Phat writes:
If we humans are charged to try and do our best, what insight can possibly be had through viewing God as a flawed character in a book rather than the One Whom we trust and commune with and Who gives us wisdom so that we actually can do our best on a daily basis?
It's
because the God character is unreliable that we can only rely on ourselves.
Phat writes:
So does that mean that you, unlike tangle, are not open to communion?
What I'm saying is that in many people who claim to have "communion", it seems to be a negative effect. I'm not open to negative effects.
Phat writes:
IIRC you just wanted to be left alone. Kinda like riding out the hurricane and refusing the rescue helicopter.
But in your scenario, the helicopter crewman puts a gun to my head and says, "Come with us or else." Given that choice, I definitely
would rather ride out the hurricane.
Phat writes:
... assume for a moment that you are having beef with the God Who actually may exist...would you have beef with Him?
If there is a God who actually exists, He doesn't have to be afraid to show Himself to me.