You seem to hold all Christian beliefs as being equal and having no differences. You say you asked simple questions and either got no answer or unsatisfactory answers. Are you telling me you grade God on a humans ability to explain God?
There was a line in the movie The Passion of Christ, "unless your looking for truth you won't know it when you see it." I knew when I heard that line that it was the most truthful thing I had ever heard.
The faith that we have in God does not come by studying God's word, it is a gift from God, studying God's word enables us to see how God and people have dealt with problems before, thereby removing doubt and enabling us to walk in the faith we have instead of hiding in the doubt we have.
God does not call us to have stronger faith, He calls us to have less doubt. It is the world that broadcast news reports that show death and sickness only. I heard one person describe CNN as constant negative news, how well it fits. And why? Because fear, death, hate are the things that the people of the world enjoy reading about.
I use to race cars a little bit, you never heard people talking about the great win, they talked about the cool crash.
When I stroke with a wide brush in saying the world is promoting evil and the people are eating it up I am not being a holier then thou Christian, I am being a human that knows the world is in the fast lane for destruction and they couldn't care less.
Strange isn't it that people coming from countries that the news reports about always have different stories then what we have been fed. Do you know the things that the world says about America? How many shotguns are carried by kids in your neighborhood?
The world is under satanic deception and the once for all time cure is coming soon. It is your choice as to where you will be when Christ returns. I cannot convince you, the church cannot convince you, the Bible when read as I suspect you read it will also not convince you. And God out of His great love for you will allow you to choose death over life, doubt over faith, anger over peace if that is what you have set your mind on having.
It is not the sinner God hates it is the sin. He has done all the doing that needs to be done to give us back the place we had before the fall. We don't have works in our lives to know God, we have works in our lives because we know God.
God did not leave you, you left Him, and if you choose to come back to Him He will welcome you with open arms.
Christ sent us into the world to proclaim the Gospel, not to force it down peoples throats like some beliefs. If you don't want the gift leave it packaged up.
If you have serious questions about my understanding of God and His word I am prepared to answer. And if I cannot answer I can admit it, I do not know all of Gods thoughts and ways.
God loves you and is waiting to hear from you
Brother Jerry-The Berlin Bear