Must religion be logical?

Et incarnatus est, from the creed, says more than God looked like a man. It say He was made flesh. And I might note that 'God was made man' is NOT there, but rather, God IS made man, not in the past tence, but eternally. So it is that the doctrine of the Trinity, no matter how insensible, is the only sensible thing which works based on our knowledge.

The point is, that if you go to some foreign land and find a little Indian who already does what the gospel teaches, the Indian already knows God.

Seriously, man, you don't believe in gravity. You know about gravity.

I only mean to be objective and not deny that to someone else the mystery of the trinity is not exactly the same mystery that my belief presents, and entirely as valid, but it does sound like if God became man and was still God in heaven, and just a man on earth, then it sounds mysteriously the same as God making just another man and then turning him into God after he dies.

Th Indian would be doing the best he can to be a good person based on the knowledge that he has.

I can't judge you personally. I say, if you are trying honestly to love your neighbor because it is the right thing to do, not because you have to, then you have already acknowledged the 'truth' of the Bible and the message of Jesus. You DO believe in God, or at the least you are sure that there is a right and a wrong. It is only a matter of time before you say 'why?' is it right? It is probably more difficult to reason backwards than to start with God and ask 'why'? But it has been known to happen. You know God already, but you don't believe in Him. I think He will find you, as long as you don't let logic be your enemy instead of your friend.

There is nothing new under the sun, just five thousand ways of looking at the same old stiff.

What are they? Muslim? Or Jehova's Witness? Which equals 'I KNOW GOd does not exist' and is just as foolish as claiming to KNOW He does exist. But without the redeeming cutesy mushiness that goes with it.

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That is true, and I believe many of them will reach eternal life as well. Just remember, not knowing Jesus does not mean not knowing God. Believing in God and having some particular ideas about Him wrong does not mean you don't know God. But knowing about God and still doing bad things is where the problem is. I like to picture that the Right IS God. Well, ya sure do ask a lot of questions about Him! Maybe part of the reason you can't find Him is because you act like you already know the answers to your questions. I believe in a baptism of desire type of thing. If you are really trying to do what is right because you think it was meant to be, then you can be considered to be desiring to be a part of the kingdom of God.

Apparently I am not as 'deep' as some of you, but where is the whole idea of God creating darkness coming from?