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You know like God is a mental construct and their tale/yarn/story is not a cartoon..

Truly, this is what troubles me most in so many debates - whether crevo or theology - when posters seem to consider God as an afterthought or a possibility.

God is not a hypothesis.

He lives. He has a Name. His Name is I AM.

And He knows everything. Every thing we think, say or do. He knows our motives - whether we are speaking because of our love for Him or for ourselves or someone or something else.

Jeepers, He knows us better than anyone. He knows us better than we know ourselves.

And He loves us anyway.

Amazing grace.

[ Jeepers, He('god") knows us better than anyone. He knows us better than we know ourselves. ]

I concur.. Could a human life's express purpose is to prove "to US" what we are made of.. meaning what we are capable of, or not.. Testing our qualia, hopes, and dreams.. or lack of them.. for our own information and judgment... Not to prove anything to God..

And that "the TEST" is not a fleshly test but a spiritual one.. A spiritual test of spirits.. inverted into the flesh for a time of testing.. Pure genius this test.. Humans self-sorting themselves into sheep pens of every kind and shape.. (John ch 10).. Or even into goat or pig pens.. And the prodigal son story(metaphor) carries more impact than we can know.. with only implied other options than those stated.. The prodigal son had many other possible options than the one taken.. Lived out daily by many I've known and been acquainted with.. sometimes with trajic results..