"when they reject Him constantly and refuse to acknowledge Him in their lives God leaves them to their perverse thoughts"
So, let me get this straight. If someone rejects God, then he responds vengefully? I don't get it; why would He do that? If my son was to reject me, I wouldn't turn around and say "oh, the hell with him". I would somehow try to reach him. I would try to inspire him. I would do whatever was within my means to understand why it was that he was rejecting me. And I would propably come to the conclusion that I was somehow, at least partially, responsible. As a mere human, this is the way I would respond.
But you claim that an all-powerful, all-loving, omnipotent, all-wise God would eventually just think "ah, the heck with him". You infer that all of our suffering is allowed by God because of us rejecting him. I just don't get that. Do you mean to say that true evangelical Christians don't suffer, or that thet don't have marital problems, or that they don't get divorced? I find this hard to understand or believe. (Don't the more evangelical US states have that higher divorce rates?)
First off, cat03 wasn't making a blanket observation. She was speaking of Frank's wife and her own husband. But she was right AND further she did NOT say anything about God being vengeful - she stated that He will LEAVE THEM TO THEIR PERVERSE thoughts. And indeed, HE WILL. However, what you chose not to consider, was that God DOES attempt in various ways to reach those people. I am living proof with a truckload of stories as to how He reached me when I myself was in the pit.
Your reference to your son and how you would react was an accurate picture of how God deals with us. Why you flew off the handle and interpretted such a narrowminded statement behind cat's post is a wonder to me.
