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Not much a person can say to that. They can either believe you or think you've misled. I of course would ask YOU for evidence that God did what YOU CLAIM he did, but I know how that goes. For the record, I'm not questioning what an all powerful god can do, but I am questioning whether what YOU...

Examples of what's meaningful for me as it relates to what I bring to others include: - being a good friend - being a reliable and dependable person - helping someone unlock and reach their potential - bringing a smile to a sad situation - helping people recover from a loss - being an good...

How can you say that someone who doesn't believe as you do can or cannot understand that what you believe to be right is in fact right? You are making the claim that you know the will of and have a relationship with the very creator of existence and I'm saying; "yeah right, demonstrate that you...

I am unaware my friend. Who are these knowers and how can they PROVE they KNOW?

It sounds like believers are the ones making the rules and then CLAIMING their god did. You mentioned TRUE BELIEVERS and I must ask you to define this term so we can come to an understanding of who qualifies to you when you say this. Do believers that don't consider other believers true...

Evidence that I should believe a claim made by a person should be objective should it not? I look for proof because so many claims of knowledge of the creator exists. I'd like to know what is true and what is not. Many varying assertions exist and they can't all be right.

Sorry you feel saddened by my different perspective. But I'm not sad or sorrowful, so no need for you to carry the burden of suddenness unless of course it somehow makes you better. I exist because my parents procreated and my mother got pregnant and ending up giving birth to a baby boy. the...

I get the message the Hebrew write was trying to deliver to the saints in chapters 11 and 12. It you TRUST that there is an all-powerful god and you TRUST that you know its will, then you should trust that things will work out as promised by following its will. But even with that being said, it...

Which version or interpretation of god is correct?

It's not so much what you think about your god that I care about, but rather the idea that me not believing as you do being "sad". My inquiry is asking for justification for your assessment that my situation is somehow "sad" because I'm not convinced that there's a deity with a vested interest...

This remains problematic as many a faithful believer will attest that they have grown closer to God and their walk with God has become personal and intimate, yet their conception of God will differ from another believer that ever bit as fervent as them. It begs the question; God is what...

Why do you have such an expectation of someone you do not know?

What beliefs do you have about the interest of a deity that would make my lack of a belief in a deity sad to you?

God's wants are things we give ourselves the freedom to assume. What WE THINK God would want is based on our subjective understanding of what God is or should be. As for what I think as it relates to the desires of a deity, I don't. I don't think there is a deity our there with a vested...

That is EXACTLY what I mean. They cherry pick what they like about God in scripture, omit what they aren't confortable with, and add in traits they like that aren't based in scripture thus creating a god according to their own values and desires.

We definately do not and have not considered other species as being our peers throughout history, so no, I do not consider other species our equals. I am admittedly biased for after all, I am a human being and I place humans interests above those of nonhuman life forms. This should be expected...

The Bible does not identify them as the 10 moral commandments so why do you? What we do see in the texts were that these rules were tied to a covenant between Israel and their God. As for our laws being based on the 10 commandments; huh? Laws of the land will almost always address the common...

The concept of my God, with the emphasis on MY is something believers would do well to give more attention to as God is so many different things to different people. In my interactions, it's quite common that people paint God as benefactor that has designed existence for the good of the specific...

I'm not here to say a god does or does not exist. But what I can say is that the writings that comprise the Bible do a poor job of promoting the idea that the god it exhaults is morally wholesome. That's not the god's fault, it's the fault of those who wrote about him and claimed to speak for...

@Blueberry The Words of the Covenant (aka 10 commandments), are subjective aas they were given to a specific people as part of a specific covenent that was part of 619 or so covenant laws. The Covenant these words are a part of is one that has been replaced by a new covenant, so yeah it was...