Why is god biased?

[Asvin]

I think God being unchanging is referring to his character. Of course he doesn't do everything the exact same way, how bland would that be? He doesn't always reveal himself as a burning bush, but he always reveals himself in a way that you personally know is him. God's character never changes though.

The joy of the Lord is not just an emotion of happiness, this is something I have heard many times. It is a kind of strength that helps you persevere through crushing times, knowing that they will be overcome with God. This is what I would consider to be the definitive difference between other things that "make you happy." Because life's not always full of happiness, suffering is inevitably going to happen. But Jesus said that if we remain in him, his joy will be our joy, and our joy will be complete. I believe that was from John 15, it is a very interesting and explanatory chapter. I would recommend reading it.

Persevering through hard times didn't work for me when I supposedly had god on my side.. I actually failed one of my classes in college.. I was also lonely and anti-social.. not things that are good for anybody! I can honestly tell you that the day I became atheist, I was more open-minded, understood things better, and didn't put myself down for "sinning"

You said he always reveals himself to us in a personal way that each one of us can tell that it is god and not hallucination or make-belief.. That is my whole point.. I wasn't presented with something that I can be sure was god.. It was just one of those special emotional moments.. say when a family member dies... or you watch a success story of a handicapped person achieving something.. those emotions WERE created THE SAME WAY for me when I supposedly became a christian!

If I presented evidence to my dad that I got a well-paying job in such a way he can be dang sure I did, and then present almost no evidence to my mom about the same subject, what does that reflect of my character? I am biased, have a sinister motive, etc. right?

It is like on one hand, god is saying all you have to do is repent, humble yourself, and accept jesus as your savior.. then the holy spirit will guide you through tough times and make you understand things better.. on the other hand it is also suggesting that you have to work your butt off in interpreting the various interpretations people have of almost all the verses in the bible.. god himself said that god's foolishness is better than man's word.. yet, he didn't help me or change me when I became christian!

Of course people can not believe my testimony and accuse me of lying.. to those people who thing that way.. BUG OFF!

 

[Asvin]

Hi dude, glad to see you again. He does still talk to people today. My website is full of examples of God taking audiably to me (and to others). He has also done other stuff as well like heal the sick etc. It is a long read but if you want to know the truth, he is still knowable today. I would be honered if you would have a look, I would love you to experience the good things he has done for me. See Know God Personally These are all my experiences they are not second hand gosip.

I don't mean to come across as cold-hearted, but the stuff you mention in the website happen to people all the time.. non-christians too... as for god speaking to you.. good for you if it's actually true.. my problem is that god doesn't do that to me.. at least i can't tell if it's god or just me making up stuff and building emotions around it.. if god is so powerful and cares about us, why does he do this to me?

 

[Asvin]

I have explained every time you have asked. GOD IS ONLY PROMISING A MEASURE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK SEEK AND KNOCK FOR HIM. He has never promised to grant wishes.

Because you were not praying you were making wishes.


Not if you are seeking the God of the bible. I have shown you where your idea of God and the bibles description of God are separate. So either you yield yourself to what the bible says or you keep wandering in the dark looking for your version of God.


He is God. The question should be why do you think He can only reveal Himself in only the way you want Him to.

I DID PRAY THE EXACT WAY THE BIBLE TOLD ME TO! What I am saying is god didn't do a good job of convincing me in a way that i can tell that is in fact the holy spirit and not part of my emotional cycle!

I NEVER tested god by saying if I don't get this grade then he doesn't exist.. nor did I demand anything!

 

[Asvin]

Hi Asvin, I'm a programmer so I tend to notice flaws in logic quite easily:

This statement contradicts the following statement:

It's not too much to expect, but remember that you have to make the changes yourself. When the rich man came to Jesus and asked for eternal life, did Jesus say "don't worry about it, I'll do all the work for you"? No, He said "Give everything you own to the poor and you will have riches in heaven". That is the action that the rich man couldn't perform. Whatever Jesus expects of you is your own private matter, because sin is extremely personal, even our thoughts must be pure!

I think you could benefit from watching the following sermon, it identifies what is wrong with modern evangelism and it could help you understand why your salvation hasn't become real.

