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>Place faith in God and not in anything else.
>Why?
This is my thesis here. The reasons follow from doing so, from the reasons I have so far given and from realizing that we all put faith in something, but only one is worthy of that faith but all else eventually fails. This is also framed to point to the truth that it's not a matter of "losing faith," but of repeatedly placing faith in the wrong thing and then being shaken.
>What grounds do I have to believe this?
See pic. He that is of God hears God's words. The Lord is nigh unto all that call upon him in truth. With God, all things are possible. See Luke 11:9-13.
>I have diligently searched, for years now. At the end, I only have more, and deeper, more serious, fundamental questions than where I began.
Good that you have diligently searched. You will be rewarded according to your search.
But I ask you, is this really the end? It seems to me that there's still time left, for some reason.
>What am I, a rational being with an intelligence, supposed to infer from this?
"Must" implies that those who believe this will be allowed to come to God and otherwise not.
>YES. Literally, what is wrong with this?
Because it is out of order.
>I see this argument all the time, and nobody every is able to answer, morally, why it is wrong for a created being, created under a certain set of rules, guidelines, and moralities, to ask why?
To ask for understanding is the right thing to do. We should beg and plead to learn knowledge in prayer. But to question the basis when it is beyond our capacity to understand the full premises for decisions is out of order. A true superior is not receiving anything out of my hand and likewise has no need for my poorly informed, fallible cross-examinations. I don't even fully understand all the things the Lord does. So all I am best able to do is patiently trust in God. This is the way things were made to be.
>If we were created in this world, it is only fair and just for the creator to endow us with the knowledge to operate fairly in this world.
If we ask for it.
>If we do not know the parameters of what we will be judged by, how is it just to judge us?
See pic. That which we are to be judged by has been with us. And those who seek will be, according to their search, given its understanding.
And it says the following:
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
— 1 John 5:10-11
I pray that my posting helps in some way.