[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you oh so very much for your outstanding essay post, dearest sister in Christ!

And thank you, dear brother in Christ, for the book recommendation!

Years ago we had an atheist on the forum who said she'd believe that God is if He would make a bag of M&Ms appear for her.

It struck me as ironic and sad.

God indwells every Christian.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. – Romans 8:9

No sane person ask for proof of one he personally knows.

And, ironically, anyone wanting to know God must first believe that He IS.

But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. - Hebrews 11:6

So for her to insist that God must do some stupid little magic trick at her command to prove Himself to her and earn her faith in Him was just sad.

God's Name is I AM.

[Quix]

Quite so. Quite so.

Thx thx.

[betty boop]

So for her to insist that God must do some stupid little magic trick at her command to prove Himself to her and earn her faith in Him was just sad.

Yes, so sad. And pitiable. And basically silly.

Certainly this is an extreme case of making "man the measure" of God.

Thank you so much dearest sister in Christ for your lovely essay/post!