Hell's Best Kept Secret

After watching that, meditate and pray over this verse, because Jesus has made this promise and He is true to His word. If you want Jesus in your life you have to cut loose all sin, and obey Him.



This is a wonderful promise. Let us know how you get along.

You quoted me making a logical contradiction.. ok then you tell me what I should see in myself that would indicate that I have become a christian, besides just having faith.. because I can read spiderman and have faith that he exists!

 

[drich0150]

I DID PRAY THE EXACT WAY THE BIBLE TOLD ME TO! What I am saying is god didn't do a good job of convincing me in a way that i can tell that is in fact the holy spirit and not part of my emotional cycle!

How is it exactly that you are "Seeking God," if God is required to convince you? You do know "Seeking God" is one of the three requirements. The requirements that you claim to have done.

I NEVER tested god by saying if I don't get this grade then he doesn't exist.. nor did I demand anything

You demand answers do you not? If your faith is not based on these demands then why does your faith Icon change every couple of days? If your faith is not Dependant on demands then why does God have to convince you?

 

[Asvin]

How is it exactly that you are "Seeking God," if God is required to convince you? You do know "Seeking God" is one of the three requirements. The requirements that you claim to have done.


You demand answers do you not? If your faith is not based on these demands then why does your faith Icon change every couple of days? If your faith is not Dependant on demands then why does God have to convince you?

Say your friend is missing.. you seek him/try to find him.. you should expect evidence(Like you being able to see and sense him) if you found him.. right? How is this different from seeking god? I only demand evidence that any being or thing SHOULD produce if it WERE REAL! This is not a demand like oh.. If god is real, I ask him for a million dollars in my bank account tomorrow!

This is basic evidence for the existence or non-existence of a being/thing! If the bible is saying otherwise, I am asking you what that is, and why it is so inferior to our natural reality?

 

[drich0150]

Say your friend is missing.. you seek him/try to find him.. you should expect evidence(Like you being able to see and sense him) if you found him.. right? How is this different from seeking god?

It is not when you find Him you will have your evidence/ability to sense Him.

I only demand evidence that any being or thing SHOULD produce if it WERE REAL!

Indeed He does if you meet his three basic requirements.

This is not a demand like oh.. If god is real, I ask him for a million dollars in my bank account tomorrow!

Do you not see it is still an ultimatum? If you are real you will provide me proof/"convince me" before I do anything you ask!
You are correct in that you did not ask God for money, but you demanded that he help you pass a test, to make his presents known to you in a way not provided for by scripture, and you required that he convince you all with in this Thread, or you will not '"believe."

This is basic evidence for the existence or non-existence of a being/thing! If the bible is saying otherwise, I am asking you what that is, and why it is so inferior to our natural reality?

Not sure what you are asking

 

[Asvin]

It is not when you find Him you will have your evidence/ability to sense Him.

Then when is it?

Indeed He does if you meet his three basic requirements.

I did.. you choose to believe I didn't!

Do you not see it is still an ultimatum? If you are real you will provide me proof/"convince me" before I do anything you ask!
You are correct in that you did not ask God for money, but you demanded that he help you pass a test, to make his presents known to you in a way not provided for by scripture, and you required that he convince you all with in this Thread, or you will not '"believe."

If you are going to believe anything without knowing if that thing exists, then continue believing.. I have better things to do!

Not sure what you are asking

What are you or the bible saying is the evidence that I should be expecting if I become a christian?

 

[oi_antz]

You quoted me making a logical contradiction.. ok then you tell me what I should see in myself that would indicate that I have become a christian, besides just having faith.. because I can read spiderman and have faith that he exists!

You are being lazy. What is your motivation to be Christian?

 

[drich0150]

Then when is it?

When you find Him You will have your evidence.

I did.. you choose to believe I didn't!

Everything you have said (Except when you are directly asked) points that you have not, sought God on His terms. You made you own effort and labeled "the same" as the bible. When In fact I have pointed out several times the differences between what you have done and what the bible asks us to do.

If you are going to believe anything without knowing if that thing exists, then continue believing.. I have better things to do!

No one is MAKING you respond, you may walk away when ever you are truly ready. Know that when you are ready to return, God will be waiting for you.

