then why does he try so hard to disguise his existence
why didnt he show someone like me a sign
who grew up religious and prayed to him every night
all the world has shown me is that we are the worst part of it
and that god as described by you cannot exist
I don't know if you want to share publically (if so feel free to PM me), but what is your religious background (and forgive me if you shared this with me previously).
Well, I don't think God has ever hidden his existence. He literally traveled place to place with the early nation of Israel and made his power evident and manifest before them repeatedly both in the miraculous and the traveling temple.
God entered his creation as the incarnate son in Jesus Christ and dwelt among his creation as a human being for over 3 decades before ascending back to his heavenly thrown.
Apostle Paul made it plain that God reveals himself to all through his creation.
God is made tangible and manifest to his body of believers of today via the Holy Spirit....his presence can literally be felt.
God does show some signs via visions and dreams; in fact, many Muslims who leave Islam and come Christianity have professed visions and dreams of Jesus Christ.
My friend, I don't know why God has not yet revealed himself to you, but I would consider his perfect timing in these matters. Within my own life the Lord allowed me to broken down to the point that I was at death's door with literally a foot in the grave before I honestly surrendered myself to his will for my life. In that moment he revealed himself to me in powerful ways and continues to do so. Today I strive to represent Christ and share with others the good news of his gift of salvation and freedom from our sin.
I agree that humanity is the worst part of the world because it chooses sin, but those that repent or change their mind about their choice to sin and accept what the incarnate son in Jesus Christ came to do on calvary's cross can be freed from the shackles of their sin and become the redeemed church of Jesus Christ called to be the salt and light of the world. We have an opportunity to become the best of the world, but we must freely choose Christ so that we may be deemed righteous.
Why can't he exist?