I can't really speak for Him, jinx, but like I said, he didn't make us robots.

so there's quite a bit of room there for more guessing. that's my guess, he wanted us to be free to think for ourselves. Maybe he already has robots, I have no idea.

he really isn't as distant as you might think. Things are difficult and I do believe he knows that. which is why he sent Jesus. There's too much to say jinx abut Yeshua, and my life may not match yours perfectly, your relationship with him is something you have to seek for yourself. He wants us to seek him, just ask.

You know after the flood, God was very sorry about what he did, the bible does say that it grieved him. That says to me, God admits mistakes, he admits he has made some with that one item.

but things are what they are and he is still God

something about wheat and tares too, Jinx... some will seek and some refuse, he wants to know which of us that is.

I can see Tracy is very upset that I do not care for vicars... Jinx, you do not need vicars or popes or fancy robes or cathedrals or ornaments of gold or seven hundred catechisms and works to give you religion. Just Jesus. Organized religion is mostly nonsense.

Tracy needs to take her pill.