What are you or the bible saying is the evidence that I should be expecting if I become a christian?

What do you look for in a wife? Do you think this was the same for me? Why? Because it is a personal relationship we wish to develop with our own wives. Likewise When we have this type of relationship with God our requirements for "evidence" will look different from person to person. In short we will have what we need to know God is there. (Not what we want as evidence, what we need.)

This is why it is so important to Ask Seek and knock for God on His terms. Because if you do not you will over look the "evidence" he is offering for what you are insisting for.
(sound familiar?)

 

[FutureAndAHope]

if god is so powerful and cares about us, why does he do this to me?

When you become a Christian not all people get to hear God straight away. I mean he did speak to me when I was first born again. But I did not percieve it, it was just looking back I could see some examples of him speaking. It actually took me many years of praying and fasting and seeking to know God, before he actually began to reveal himself more clearly. During those times before I never really doubed God's existance, but nothing much of a spiritual nature occured. The bible says we need to seek after spiritual gifts, they are not just all given straight away, God can't use us while we have sin and faults in the way, he needs to refine us, make us ready. Some people he can use immediately, but as for me I was not really ready for God, I had spent most of my life in unbelief and it is not easy to suddenly start believing, even though I was a Christian I still had the same mind, same emotions etc. We just need to be renewed in our mind, to put off the old, and put on the new.

 

[Asvin]

You are being lazy. What is your motivation to be Christian?

And you are being ignorant... let's not act like kindergarten kids and call each other names unless we know each other personally!

 

[Asvin]

When you find Him You will have your evidence.

When you will find spiderman climbing a building, you will have your evidence too!

Everything you have said (Except when you are directly asked) points that you have not, sought God on His terms. You made you own effort and labeled "the same" as the bible. When In fact I have pointed out several times the differences between what you have done and what the bible asks us to do.

I did seek God on his terms BEFORE I did on my terms when I conducted my own experiment with that exam I have been mentioning! Of course when god fails to provide ANYTHING AT ALL to indicate that I have become christian, you shouldn't be surprised that I did my own experiment.. if all I should be doing is believe with faith until who knows when, why should I become christian? Why not a hindu? Or a satanist? Why should it matter what the religion teaches if all that god demands is having faith? Again, I humbly ask that you please tell me what I should see in my life.. not what you think, but what the bible teaches.. Don't label me lazy, because I haven't found anything based on research!

No one is MAKING you respond, you may walk away when ever you are truly ready. Know that when you are ready to return, God will be waiting for you.

You can bet your last dollar that with the threat of hell, the bible does MAKE ME RESPOND!

What do you look for in a wife? Do you think this was the same for me? Why? Because it is a personal relationship we wish to develop with our own wives. Likewise When we have this type of relationship with God our requirements for "evidence" will look different from person to person. In short we will have what we need to know God is there. (Not what we want as evidence, what we need.)

I look for a smoking hot wife whose intelligent, smart, caring, and loving! But I do get your point that not all of our "requirements", if you may call them, are the same.. What's different about a wife-to-be is that the woman actually exists and provides evidence LIKE ANY OTHER THING THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS!

This is why it is so important to Ask Seek and knock for God on His terms. Because if you do not you will over look the "evidence" he is offering for what you are insisting for.
(sound familiar?)

I did before I conducted my experiment! Now what?

 

[drich0150]

When you will find spiderman climbing a building, you will have your evidence too!

Are we speaking about Spiderman or about God?

I did seek God on his terms BEFORE I did on my terms when I conducted my own experiment with that exam I have been mentioning!

No You Did Not!!! The fact that you are abole to take Great Pride in Capping the word "BEFORE" proves that you did not. Why? Because In God's instructions (that I have pointed to in Luke 11 several times now) We are to Knock persistently like the "Persistent Neighbor" did. This means there is no time limit or time constraints that YOU can put on this effort. God will tell you when to stop knocking when you get what your Heart truly Seeks. (Your personal evidence/Holy Spirit)

So again if you started this process and stopped it before you got a Measure of the Holy Spirit then know that you did not do things "God's way." 2 out of 3 is not good enough here.

