> So, even if you do not buy the idea that God
>has already revealed Himself, it is still the
>responsiblity of each individual to find God for
>themselves. No amount of complaining will rid
>one of one's responsiblities.

This doesn't jive with what I've heard at leats one Protestant Pastor say about Chrstianity. His claim was something to the effect that Chrstianity was different than all the other major religions, because all the other religions were based around the concept of "Man seeking God" while Christianity was the only one that had the central tenent of "God seeking Man."

> One last point, and then I'm done. There is
>some indication in scripture that there is
>further reason that God does not simply reveal
>himself undeniably to all people. For those who
>believe, or come to believe, it may be that
>faith in weaker evidences commands a greater
>blessing from God than faith in stronger
>evidences.

So you're saying God really *wants* us to have little evidence, because he thinks it's better for us to believe without evidence? That's insane. How can I reconcile that with the fact that if he does exist and is the creator, God endowed me with the mental capacity to reason and understand, and that for everything *else* in the sphere of human existence, strong conviction without evidence is a *bad* thing? I'd sooner believe that there's tons of evidence and I'm just too stupid to see it.

-- Dave