[quote]So what's the point of praying if he isn't going to answer you?[/quote]What does prayer have to did with this?[quote]And everyone who claims to have heard his voice is lying?[/quote]Yes, or they may possible be self-deluded.

how can you believe in the literal interpretation of the bible, then arbitrarily decide that God no longer talks to anyone. Just you can't hear him, doesn't mean he's silent. we're created in his image, yet you would have me believe that a parent would stop mentoring his child.

[quote]How can you believe in the literal interpretation of the bible?[/quote]Very easily, and not everything in the Bible apparently is not to be taken literally. Knowing when to switch between the metaphoric and the literal is the tricky part.[quote]...then arbitrarily decide that God no longer talks to anyone.[/quote]Why do you think the Bible exists? Did Noah, Abraham, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Samuel, John, the Saul who later became Paul, etc have the Bible? Aren't all the apostles dead? Why would God need to continue to talk to humanity even if He made His written Word already available freely?[quote]Just [because] you can't hear him, doesn't mean He's silent.[/quote]Are you admitting that He's silent since you did just state that no one can hear Him?[quote]...we're created in his image...[/quote]Do you honestly understand the context of that statement in Genesis?[quote]...yet you would have me believe that a parent would stop mentoring his child.[/quote]If we are going to stick with a child analogy, let's be precise. When did I state that God no longer mentors His "children?" Do you know what the point of the "Holy Spirit" is? If you do indeed like to advocate that God literally talks to individuals, then I guess we are submit to the word of those individuals even though when they talk about their experiences it goes completely against the Bible? Do you know how Mormonism was formed?

your version of Christianity is about the most depressing I've ever heard. good luck converting people.

This statement doesn't answer any of my questions, and you think that having the Bible alone is depressing?

The fact that you said god doesnt talk to anyone anymore is depressing.

Why is that depressing? We have the Bible, and it is true that God doesn't talk to anyone anymore because of the presence of His Word and Holy Spirit. Remember when Jesus ascended? What did He say?

he's been trying to talk to you your whole life, but you closed your ears and hardened your heart. He won't stop trying though. Maybe one day you'll hear him before it's too late.

There is so much wrong with your statement. It may take me a while to load some information.

I got time....

Did you see my above explanation?

Hello?[spoiler]I guess this is what Demonwarfare meant when he said people mute.[/spoiler]