Of course when god fails to provide ANYTHING AT ALL to indicate that I have become christian, you shouldn't be surprised that I did my own experiment.. if all I should be doing is believe with faith until who knows when, why should I become christian?

I don't think that was an issue here. Unless you got your "proof" you only labeled your self a christian, you did not become one.

Why not a Hindu? Or a satanist? Why should it matter what the religion teaches if all that god demands is having faith?

You are right, without God/The Holy Spirit christianity is nothing more than a godless religion just like the rest.

Again, I humbly ask that you please tell me what I should see in my life..

And I will say again, (And every other time you ask) God.

not what you think, but what the bible teaches..

(The Bible Teaches) that a Measure of the Holy Spirit will indwell you. This means a piece of God will live in your heart. So you will be able to see and recognize God in your life... So you will be able to see "God."

Don't label me lazy, because I haven't found anything based on research!

I did not label you lazy i labeled you Proud. Your statement/efforts here underlines my diagnosis. You could not find "God" in the half hearted effort you put into the bible instructions, so you devised your own set of tests and are demanding God jump through your hoops... Again this is not Lazy. This is Foolish Pride. Unless you do not think it foolish to try and make the God of all of Creation do tricks for you so that you know Him to be real.

You can bet your last dollar that with the threat of hell, the bible does MAKE ME RESPOND!

If you are saying there is no God because He will not do tricks for you or grant you wishes then why do you think there is a Hell?

I look for a smoking hot wife whose intelligent, smart, caring, and loving! But I do get your point that not all of our "requirements", if you may call them, are the same.. What's different about a wife-to-be is that the woman actually exists and provides evidence LIKE ANY OTHER THING THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS!

Like Hell? Where is you evidence of Hell? Then why do you keep responding? Then where is your evidence for God?

What you are doing is trying to taunt God into meeting your requirements. You will find yourself in Hell long before you can "trick" God into answering your challenges.

If you want Evidence then do things God's way, or you will find yourself in Hell, and will find the evidence you seek their.

I did before I conducted my experiment! Now what?[/quote]

 

[Habakk]

Romans 10:17
So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Have you tried searching the scriptures and asking God to reveal himself to you through his word? Ask God for the gift of faith that you might understand.

 

[oi_antz]

And you are being ignorant... let's not act like kindergarten kids and call each other names unless we know each other personally!

Ok, can you please answer my question though?

 

[Asvin]

I have no motivation to become christian.. I have a motivation to be part of truth! Why should I be motivated to become christian?

 

[oi_antz]

I have no motivation to become christian.. I have a motivation to be part of truth! Why should I be motivated to become christian?

Well I can only tell you that your motivation is most noble. Please continue to find out what Jesus stands for and what you can do for Him. There's a lot of people who want to rob Him of His throne. You can work for Him or against Him, though if working against Him you will not have God on your side and God has declared that Jesus has all authority in heaven and earth. I think you need to examine whether you prefer to defend or attack Jesus.

 

[Asvin]

Well I can only tell you that your motivation is most noble. Please continue to find out what Jesus stands for and what you can do for Him. There's a lot of people who want to rob Him of His throne. You can work for Him or against Him, though if working against Him you will not have God on your side and God has declared that Jesus has all authority in heaven and earth. I think you need to examine whether you prefer to defend or attack Jesus.

I have absolutely no problem with the character of jesus! His teachings, as far as I've seen, are based on good moral values! I have nothing against that! However, I have no reason to believe that there is a god or that he has manifested himself through jesus!

If a god is willing to send me to hell, then I will not hesitate to bring that god with me to hell!

 

[Hakan101]

I have absolutely no problem with the character of jesus! His teachings, as far as I've seen, are based on good moral values! I have nothing against that! However, I have no reason to believe that there is a god or that he has manifested himself through jesus!

If a god is willing to send me to hell, then I will not hesitate to bring that god with me to hell!

You're lying to yourself, because you do have a problem with Jesus. He said he is God, that is a defining aspect of his character. And you don't agree with that. Also, your last statement doesn't really make sense. God doesn't want you to go to Hell, but if you don't want to be with God then that's the only place for you to go. That's the only God-free place. So you can't possibly bring him with you, because the very definition of Hell is a place absent of God.