists are fools? Hey, maybe we are, but how would you know?

I'd love to lean in on this idea of how the heart is deceitful above all things, though. Do you think that's true? Spirit of diplomacy right? I dont have any trouble thinking that I may not have found gods because I wasn't really looking. I'm certainly not now. I check for cars, not gods..when I cross the street..and I look for disease, not gods, when my crops fail. Ya got me. So..about these lying hearts? In what way has yours deceived you?

[MilesAbbott81]

TL;DR, so I’ll just reply to the title:

I can’t find God for the same reason I can’t find Bigfoot, goblins, chem trails, chupacabras, pixies, reptilian aliens, angels, fire-breathing dragons, ogres, centaurs and guac that doesn’t disgust me.

Things that don’t exist are notable for how how hard they are to find.

Boru

Don't you think that responding to a post that was too long for you to read is a foolish thing to do? Thank you for proving my point to The Grand Nudger.

I have to agree on the guac thing but am still hoping to stumble upon a pixie; and dragons are just so cool that they really should exist.

A similarly disrespectful and foolish post to the above; but I don't expect anything more from you people, neither was my post intended for any of you, excluding the end of it.

Perhaps you should become well read in atheist literature™ before you say things like...atheists are fools?  Hey, maybe we are, but how would you know?

I'd love to lean in on this idea of how the heart is deceitful above all things, though.  Do you think that's true?  If you do..do you also think that a christian heart™ might be deceitful?

My own father was an atheist, and I've argued with you people plenty enough to know how stubborn and foolish you can be.

Your question is a bit tricky. There are many people who proclaim themselves to be Christians, for one, who absolutely are not (most of them, in fact). Their hearts have indeed deceived them.

And who can say who is a true Christian? I can say there are those I believe are Christian, but are they? And how about myself? Maybe my own heart deceives me. I have to at least acknowledge that possibility, yes.

The problem here is that people like you seek absolute, incontrovertible proof and certainty. That's not what faith is about, not how the Lord designed its purpose. God is Spirit; He is the Word, that is, He isn't defined by the tangible, but by the intangible element of His character, His righteousness. That is why faith is necessary.

And really, faith has very little to do with the existence of God. His existence is obvious to those whom He hasn't deliberately blinded. Faith is about believing in His righteousness and walking by it, by the intangible, despite the tangible fighting us much of the time.

[awty]

'You people'

What an ass you are.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

TL;DR, so I’ll just reply to the title:

I can’t find God for the same reason I can’t find Bigfoot, goblins, chem trails, chupacabras, pixies, reptilian aliens, angels, fire-breathing dragons, ogres, centaurs and guac that doesn’t disgust me.

Things that don’t exist are notable for how how hard they are to find.

Boru

Don't you think that responding to a post that was too long for you to read is a foolish thing to do? Thank you for proving my point to The Grand Nudger.

If you’ll read carefully, I made it clear that I wasn’t responding to your post, just to the title. And it wasn’t ‘too long’ for me to read. I opted to no read it. You preachy types never have anything new or interesting to say. I’ve seen so much of this drivel that I know what it says without the bother of reading it.

No, I don’t think it was foolish. I think it was an excellent choice in the use of my time.

‘The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.’ Psalms 14:1

‘The wise man shouteth it from the rooftops.’ Borudians 24:7

Boru

[Angrboda]

And that last part that you posted and claim was explicitly for us is just another variant of, "That's because you were never a true Christian."

Think on this, padawan: Atheism needs no such excuses. Science needs no such excuses. Philosophy needs no such excuses. Anywhere actual truth and knowledge are to be found, no excuses.

Religion? Filled with excuses.

[MilesAbbott81]

'You people'

What an ass you are.

Actually, you raise a fair point.

In saying "you people," I suppose I was referring to atheists in general initially, because the vast majority I've run into on here are simple vile people. I didn't really think about it. But now that I've had time to reflect, I believe I was referring to people like you, who are so thoroughly dismissive (on a forum purposed for debate, no less) of anyone who doesn't say what they want to hear that they think they can just act the fool without consequence.

I assure you, there are consequences for every action we take in this life, and there will be consequences for shooting your mouth off on this forum. It may not come in a way you expect or can even see as related to your offense, but it'll come, and that goes for anyone who behaves as you have. The Lord sees all and prescribes punishment in due time.