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You feel that you don't have sufficient reason to base a belief on God, but i do. So, there are only two options at work here. Either I'm totally incorrect in my assessment about God, or you have yet to find Him.
Not sure why you've made the assumption that I don't have a personal relationship with God, but God has always been a part of my life.
I think part of why I started this thread is to take a closer look at Christian catch phrases. People say them, but the meanings are varied. Just like the list I gave in
Message 1. How do any of those deal with trust and what are people today supposedly trusting? Also see
Message 6, which brings out a little more of what I was thinking.
So you agree that there has to be something to trust.
Taking what you personally have seen and heard concerning God or Jesus, how does that trust lead to the meanings in
Message 1?
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That's why its important in understanding how the Bible came about, the impossible odds for mere humans to 'invent' what is actually written. You see, most people claim to have read the Bible, but most really haven't.
I do understand how the Bible came about and I have read it, many times.
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Seeing isn't always believing. Case in point, some people see the intricacy of God in the cosmos while others see capricious disorder.
That's believing is seeing.
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The Being of God, if God exists, would concievably be inconvieable!
Why would God be inconceivable? If God was inconceivable, then writings concerning God wouldn't exist.
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No they don't. He could have ulterior motives for al you know. It takes a level of trust and faith for you to understand that love.
The words and the actions need to be consistent or in agreement. If my husband's actions are contrary to his words or vice versa, it is cause for closer examination before trust is given.
Example: A man says he loves me and showers me with gifts, but he doesn't spend time with me or do things that I enjoy besides what he enjoys. He says all the right things, but his behavior doesn't reflect what he is saying. This person I am wary of.
Now we have a man who says he loves me, but joins me in events that I enjoy and remembers what type of pizza I like. I may not get presents, but I have his presence. This is a man who loves me and wants to be with me, not just have me. His behavior reflects his love. This person I trust and love.
"Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz
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