You were angry with God - most likely about whatever issue you were dealing with - therefore you told Him to fix the issue.
I did not TELL God to fix anything. I simply cried out for help and I never specified what I needed help with or what that help would be.
Asking for God's help is great - but He never once instructed people to do so by yelling at Him and calling Him names.
If you don't follow the prescribed method - you'll get a different result.
Prescribed by whom and prescribed where, in the Bible? I do not follow methods prescribed in the Bible, I do my own thing. An Almighty God is not going to break if I yell at Him once in a while. I never got any results by following the prescribed method and that is why I tried another method and it seems to work.
If my child is in time-out I ignore his crying.
It is not out of pettiness or holding a grudge - but because inappropriate behaviors should not be tolerated - and I want them to grow up to be decent people.
God will definitely ignore - or will at least be slow to respond - to the cries of those who act inappropriately.
Now you speak for what God will do, must be nice. I already told you I do not believe I am ‘God’s child.’ That is a Christian belief, not a Baha’i belief. God does not have children, humans have children. God is not a person who is slow to respond because He got His feelings hurt.
I don't need to be God in order to know how He might respond. There are ample examples of His dealings with Man in the scriptures.
Referencing those past examples is not me "speaking for God"
Anthropomorphisms of God are all you have, God never said or did any of those things in the Bible. Men wrote that God said and did those things, men who never heard from God. If I really want to know what God does all I have o do is read what Baha’u’llah wrote because He received a direct revelation from God and wrote it in His Own Pen. I know how God wants me to behave towards Him because of what Baha’u’llah wrote but I am not always obedient because I have certain ‘issues’ with God. The All-Knowing God knows I have these issues and that I am working on them and He is not so petty as to judge me like you do.
I'm glad you got the help. I hoped you learned that yelling at God and calling Him names doesn't help you or anyone.
But it did help me at the time and I got help because of it. You never heard of different strokes for different folks? I already told you that this time I was not yelling at God and calling Him names. Unlike some humans, God forgives people for past mistakes.
Testing to see if God is "worth His salt" is definitely asking after a sign.
The truth has no expiration date. If it was true a thousand years ago it is true today.
I never asked for a sign, I just asked for help. I always leave it up to God what form that help will come in if I ask for His help, which is rare, because I usually help myself.
The spiritual truths in the Bible are eternal so they are still true but much of the Bible no longer applies to this age.
He often tells men what He is doing - then those men write it down - in books.
The salient problem is that the men who wrote the Bible received no communication from God as Baha’u’llah did.
I never claimed to know anything about you.
But I do know that God gives us trials in order for us to learn and grow from the experience.
Because He loves us.
That might be true in general but generalizations do not apply to specific people and if a person has so many trials that they cannot even function and contribute to society then what good are they to other people? The only purpose I believe I serve is as God’s poster child for suffering, how much suffering one person can endure and still not commit suicide.
Is this what you call love? I don’t call it that. Moreover, I cannot believe things just because they are in scriptures, even Baha’i scriptures. So if I see something that does not seem right I question it.
That could be said of literally anyone - since we all have our trials.
No, that could not be said of everyone, because there are degrees of tests. I know plenty of people who have hardly been tested at all.
He does both - as well as innumerable other things that we are not even aware of.
That’s true, but the Holy Spirit does not live inside of bodies, it works through the soul.
Who is “we?”
Every single person who has lived - is living - and will ever live.
The entire human family of Adam.
I do not believe anyone except a Messenger of God can speak for everyone who ever lived and that is one way we differ.
I am free to share my opinion about the needs of the human race.
Yes you are, but it is just your opinion, not a fact.
I can share my opinion too, and my opinion is that the human race needs to recognize Baha’u’llah and put the Bible on the shelf.
I need no connection with God nor do I want it.
Oh - you just want to take advantage of His love for you.
How does anyone take advantage of an omnipotent God? Try to think about why that is not logical. Again, you are turning God into a human being, talking as if He was my spouse.
The next thing you will say is that is why I don’t have a connection, but I already know that because that is a Baha’i belief.
I'd say it is because you are prideful.
You can say whatever you want to but I know myself and I know why better than you do. A connection requires two parries participating and I am not participating. You can say it is because of pride but that is just a pat belief you get from the Bible. It is not pride; it is just lack of interest. I do not attend ball games either because I am not interested. Just because you cannot imagine someone not wanting a connection with God that does not mean everyone wants a connection with God. I especially don’t want one when people try to push God down my throat. I guess you don’t know much about psychology.
Part of life is hearing other people's beliefs - even if you disagree with them.
For example - I don't believe that the Bab or Baha'u'llah were true messengers of God.
The scriptures also show many examples of God conversing with people who were not considered prophets or messengers.
I listen to other people’s beliefs all day long, much more than they listen to mine. I do not CARE what the Bible scriptures show because those are not the scriptures I adhere to. Am I asking you to believe what Baha’u’llah wrote?
You claimed to have called God names - that is cursing Him.
And it makes you capricious - not God.
You acting in that manner causes you ill effects and desensitizes you to the prompting of the Holy Spirit.
God does not care if I call Him names, He is not that delicate. I only hurt myself temporarily, God cannot be hurt.
Like I said, I do not adhere to Christian beliefs about how the Holy Spirit operates.
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