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God repsonds to atheism
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Depends, even before Jesus Christ was born, God worked with people individually, so even if one was born into a particular religion or demographic, doesn't necessarily mean anything. God looks for certain Characteristics when choosing people to work with and can accomplish anything.
Quoting: Witness for Him You're not answering the question though friend. What would you have called 'God' before the word 'Jehovah' had even existed or been known? What if you had lived during the times of ancient Greece or ancient Egypt??? Sumeria? Which God or Gods would you have praised if you lived during these civilizations where there were many different conceptualizations/understandings of God(s)? You said Jehovah is the only God that matters so does that mean if you lived during a time in history before his name was even known that you would have been praying to fake/false God(s)???  Well first of all what your asking is rhetorical and I have know way of knowing because I am not God. But I will tell you this. God is a God of Spirit, and even if you didn't know his name, or lived/brought up in a culture that worshiped other Gods, if it were within his will, he would make himself known to you through his Spirit and through circumstances, miracles, speaking etc. Just take for instance Moses. He was raised in Egyptian royalty under pharaoh and worshiped their God's but was shown the real God through divine revelation. I can also tell you that I was not looking for God myself, I was called out of the world, by being shown signs and wonders, and I had to make a choice follow him and seek change in my lifestyle, or continue the path I was going and reject. I completely agree with you regarding the bolded, that's why I was questioning your comment regarding 'Jehovah' being the 'only true God'. I was trying to highlight the point that if you or I had lived during a different time in human civilization, we would have different names for God(s) and subscribe to different conceptualizations that were influenced by and a product of the times we were living in. With this understanding, and I think we both agree, we would be doing ourselves a disservice if we placed our focus/emphasis on minute details, names, specifics etc., and lost sight of the fact that it is indeed the very act of conceptualizing a 'higher power' that holds significance and creates a common bond between individuals who are separated by both time and different cultural influences.  Hey man check this out:
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