Well I guess the question of ' why God won't show Himself to us ( physically )' is unknown, because surely we must all agree that He is capable of working
that out ( so that we don't die ) if He wishes to.
To YourChild : Thank you for your post. I know I sound like someone who has never done what you suggested,
but I have. And yes...it was beyond wonderful and I
feel that I had a close relationship with God for many years. But in the past few years, many questions have come up that have caused me to look again at things I
had originally just accepted, in my desire to know and love God. Christianity would say I have ' fallen away '
or maybe refer to the Sower of the Seed parable.
I WANT to be able to believe in God wholeheartedly
again. Absolutely EVERYTHING about the relationship with God is positive and good ( though difficult at times ). But..I can't commit intellectual suicide.
When you consider how our minds work..the psycology
of human beings...and start looking through that filter at everything about God and the Christian ' walk ', I believe
if you're REALLY honest with yourself you'll be able to see how ALL of this COULD BE a psycological illusion.
There is NO material concrete proof ! Oh yes there is miracles and blessings...but it all can be totally random.
( Did you hear about the study done about patients in the hospitals ? Hundreds were prayed for by their churches, family and loved ones, and hundreds were not. There was no statistical advantage to the 'prayed for' ones. ) And yes there is guidance, direction, love and growth, but you surely know ( though you don't want to, and neither do I..) that this CAN all come from our own selves ( though we don't FEEL that it could...).
That's one of the reasons why people of other religions are so convinced that THEY are right.
Well anyway, I hope I can go back to God, on my face, begging for forgiveness, with my heart... and my mind !
I'm afraid you have let your guard down to the point where you allowed the enemy to poison your mind. many times in our walk with God, situations comes up and it makes us wonder..for instance, why is this and this and that and this? but if we were careful to look closely and let go of our "so called intellectual", and just be patient and let God answer our questions, our curiosity will soon be answered. I know there are many questions that arises as a Christian but you should know that the human mind is a battle field. ITs the place where the devil pour thoughts in our mind, in an attempt to raise doubts in our hearts, with nothing more than attempting to make us doubt God.
Some people that get prayed for gets healed. Some just dont. Miracles happen to some...miracles do not happen to others. that really has nothing to do with God's existence. He will heal whoever He wants. sometimes the patient does not believe that God can heal him/her. Sometimes the person praying for healing could be living in sin. bottom line is, the amount of people being healed as a function of the people praying for them, has nothing to do with His existence.
have you ever seen someone get delivered from demons before? picture 50 people in a room...ages 16-28 all come from different backgrounds...some are students..some are college graduates..etc...all 50 people are praying and calling on the Holy Spirit. the worship leaders comes over and places their hands on these 50 people, praying over them, with the purpose of casting out demons in Jesus' Name. Suddenly, some of these 50 individuals starts to react abnormally....some are puking...others are letting out a loud long scream...while a few are on the floor physically fighting against the worship leader that is praying over them...at the same time, these individuals are talking in demonic voices with their eyes closed and still physically fighting against the restraint....
this isnt something planned or acted out..its exactly what is stated in the Bible..that children of God has the authority to cast out demons in Jesus' Name.
This is just one testimony. there are many other hardcore testimonies out there..
you have let the little things like, "couldnt God work it out, and not let human die if they saw Him?" take precedence over the bigger evidence such as, creation..our existence..our testimonies...etc...im terribly afraid for you...you know why?
hell appears to have different levels of torment..some areas are worse than others. however, the worst part of hell, the center of it...where the most tormenting place of all hell...you know what kind of people are at the center? they are evangelists, missionaries, pastors etc. It is also the place where all backsliders go...people who once knew the Word of God but walked away from Him. How terrifying it is to abandon what is most precious to all mankind!
