My personal experience led me to the beliefs that I have now.....But I can see where some people might come to the conclusions that you have reached. Since my walk with God is based on faith, I feel that I am open to a knowledge of God that you do not have. God's ways are not our ways. I don't say this in any way to try to change your view. I try to understand where someone else is coming from and I don't know how much you studied the Bible or how you arrived at your decision, but I can see that you feel that you have the evidence that you need in order to make the assumption that you do. Depending on my circumstances I could have as easily rejected any ideas of God myself. I have done a lot of soul searching, prayer and study to verify the conclusion I came to and it along with the personal expeience leaves me the only option and that is to believe completely in God.
I hope we can have a mutual respect for each other even though we view it through very different eyes.....No one can be a loser until the game is over, and we're still playing so God can't be a loser. If all these things are the way you perceive them to be then why call Him anything at all, Just say He doesn't exist at all. But are you absolutely sure either way?
Yes I am.
In my life I have had two telepathic experiences. One my wife will testify to. The other, I believe I touched the mind of the Godhead. I would not likely speak of the later if the first had not confirmed for me the reality of telepathy.
I think that the old prophets of scripture who were -in the spirit-, were in a telepathic communication the same way.
They were venerated and wrote scripture but any mention of such today only brings scorn and accusations of insanity or dilusion. Oh well.
The main message, if you will, appart from the knowledge that a God really exists was to think more demographically. This was given in a chastizing tone. I guwss I was too self centred. I may not be completely cured.
I believe that God was a man befire He became God. Scripture indicates that we are in god's image and or we in His and this reinforces my view.
In the natural word, any species has one of their own to set the standards. Only with men do some think that some other species sets our standards. They are wrong.
Man must be the God of men. Only a human can understand humans fully.
When you say that God's ways are not our way's you are wrong. All oth God's ways can be understood because it is men that havs given God his attributes.
Who else could?
Till that time I had been a happy non believer.
I was given no other advise and assume that the logic I had used till then to bebate religion had been correct and this same logic is what I use today to discuss the untruths that I find in scripture.
God is not the loser described in scripture but much of it has to be ignored, especially theparts thast show our loving God hueting His children.
Sodom or the flood never happened. There is no hell. We all get to heaven.
Can you imagine a God deciding to fight humans. It would be like you or I deciding to fight ants. Neither would be a fair fight and God is fair.
After all the Godhead is composed of dead humans who quickly learn the whole truth when entering heaven.
A small glimpse at my belief.
You indicate that you may know something I do not. This would not surprise me for I learn something new daily.
Please tell.
Regards
DL