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The way I know Him now is nothing like I "knew" God when I was younger. But I would never have known Him like I do now if it were not for the years of 1. Praying 2.studying scriptures 3. taking notes about my experiences and comparing them to the bible and modern science...I could go on and on. What I am wondering is that if I had not done all of that over the last 20 years I might have no clue who He is or even if He even exists in the first place.
So why is it that God hides himself so cleverly? So much so that honestly nobody can really PROVE any doctrine because there is always a verse to debunk the theory.
Thoughts?
I understand it and don't need God to change his ways. I trust him and his messengers.
I understand it, "No material man could behold the spirit God and preserve his mortal existence. The glory and the spiritual brilliance of the divine personality presence is impossible of approach by the lower groups of spirit beings or by any order of material personalities."You understand it or you accept it? I mean, do you know why it is, or do you not know but trust God is doing the right thing?
I never once said He should have done anything. I have stated that omnipotence means he could have done it other ways, and asked why he picked this one.You have suggested that God could or should...
So you're saying the only way God is capable of letting us see him is through Jesus? God is incapable of designing us or the universe in any other way that would allow us to have direct contact with him?but to do so would only be a representation or manifestation which is in fact true of the Son.
I never once said He should have done anything. I have stated that omnipotence means he could have done it other ways, and asked why he picked this one.
So you're saying the only way God is capable of letting us see him is through Jesus? God is incapable of designing us or the universe in any other way that would allow us to have direct contact with him?
The only problem with a finite mind and the concept of omnipotence is that I can't think of all the different ways God could have done things, I can only think of some. I'm not saying that the other ways I can think of are better since I don't know what the purpose is that God wants to accomplish by being, at least initially, distant from us and hard to reach.You are hung up on the term omnipotence, a human term of the finite mind.
So then you simply accept that he did things this way, and you don't know why, and don't care why? You don't know if there is a lesson to be learned, and you don't know what the purpose is, if any, for God wanting to be sought instead of readily available? It's okay to say you don't know.Whatever way God chooses for us is the right way.
The only problem with a finite mind and the concept of omnipotence is that I can't think of all the different ways God could have done things, I can only think of some. I'm not saying that the other ways I can think of are better since I don't know what the purpose is that God wants to accomplish by being, at least initially, distant from us and hard to reach.
So then you simply accept that he did things this way, and you don't know why, and don't care why? You don't know if there is a lesson to be learned, and you don't know what the purpose is, if any, for God wanting to be sought instead of readily available? It's okay to say you don't know.
How about a metaphor for our exchange?
I ask, "Why can't I cross the street anywhere I want?"
You answer, "Because it's the law and you'll die if you break it."
I ask, "Why did we make that law instead of designing some other system to get around on foot?"
And I'm waiting for a reply to that question.
Is faith—the supreme assertion of human thought—desirable? Then must the mind of man find itself in that troublesome predicament where it ever knows less than it can believe.
Maybe nothing. Or maybe everything. Have an open mind and just maybe the secrets of the universe which are in plain sight may be opened to you. Have ears to hear, and eyes to see.What, specifically, will be "illuminated?"
Then by all means enlighten yourself. I am only giving my opinion.But there are much more important books that have the ability to "illuminate."
Maybe nothing. Or maybe everything.
Have an open mind and just maybe the secrets of the universe which are in plain sight may be opened to you. Have ears to hear, and eyes to see.
Yea I suppose it does. It takes an amount of blind faith and trust. I get it not easy but if it is not for you than, it's not for you.truth seeps out when you least expect it.
Check what? it's my opinion just like yours. I am not here to argue. If you don't want enlightenment by all means walk around in the dark. It's your issue I am content and freely will share my knowledge yet I won't always cast my pearls before swine.Check.
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