why doesn't god turn everybody into christians by doing miracles all over the place?

Question

that is...not messin around with free will

Answer 1

Well...who says he doesn't?
The sun rises every morning. Who am I to say that that is not a miracle?
God doesn't turn everybody into Christians because he has faith in us to make our own decisions. Sure, those decisions may suck at life sometimes, they may be to our detriment, but what would be the point to being on earth if he just did everything for us? That's like saying that if your mom cleaned your room up for you everyday that you'd love her more. The fact of the matter is, she wouldn't notice. You know why? Because it would be an everyday occurance.
Which makes it not so special anymore.
However, if she cleaned it once just out of nowhere, you would be thrilled to death. I think that that's more the way God works. And a miracle is a very very personal term. What a miracle means to you and what a miracle means to me might be two seperate things. I think that it's important that you and I, our mortal bodies that are so moveable and capable of so much, they are our own little miracles. How often do you appreciate that?
If God were to just move mountains and change the world, it wouldn't mean anything to anyone. Sure, they would believe, but their belief would not be based upon faith, which is a fundamental foundation piece for the work of God. Jesus blessed his disciples for believing that he had come back, despite the fact that they hadn't seen him. And that's just it. The majority of us won't be the one's to "see Jesus" to put the term loosely. I think, in a way, that makes us more blessed than those who have seen because we don't see the river part every morning when we get out of bed, but we still believe it happened.
Hope that helps...just take time and look around...you'll find your own miracles.

Answer 2

I see miracles all over the place and I AM a Christian. I cannot have control over all the other people. Nature is the miracle that God uses, and in Romans He says (through Paul) that it is through nature that He is made evident.

Is that not enough?? You can choose (and so does EVERYone) whether to believe in God/Jesus/Holy Spirit or not.

Answer 3

You took my answer...GOD will not force his will on us, we have to freely choose GOD.
Why doesn't GOD just make us how he wants - because he did that, according to a dim memory - they are called angels - and he found something missing. So restarted the whole process.
GOD gifted all humanity with FREE WILL - thus never knowing what we will choose given any choice - quite a gamble. But GOD has time and may enjoy not knowing what we will do.

Answer 4

He did - thjey still did not believe. Jesus had just finished feeding 10,000 people with 7 small fishes and 2 small loaves of bread - they Pharisees, having seen this miracle, asked Him "Teacher, show us a sign" - so you see, even with it right in their faces, still they did not believe.

If you need a sign, simply ask Him to reveal Himself, He will.

Answer 5

God needs Jews to follow Torah.

Answer 6

Read the book of Acts.

Answer 7

Yahweh is singularly disinterested in human suffering other than to inflict it. In the whole of human history across the entire planet not one deity has volunteered Novocain. It is a telling omission.

Let God establish His dominion of poverty, hunger, disease, filth, death, and silk-clad priests with whips. Every priest says, "Hodie mihi, cras tibi." Only a fool believes in post-mortem escrow closing. Live your own life, for you will die your own death.

Answer 8

Miracles happen all the time, all you have to do is look for them.

Answer 9

Your question is like Satan when he ask Jesus why he does not perform miracle to turn rock in to bread. Are you Satan ?

Answer 10

Then where would faith be? Those who search for Him will find Him but why should He need to constantly prove himself to you? Rising from the dead wasn't good enough for you?