Why does God not show him/her/itself?

[Busby]

On easter Sunday a local TV station sent a reporter out to ask people just what Easter was all about. Obviously it depends upon who is asked but more than 50% had no idea - weren't interested. About another 30% knew it had something to do with 'the bible', but couldn't find the right words. The rest. those the reporter interviewed who were coming out of a church Easter service clearly knew what it was all about - whereby they should as a collective specialist group. It was also obvious that there is a tremendous generation difference to be seen, young people 'have other things to do', - my words.
In other words the biblical 'message' of 2000 years ago has faded to such an extent that the young generation, in general, have no connection at all to Christianity.
So God badly needs to do something about it, some old psalms, no matter how beautiful, cannot compete with what is offered today in everyday life. And as we haven't had any 'miracles' for the same 2000 year stretch it's about time god (if he/she/it) is still around did something about it. I mean if he openly walked with Adam through the GoE and was available to a bunch of camel drivers surely he/she/it could help us out a bit.
We need it more than ever and contemplating the appearance of a leaf on a tree won't get us very far.

Just as an afterthought to Amilius 777's input - I can't recall the Bible telling us anything about being vibrating consciousnesses, I'm not sure God is up to New-Age stuff.

[Visitor]

God/Truth is always there for all to see and know, but it is ourselves (ego-self in denial of its truth) getting in the way.
EGO = Easing God Out.

It is not God/Truth who is hiding, but us in hiding.

[Rozie]

She shows herself all the time .

[MicroMacro]

How do you know what to look for?

[LadyMay]

Because God does not exist.... (pretty logical, imo)

[Mused]

"why does god not show him/her/itself?"

he has no need to do so.
take for instance this question: "why can't we see air?"
we certainly can breathe it, but we cant see it. how do we know we breathe in air? just because scientists said so?
remember that it was us, humans who put names on everything surrounding us, not god. god told adam to name the animals, and everything else [this is what i remember reading in some bible]. god didn't name anything..

and most likely, god is [still] really upset with us for breaking one simple rule he gave to adam and eve "do not eat from the tree in the middle of the garden of eden".. and what did adam and eve do? they ate that tree fruit.

oh, that's not enough to **** god off? well, he then gave moses 10 laws. 10! and he expected the people of israel [and everyone else] to follow those rules. and what are we doing? anything BUT following them.

well, i think it's better that he doesn't reveal himself because he's get even more ****ed.. and i don't think humanity really wants god's wrath.

Originally Posted by Estelwen

Because God does not exist.... (pretty logical, imo)

if god didnt exist, of course he can't show himself, your logic is correct, but it doesn't mean you're right..
god does exist. [don't worry, i am not even thinking to attempt to convince you - i dislike people who try to convince others of their beliefs *ahem*jehova's witnesses*ahem*]
let's just agree to disagree on the existence of god, shall we? it's more peaceful that way ;)

[Jeremy Bong]

Originally Posted by Mused

"why does god not show him/her/itself?"

he has no need to do so.
take for instance this question: "why can't we see air?"
we certainly can breathe it, but we cant see it. how do we know we breathe in air? just because scientists said so?
remember that it was us, humans who put names on everything surrounding us, not god. god told adam to name the animals, and everything else [this is what i remember reading in some bible]. god didn't name anything..

and most likely, god is [still] really upset with us for breaking one simple rule he gave to adam and eve "do not eat from the tree in the middle of the garden of eden".. and what did adam and eve do? they ate that tree fruit.

oh, that's not enough to **** god off? well, he then gave moses 10 laws. 10! and he expected the people of israel [and everyone else] to follow those rules. and what are we doing? anything BUT following them.

well, i think it's better that he doesn't reveal himself because he's get even more ****ed.. and i don't think humanity really wants god's wrath.


if god didnt exist, of course he can't show himself, your logic is correct, but it doesn't mean you're right..
god does exist. [don't worry, i am not even thinking to attempt to convince you - i dislike people who try to convince others of their beliefs *ahem*jehova's witnesses*ahem*]
let's just agree to disagree on the existence of god, shall we? it's more peaceful that way ;)

No, for those people who said no God is wrong! He shows me who he's. He descenting from the sky when Jesus asking me to look up to the sky and he's entering into my body. And I saw him with my naked eyes. He told me, he's God Jehovah. He's like a white pigeon slowly enter my body from my head. He's from far universe.

[Ascophore]

Any deity that exists only exists to govern it's specific niche and nothing more. A 'deity' in this case is nothing more than a locus of power to be tapped into, worked with, or rearranged.

Any "uni"-god or omnipotent one (Demiurge) would certainly be wrought with apathy and disgust for all of it's creations and exists only as a final barricade between our current 'larval' stage and true freedom. Thusly, see "god" as nothing more than a rotting carcass that we glorious maggots must consume before chewing a hole out and making our 'heaven' known.

[Jeremy Bong]

Originally Posted by Ascophore

Any deity that exists only exists to govern it's specific niche and nothing more. A 'deity' in this case is nothing more than a locus of power to be tapped into, worked with, or rearranged.

Any "uni"-god or omnipotent one (Demiurge) would certainly be wrought with apathy and disgust for all of it's creations and exists only as a final barricade between our current 'larval' stage and true freedom. Thusly, see "god" as nothing more than a rotting carcass that we glorious maggots must consume before chewing a hole out and making our 'heaven' known.

Your post here is a bit too ego in nature because you never get along with any God or Gods, and it may be true for certain Gods up in the Cosmos but you should select certain bad God to point to . It can't be all human as ego as an ox or shy as a sleepy cat.

My opinion is deity are intelligence beings with his own agendas or purpose in their mind. Some are good and others are evil-minded. They maybe greedy or regardless of other feeling and others are better than as guide of improvement of human right. But they also has his limitations. But they or no one want to make himself too busy or troublesome.......They're not as human expected ---- they're the panacea of all problems. That's you misunderstanding them or him. They're omnipotent that's true.... But...... And it isn't as all religions have said their founders Gods are the creator of everything or life. Human is hard to have a true understanding of him or them.

[Paige Ignited]

God is a magician. The greatest of all time and the best there will ever be.
His miracles are tricks and his tricks are miracles. Shown everyday, and in the most wondrous ways and all around the world.
If he showed us himself – no-one or very few would evolve like is needed.
To expand the mind requires something to expand on.
One can’t do this without something to wonder about, something to ponder on and something to ask questions about, and prove or disprove and go seeking answers about.
I think God is also the devils advocate – because he waits for us to figure the simplest of tricks – of which he constructed and conducts purposely for our own good.
Hence, if he came in physical form like so many want, because they just gotta know – everyone would be like “Great now what. Is that it?” and become lazy-minded and God knows what else destructive, and not seek greater expansion.
It’s a great trick or miracle in itself I’d say.