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Why doesn't God just physically show himself to the unbelievers?



God's goal has nothing to do with someone believing He exists. It is a matter of the heart.

JESUS CHRIST: "A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah." Jesus then left them and went away. MATTHEW 16:4

As the crowds increased, Jesus said, "This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah."  LUKE 11:29


JESUS CHRIST:  This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand." MATTHEW 13:13

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brontoraptor(28596)
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In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: "'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. MATTHEW 13:14

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brontoraptor(28596)
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Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, MATTHEW 24:12

But the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. MATTHEW 24:13

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brontoraptor(28596)
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He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man." MATTHEW 13:37

The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, MATTHEW 13:38

and the enemy who sows them is the devil. MATTHEW 13:39

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brontoraptor(28596)
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"Jesus said, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains." JOHN 9:41

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brontoraptor(28596)
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"But their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened." ROMANS 1:21

"Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools." ROMANS 1:22

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brontoraptor(28596)
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And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not. MALACHI 3:18

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science_nerd(28)
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Last time I saw something on that in the bible, God's face was a freaking eye piercing light so strong to blind someone or kill due to physical eyes not able to look upon such holiness. There was a man that wanted to see God's face but God explained matters to him. Even then, God allowed him see his back. Even that almost blinded him.

Even though i think that is the main reason, it might also be to test out faith and separate believers from unbelievers.

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Antrim(1287)
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God does display his magnificent existence every second of every day.

The wondrous beauty of the world, his world, is around us for all to behold and marvel at his stupendous creation.

Glory be to the Lord, hallelujah brother, hallelujah.

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Cocopops(347)
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If it looks like nothing, walks like nothing, smells like nothing, behaves like nothing then by golly it is nothing.

I mean, how can an unreal, figment of some people's overly vivid imagination show an hallucination.

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brontoraptor(28596) Disputed
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"If it looks like nothing, walks like nothing, smells like nothing, behaves like nothing then by golly it is nothing"----

So you just described darwinism and the atheist "creator". So how'd that work out?

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brontoraptor(28596) Disputed
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"I mean, how can an unreal, figment of some people's overly vivid imagination show an hallucination"----

We are still looking for the magical invisible, atheist "nothing" to appear and manifest something from its magical nothingness, yet nothing. Because atheism is a myth. Anything else or was that it?

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Cocopops(347)
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It's like asking a blind man to find a black cat which doesn't exist in a dark room.

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brontoraptor(28596) Disputed
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No. It's like a man who can see, and a sandwich is on the table to eat, but he's too stupid to eat the sandwich because he's eating cat terds off of the floor declaring how great cat terds are, yet whining like a beagle about how crappy cat terds are.... Atheism 101. Welcome to the big leagues

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