Existence of God

This Response is broken into 5 different parts, Again. Part 1: I wouldn't know why God chose to use text to communicate. But, As you have read the bible, You would understand that he also tells us to pray, A direct communication with God. Maybe it sounds insane to someone like you for an omnipresent God to be interested in any individual. At times God feels far away, But His presence is always nearby. (Acts 17:24-27; Psalm 139:7-10) I can confidently pray and trust God for help even if I feel unsure about my faith. (Psalm 145:18) "God doesn"t speak from the clouds directly to me or make it easier for me to believe because He has given me a free will. He wants me to choose to believe in Him which requires action on my part. When I choose to believe and obey God then my future is bright and promising! " Part 2: The difference between the new and old testament is not God but the introduction of a savior. In the bible, Which I think the version you read (KJV) is confusing because of the wording of certain verses because it was meant to be read by a different English style than one that Americans would find today. I would recommend NIV because it is clear and wrote in modern English. When you call my God "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, Unjust, Unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, Bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, Homophobic, Racist, Infanticidal, Genocidal, Filicidal, Pestilential, Megalomaniacal, Sadomasochistic, Capriciously malevolent bully. Those of us schooled from infancy in his ways can become desensitized to their horror. " It becomes quite clear that you do not understand that the point of the old testament is to set the standard that God would hold us to. The Old testament shows the fatherly expectation and roles while the New testament shows fatherly love. What part of the Bible is racist, Genocidal, Infanticidal, Ect. When you realize that one of the commandments is to "Love one another as yourself. " You realize that what God wants is for a societal standard and punishments, That fit the time, And social construct *BECAUSE he gave us free will and want to have faith, With the ability to choose. Say that God suddenly appeared on national Tv. Now everyone will become practically striped of free will because they realize they are screwed and everyone would act accordingly because they see a omnipresent God, Interfering with choice. Part 3: "A true god(s) would ---never--- require faith as evidence, Nor text as evidence. Instead what they would do is SHOW UP for god sake as each individual(s) god(s) and present themselves as individual(s) and not play this stupid game(s) of hide-n-go-seek from everyone. This god(s) would communicate with us in person, To each and every one of us and would ---never--- rely on text, My god, What a stupid form of communication, That no god(s) would ---ever--- use, Not for any reason, Not ever. " Well how would you know. Faith isn't evidence, Never said that. Faith is the practice of believing with no evidence, Completely opposites. Part 4: Existence and the need for a intelligent designer. If God didn't exist what would have possibly caused the start of the universe. What you call the "unknown" I call God. It is a logical explanation for our existence and for our purpose in life. As a Atheist, You would understand the many inconsistency of evolution towards human beings. Many of our activities would not fit the evolutionary logical development. If we did, Socialism would work perfectly, Everyone equal, Everyone prospering, Everyone doing their own good works. Yet did that happen? NO. We, Unlike other creatures, Have been given intelligence, In terms of individualism. We don't live for survival, We live for others and as social creatures. Part 5: When you tell me that Hitler was a unbelievably horrible person, You must realize that in every group, There is always a bad apple of the bunch. God didn't create us perfectly. Also Hitler did EVERYTHING against what God said in the bible and wasn't actually christian. He literally tried to kill "God's people". So yeh = Questions: What would you consider the cause of the universe? Where you see a Homophobic, Sexist, Hateful God, He is just giving us the guidelines for how he designed us. So when you say that there is a hateful God don't you see that what he says is implemented into societal needs? America and European countries were developed by Christians and are the most successful what other religons has impacted the modern world like Christianity? Why would so many people be religious if it was false?