Josephus,

"Paul America was founded by Christians seeking a new world."

I'm not sure you should go reading that stuff blindly.
Spiritualism | Attack on Christianity
http://youtu.be/aGNmUL4FnIM

You should watch the whole series.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23MythsVSFacts

AC, one man's modern historical opinion. Better read their real life story. All were brought up in Christianity and were looking for better understanding of the World. Monotheism was the foundation of their background.

Rosicrucian teachings are a combination of occultism and other religious beliefs and practices, including Hermeticism, Jewish mysticism, and Christian Gnosticism.

We recognise America as the home of many diverse and confused monotheistic religions. However they were not the total of modern development England, Germany etc, and today Israel who were influenced by monotheism. Aggressive atheism as nationalism has lead to the suppression of ideas and people.

Dear Not_Now.Soon,

«Seeking God is good for everyone. There is no audience that isn't benefited by finding and knowing God.»

I wholeheartedly agree, but different audiences respond differently to information (also, the information itself is not information if told in a language and/or in terms that the listener does not understand). Wouldn't it be nice if all you needed to tell people is "There is God, seek Him!", but we know that it is not that easy, including not just atheists, but believers-in-principle too who say for example, "Yes, if", "Yes, but", "Yes, tomorrow".

Seeking God is difficult for the mind, it challenges its inertia and selfish desires, in fact it spells its death, it requires a complete personality overhaul, so the mind tries every trick to put it off. This trickster might even wrongly convince you that you are already seeking God, thus have no need to repent and change your ways.

To reach God, you need to be in control of your mind and hold its reins strongly and steadily: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratha_Kalpana#Analogy

Now strange are the ways of the mind, so what you can say to someone in order for them to begin seeking God, is a science which can only be perfected through the Holy Spirit. A teacher, such as Jesus or Buddha, who is endowed with the Holy Spirit may possibly discern that their student would not respond to "There is God, seek Him!", but if told instead (just for example) "There is a cat on the roof", then they would be startled and immediately go running for God...

«And finding God isn't a result of clearing the mind.»

To find God, you need to have your mind out of the way.
Otherwise, even if grace falls on you, your mind will spoil it as it is expert in turning everything, even the sacred, into profane.

«Nor is finding God a means of escaping pain or suffering.»

Finding God would not end physical pain, but physical pain would no longer be experienced as suffering (though it might still look as suffering for others).

To Yuyutsu.

In reply to my statement that knowing God will not end our pain or suffering, you said this:

<<Finding God would not end physical pain, but physical pain would no longer be experienced as suffering (though it might still look as suffering for others).>>

I'm sure you say these things believing them yourself, instead of trying to fool anyone. And it is with that in mind I wish to correct you, so that if on smaller things you find the truth, the errors you used to believe won't be a foundation for even more errors believed based on the previous ones.

Therefore consider your words that those who know God do not experience suffering and consider these words in light of two prophets in the Old Testament. Look up Daniel 10, and 1 Kings 19. In Daniel 10 Daniel has a vision that he is in the Presence of an Angel of God and Daniel is terrified and weak from what he sees until the angel strengthens Daniel.

Also in 1 Kings 19 Elijah is fearful for his life and in his desperation tells God he has had enough. To take his life because he is no better then his ancestors. Elijah goes on and says the cause of his desperation. He thinks that he's the only one left that is standing up for God and against idolatry. God replies, and tells Elijah that he is not alone. Even give an exact number of Israelites that haven't bowed to the false god that was being worshiped widely by Israelites in that day.

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Yet these two individuals, who knew God, show that they have moments of despair. Knowing God won't free us from the bad parts of life. Nor will faith in God keep us from sorrow, pain, and despair. He will help us through those moments and to save us from other moments like those. However this small truth about seeking God regardless of pain or sorrow, should be enough for you to understand. There are wrong philosophies in your beliefs. Therefore it is worth while to understand when they are in error, so that you don't say that these are the realities of the world we live in.

ABC online news this Sunday morning Catholic Priests sexually assaulted more Nuns in this country than offenses against children
SMH same day Pope [at long last] defrocks a Cardinal for historic sex offenses against other priests and children
The idea of God is a truly great one
But can we ignore it seems clear some in his/her service are purely evil