If God is all mighty and powerful, then why hasn't he made himself more known to us, so we know for sure he is the real God?
"because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse." Romans 1:19, 20
Order in the universe points to an organizer. Matter does not organize itself. Design is clearly seen in nature pointing to a designer. Information in the genetic code did not come by chance mutations. It's like saying an explosion happened in a print shop that produced the Encyclopedia Brittanica. These are examples of Him making Himself known indirectly.
Now the more direct way was that He would become a man and live amoung us > JESUS
If I was forced to choose a religion ...
No one can make you believe in anything. God doesn't force anyone. he draws you to Himself and you willingly choose. Imagine a veil over your eyes that was blinding you to see where you are going. He lifts that veil so that you can see. And believe me, you do see the world differently from then on.
I meet God and tell him "Sorry, but there was no way for me to logically prove to myself that being a Christian was better than any other religion." What would he do?
Again, you are already without excuse. Logic doesn't find God. You can't intellectualize faith. It is a gift. Ask and you will receive. But faith comes by the word of God. Just read one book in the Bible, the book of John. Remove all doubts, be like a child, pray and ask, "If you really exist God, show me." Then read it. The words are sharper then a sword and will pierce your heart but you have to have an open door and give Him the benefit of the doubt. Pride will keep your door closed.
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But I have been with moral character all my life!
Good!
A moral code or compass is evidence of God as well. Where did that come from? Your conscience says you ought to go this way and you try to rationalize or analyze it logically and choose the wrong way! The voice inside you telling you to do something isn't always you? Is that you arguing with yourself. You may say, your parents of society taught you morals. But this conflict within, is this just you struggling with yourself? And then, afterwards, the guilt. Is this a self imposed moral that we violate? Why do you feel guilty for anything? God wired us that way.
Even though you are not aware of it, he has led you to this forum. He orchestrates people and events in your life to lead you to a certain moment at which time He reveals Himself. Get ready, I'll pray for you.
I may not have lived by all your rules, but I treated others the way I wished to be treated
Living by rules is not Christianity. That was the Old Testament Law. We live by faith through grace -- because Christ fulfilled the Law for us. We could not. You treated others as you wanted to be treated? Where do you think that came from? Jesus said, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto yourselves"
Assuming the devil is writing these books, why hasn't God countered them?
He has. The gospel is the good news. Any book leading you away from Christ is a scheme of Satan. Christianity is not void of reason or science.
There is evidence for our faith, it is not blind. In a court of law, the evidence surrounding the resurrection of Christ is overwhelming in favor and iron-clad for the truth as written.
But when the devil is using logic that we are familiar with (science and reasoning) to tempt us away, God is relying solely on good faith to keep us at bay. I find it incredibly naive of God to think that we would not be swayed to the devil's side, when he is using the only thing we base our own knowledge on, facts, to disprove him.
The is a spiritual battle going on in the unseen world to take your soul and you have no idea what God is doing to save you from that. He sends angels to protect you, He sends you messages to go this way and do that. Do you think all your thoughts come from your own logic? Did you ever have an evil thought and ask, where the heck did that come from, then catching yourself and dismissing it? Temptations come but your moral code counters them and what happens? As you said, you do the right thing --most of the time. You really think what's going on in your mind is ALL YOU?
...God hasn't been able to prove himself to us by the only way we know how to prove facts.
Give me a logical explanation including any facts you have of how a child develops in the womb. Start with the sperm, the egg, mitosis, how the cells duplicate themselves, deciphering genetic codes, create amino acids and proteins, complex systems and organs all in a precision way thats contingiently dependent on all other systems and organs to develop and function simultaneously, and then nine months later, a baby who looks like his/her parents appears. Keep in mind that the mother doesn't order what's going on inside her and the cells themselves don't have little brains to order this process, so then how does this life form develop? Can you logically tell me that nothing outside of this fetus designed it, ordered it and formed it in the womb?
Read the book of John, then I'll talk to you again.