Why don't you believe in God?

[Jaimecbr900]

I don't know what to believe. I think that's why I'm a little afraid to die...that's what Dan says anyways. I just feel like...if God wants us to believe in him and he created us, why did he give us the mind that he did? The mind to make choices? Why am I the type of person that has to know things from the beginning to the end to believe? Why am I the type of person who hasn't been "struck" by God or "seen the light" like some people say? If he created me and he loves me and knows me, why doesn't he show himself to me because that's what he knows I need? Why haven't I been struck or seen the light? People who say those types of things seem to have had a very serious experience that they just couldn't deny. That hasn't happened to me. Some people say you just have to have faith. Well you know, I have had faith in a lot of things in my life....and a lot of those times I was let down. Faith just doesn't get it for me.

John 3:12
Romans 10:14

I also wonder how did the virgin mary have a baby and why doesn't god have more babies like that now?

Luke 1:28-28

She was chosen. Just like any other miracle, if it happens all the time people will dismiss it as normal.

How did Jesus rise from the dead and why has no one else done this?

God rose Jesus from the dead to prove to non-believers that he could, and therefore prove the possibility of live after death.

Peter 1:3

Did the people who crucified Jesus go to hell?

Not sure, but Jesus did ask for their forgiveness "for they not know what they are doing".

How did Moses split the Red Sea just because he felt like it?

It wasn't because he just felt like it. He did it to escape from the Egyptians who were sent to kill him and the Israelites slaves he'd led out of Egypt.

He parted the Red Sea, crossed safely, and then when the Egyptians tried, the Sea drowned them.

Exodus 14:16- God tells him HOW to do it.
Exodus 14:17-18- God tells WHY to do it.
Exodus 14:21- Moses DID it.
Exodus 14:22- Israelites crossed.
Exodus 14:27- Moses closes the Sea back again.
Exodus 14:28- Pursuing Egyptians perish.

What about the story of Daniel? Just because he believed in God, he lived after being thrown into a lions den. That was the only reason??? Maybe the lions had just eaten and they weren't hungry. There are tons of people who believe in God and that doesn't save them from death.

Yes, that's it in a nutshell.

Daniel questioned the King's decree that anyone that asked anything from any god, other than him, would be thrown in with the lions. For doing so, the King tried to make an example out of him and told him that his "God" would save him if he were real (Daniel 6:12). He was then thrown in and a boulder blocked his escaping back out (Daniel 6:17). The King woke up the next morning only to find that Daniel was just fine (Daniel 6:20). He then "believed" in the power of Daniel's "God" and as punishment he threw in Daniel's accusers whom were quickly eaten by the lions (Daniel 6:24).

What about all of the people who died because of the storm? Do you really think that not one of those people had a true faith in God...I guess "it was just their time to go". That sounds like a cop out to me.

Death, although inevitable, is difficult to understand and as has been said before, we don't have a clue as to what God has planned for us other than he just has plans.

How did the 3 wise men just know that there was a baby that they should give gifts to and worship? Did someone call them on the telephone??

Matthew 2.

The wise men came from the East looking for "the new king of the jews" that was just born in accordance to prophecy. The King found out about this and tried to scheme to kill Jesus (Matthew 2:8). The 3 wise men left, following the star (per the prophecy), until they found Jesus in the manger (Matthew 2:9). They had a dream that they should not return to their land via Herod, so they left and went back another way. King Herod got really mad when the wise men tricked him back (remember, he was trying to trick them into telling him where Jesus was) and so started killing all the first born boys born around the approximate age of what Jesus would be (Matthew 2:16).

I'm not trying to be smart. These are just the types of things I think about.

No offense taken. Valid questions. I hope any of those answers helped.