Originally posted by v01i0
I am sorry, but it still puzzles me where do people get their knowledge of God?
God gives people knowledge of Himself, it is called revelation knowledge.
Revelation knowledge divides into three categories, word of knowledge, word of wisdom, discerning of spirits.
It can be explained but it can't be understood by the use ro reason and logic alone, it mus be experienced to be known of, because it is
spiritual.
Spiritual things can only be ascertained, they can not be analyzed.
Understanding spiritual things like revelation knowledge was how I was able to answer the OP's question.
God is in an objective position to us.
If you put yourself figuratively in the position of God, that is look at yourself and life as best you can from His point of view which is, all
powerful, all knowing, everywhere present, and eternal among other things, then you can see that we are not alive to God, we are born into this world
dead.
It is like how we understand rocks or dirt to be.
From our point of view we don't see dirt or rocks as being alive, so how can what we do to the sand or gravel be evil or good?
Revelation knowledge unveils what is real from the inside out, it is objective, whereas senses knowledge is discovered from the outside in by our five
senses, it is subjective.
Every single person "KNOWS" of God, it is impossible not to "KNOW" there is a God.
At a certain level of consciousness it is literally impossible not to "KNOW" there is a God, all we can do is decide whether or not to believe what
we "KNOW" to be true.
This is why we are all without excuse as it says in the bible.
Romans 1:17 - 20 fractional, expanded
The just live by the law of faith. God's wrath is ever being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the
truth by their wrongdoing, because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God Himself having shown it to them. For from the first making of the
world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, His eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, manifest in them, God
Himself having shown it to them, so that they are without excuse.
End;
Most people do not believe and never will, they only pretend, no matter what they say about God unless you see the physical evidence of signs,
miracles, and wonders, which prove that God is with them and in them, then they are only pretending to believe God.
It is simple really, we all know what it would mean if we were to believe God, that is why we lie to ourselves.
We don't want to suffer persecution or hardship in this life for the sake of the truth, so we suppress the truth by lying to ourselves and others,
usually saying we do believe when we know we don't.
That is where religion comes from, it is mostly pretend worship.
People who simply say they don't believe, are more honest in my opinion than religious people who say they do believe but have no power in their life
to prove it, because they are pretending to be something they are not.
Just because someone calls themselves something religious like a Christian or a man of God, it does not mean they are a believer.
OK I hope. It was supposed to cheer up the atmosphere. 
