Where is God now

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So why did God show himself to a handful of Jews but not the rest of the world.
 
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When it comes to questioning some of God’s decisions, I must admit that I’m often like an armchair quarterback. Why did God make us with free will, knowing it could lead some to damnation? Why must our life on earth seem like a test? But enough about me, and hopefully someone will provide you with a satisfactory answer…

My answer to your question is that I don’t entirely know why. We take it on faith that Christ’s mission, in the fullness of time, was to die for our sins and so open the way to salvation, and that we, His followers, were given the task of spreading this good news throughout the world. I do know that while Christ was here on earth, even with his remarkable miracles and extraordinary charisma, more people chose to not believe in him than to follow him. Would the results be that much different if he were still walking around here as a man now, even with our advanced electronic communication? I think people would still find excuses to not believe. I guess that’s why Jesus said to Thomas, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
 
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You say you know that Christ walked the earth how?
Was you there?
 
No, I’m not that old 😃, but I take it on faith that Christ did walk the earth as a man, as recorded in the Gospels, and as handed down through the generations by those who were actual witnesses.
 
Fair enough but that could also be said about people who say they have seen dragons or unicorns
But as there could of been a man named Jesus I’m not sure that he was the actual son of “God”
 
A classic response to the observation about unicorns and dragons is the long historical witness of Christian martyrs, who bravely faced death rather than renounce their belief in Jesus. I don’t think the same can be said, and certainly not on such a large scale, for those who claim to have seen unicorns and dragons.

I’m not sure if anything I say either will convince you that Jesus is the Son of God, but I do believe it. We have prayer, a saying from Scripture, “Lord, I believe. Help Thou my unbelief!” This expresses well the doubts we all likely experience from time to time, but also our desire to accept the Faith. The desire to believe is a gift from God, and even an agnostic can say, “God, I don’t know if you exist, but if you do, bless me with the gift of faith!” It’s a start, and it is said to have yielded good results in many cases.
 
Where is God now. I’d say, the same place He was when they crucified His Son.
 
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So why did God show himself to a handful of Jews but not the rest of the world.
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I believe God only does that which will produce the best results. The best results is determined by that which will bring the most humans into the beatific vision. If our purpose is to be saints, then too much good might create to much evil.
 
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But if “God” showed himself to the whole world then wouldn’t everyone be Christian/Catholic and be a better place
 
Have you tried arguing with someone who believes the earth is flat? Everything you say just rolls off them even though you have hard evidence that the earth is round. I’m sure that if God made some huge, spectacular miracle people would still choose to disbelieve.

Besides, God’s ways are not our ways. He knows what He is doing. 😎
 
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He showed Himself to a lot of people when He lived on earth. Did everybody who saw Him believe in Him, follow Him, etc? Didn’t one of His own apostles (Judas) betray him?

P.S. it is Were you there (not was you there), could have (not could of), and punctuation marks (commas, semicolons, question marks, and periods) are your friends. Also, people (‘everyone’) cannot ‘be a better place’. "The whole world’ is not the subject here. Try, “But if God showed Himself to the whole world, then wouldn’t everyone be Christian/Catholic and the world itself be a better place?” It’s still a wrong argument with a faulty premise, but it’s not an epic grammar fail anymore.
 
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Huh? I just saw Him at Mass tonight, in the Holy Eucharist.
If you go to Mass or Adoration, you can see Him in that form also.
(He’s been appearing in that form since the Last Supper)
 
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Well that’s there chose but if God showed himself to me and did what the Bible clams Jesus of doing then yeah I would follow
 
I love that 😂😂 and yes I have argued with a flat earther and I was able to convince him that the earth was indeed round lol took a week
 
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I’m sorry but that’s how “God” decided to make me a person with dyslexia and poor grammar
 
If you can read you can write right. Find free program Grammarly. It will catch all your bobos. Make the Internet work for you.
 
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