[Strokes]

Have you ever studied the classic arguments for and against God? I found an in-depth study as part of my philosophy degree to be very illuminating... I recommend it to all to take some time to understand these arguments.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by the "classic" arguments, but yes, I have read many and I do find the light in each belief of any standard, yet certainly some more than others.

The main benefit I found was not a change in my beliefs but that I no longer regarded theists as deluded fools. Stokes, perhaps you could return the favour.

I tend to come off that way because in delicate situations my arguments become even more one-sided. Though, even as I deny and debate each of an atheist's (or something of the likeness) beliefs, I do respect them, and even as I don't agree I do realize that these folks are very educated in their own arguments and do not regard them as fools as much as I do anyone else, even those I side with.

Rationality doesn't contradict anything... apart from itself! My point was not that rationality contradicts metaphysical views, but that metaphysics is BEYOND rationality.

But this is your own speaking.

Yes, if you believe in God...

And I do, and see no explanation otherwise, but each has his own...

Friend, why would God think and feel emotions the way we do? That is exactly the limitation I'm suggesting. To think we are comparable to God is to limit him with human intelligence. My concept of God goes beyond human intelligence... and by this I don't mean a higher IQ, I mean something we cannot even comprehend.

I understand exactly what you mean and it is what I was trying to say if it did not become clear. We are in no way comparable at all. He is not necessarily like us, but rather, we share similar qualities, simple ones that we as humans are able to comprehend, if someone were to say that a sin would "sadden" him, then we are like him in the way we are able to feel sadness, but nothing more. Yes, he definitely goes beyond aything that human intelligence can even go to ponder, and I did not mean to imply that if I had in any way.