[Alamo-Girl]

Let me re-iterate, though, that the objections offered by a skeptic are rarely the reason that they reject the Christian God of the Bible.

Indeed. And I was being very harsh but truthful at the end of my post.

The people Christ was addressing were physically hearing Him (pressure waves, sound waves - sensory perception and reasoning) but they could not spiritually hear Him. They did not have "ears to hear" which is a gift of the Father.

But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. - Matthew 13:16

And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. – John 6:65

The natural man cannot receive the words of God at all. To him they are just words like any other. Once we have conveyed the words of God, there is nothing more we can do to help illuminate a natural man.

[MrB]

I lost a verse - perhaps you know where it is?

New Testament - a directive that you should witness twice to anyone, and if you’re rejected the second time, move on, because there are thousands of others needing to hear who will be more receptive. It parallels the parable of the sower.