tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post115478369235704475..comments2023-07-06T15:14:57.204+01:00Comments on JOHN'S BLOG: Who To Trust?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-1154903382442503342006-08-06T23:29:00.000+01:002006-08-06T23:29:00.000+01:00Thanks, Custard.Not all people are rational for su...Thanks, Custard.<BR/>Not all people are rational for sure, but God knows the limitations of those he has created and so I still feel my orignal question is valid. A personal message from God would be more likely to produce a successul outcome (i.e. on average individuals would be more likely to follow His message) than what we have at the moment.<BR/>I think that in a sense my question is unfair:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-1154902096335843842006-08-06T23:08:00.000+01:002006-08-06T23:08:00.000+01:00Typos are fine - the advantage of being able to ed...Typos are fine - the advantage of being able to edit afterwards is that I catch most of mine.<BR/><BR/>Quick answer - people aren't rational. Experience suggests that even when God did reveal himself, people still ignored him. The classic example would be at the Exodus (in the book of the same name). God did all kinds of amazing stuff, the people said they followed him, but didn't really and keptJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-1154901605751901312006-08-06T23:00:00.000+01:002006-08-06T23:00:00.000+01:00Excuse the typos (after a busy weekend I am gettin...Excuse the typos (after a busy weekend I am getting tired). Also, I forgot to end the comment with an appelation.<BR/><BR/>ACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-1154901475161005242006-08-06T22:57:00.000+01:002006-08-06T22:57:00.000+01:00Argh! Having types out a detailed reply to your co...Argh! Having types out a detailed reply to your comments (thanks to you for those!) my internet disconnected and my comments were lost! So I shall restrict myself to a much shorter reply.<BR/><BR/>I am not saying that we should disbelieve all claims of a religious nature, only that there are so many of them and one *cannot* be sure of which one message is true. God/Christ could solve this by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com