If god can do anything and be anywhere, why doesn't he ever stop by and say hello to the human race?

Question

If god exists, why would he keep himself hidden? Why use a book written by fallable humans to tell other fallable humans to explain how infallable he is?
Since he can go anywhere and do anything, why wouldn't he just show up and explain himself? How can he love all of humanity and allow people to be confused by what he wants? People are killing each other every day because they have different interpretations of what he wants. Why wouldn't he show up to tell them to stop killing each other?

Answer 1

he does. Yesterday I found him on a piece of toast.

That was followed by the Virgin Mary on my eggo waffles.

Answer 2

He is a consuming fire to sin and sinners. That is why he will come in his time and take the saints to heaven with him.

All humanity is now involved in a great controversy between Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, His law, and His sovereignty over the universe. This conflict originated in heaven when a created being, endowed with freedom of choice, in self-exaltation became Satan, God's adversary, and led into rebellion a portion of the angels. He introduced the spirit of rebellion into this world when he led Adam and Eve into sin. This human sin resulted in the distortion of the image of God in humanity, the disordering of the created world, and its eventual devastation at the time of the worldwide flood. Observed by the whole creation, this world became the arena of the universal conflict, out of which the God of love will ultimately be vindicated. To assist His people in this controversy, Christ sends the Holy Spirit and the loyal angels to guide, protect, and sustain them in the way of salvation. (Rev. 12:4-9; Isa. 14:12-14; Eze. 28:12-18; Gen. 3; Rom. 1:19-32; 5:12-21; 8:19-22; Gen. 6-8; 2 Peter 3:6; 1 Cor. 4:9; Heb. 1:14.)

Answer 3

It depends on who you ask. Believers would say he's constantly present in all the things we see and experience, and that we'd have to be blind to ignore the wonders of the universe He has created. Another perspective is that He asks us to have faith, and creating incontrovertible evidence of his existence would eliminate the need for that faith.

I'm more in your camp, though. . . God's penchant for mystery means an awful lot of souls are being condemned to hell. The only roadmap we have is the Bible, and that's unfortunately a pretty vague map.

If you're interested, you should read Carl Sagan's "Contact." It's a great discussion about God's role in the universe. The movie's not bad either, but the book is one of my all-time favorites.

Answer 4

sure, over right here in Europe theism is a minority. it is using the fact we've been well-known see you later that philosophy, Humanism, the Age of reason etc all had a huge gamble to overhaul faith. u.s. neglected various that because of the fact they have been concentrated on settling, the conflict of Independence and the civil conflict which all called for cultural and non secular id. supply it time and that they'll capture up.

Answer 5

That was exactly what God was doing with Adam and Eve when He placed them in the Garden of Eden. He used to chat with them and they had perfect communication and very heart to heart talk with him all the time. God, in fact, loves to be with Human and his joy is to have interaction with them. King David in Psalm 34 talks about how sweet the lord is; he says: "Taste and see that the LORD is good, blessed is the man who takes refuge in him." in another place, The Bible tells us that the Lord's most Joyful time is spent with mankind. This is all true because God created us in His own image, and He became man and sacrificed His Holy Body for mankind because that much He loved us. What more could you ask of Him?

Answer 6

I agree, why not give everyone the same dream at the same time? That would be an easy way to prove his existence. How about a dream that says "stop killing" I wonder what that would play in the Middle East?

I'm still waiting.....

Answer 7

He is everywhere, He knows ALL. It is us not Him doing the killing.We are killing each other. That's why me you and everyone is born with a FREE WILL. Please learn that definition first. Fables , maybe to you right now. Hopefully you will change your mind some day.
Don't worry God's Wrath is always at hand. He will do away with evil forever.
God Loves You Too

Answer 8

Easy question to answer!

This issue kind of raises the question of free will, not doesn't it? If God suddenly appeared and said "Believe in me or go to Hell!", then you would have no choice BUT to believe in him.

It would be kind of coercive, like putting a gun to your head.

Since God is honest, he has to give us a fair warning about Hell; because God values free will, he cannot appear in a manner that leaves no possible response but obedience (because his presence is too overbearing to us mortals).

So God gives us enough evidence that belief in his existence is plausible, but not enough evidence that his existence can be proven with certainty (he only appears to people who already believe in him, so there is no coercion). People who LIKE God will believe in him; the people who do NOT like God will choose not to. So free will is preserved.

Does anybody honestly read these answers in an attempt to understand the beliefs of others? Or are you just looking for people to affirm what you already believe (that everyone who disagrees with you is stupid)?

Answer 9

Satan must have cut her spiritual legs
Satan must have cut her spiritual tongue, too

I cant find any other logical answer as to why God cannot give a sign to human beings....

So I came up with the idea that God did not exist at all..

Answer 10

first of all he wants us to have faith that he exists, he wants everyone to believe his word that is written in the bible and belive me he will show up soon because the rapture is coming in at least a couple years because of what signs are told will happen just before the antichrist arises out of the E.U.

Answer 11

Absenteeism