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This is one of my favorite scriptures to turn to with questions like this.
James 1:5 if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6) But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
So James tells ...
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The Bible is certainly not seeking to stop people finding out more about God.
Romans 9:20 is rendered by more modern translations as "But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?". It's not speaking against enquiry, but against trash-talking or accusing God (the previous verse makes that clear).
Romans 14:5 is talking about something else ...
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Jesus said "Seek and yee shall find." It is in fact the way to get closer to God. It is your personal road to travel.
There are some "givens", things I no longer question. I have my own list:
There is a Creator who made everything.
He is perfectly good.
He loves me more than I could ever imagine.
He has forgiven me of all my sins.
Jesus was God, and He ...
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