John, I created Provoketive to be a space of healthy dialogue without judgment.  Something good happens when we're honest in our thoughts without getting angry at each other.  Your voice is always welcome here.

I also appreciate your thought process.  But I wouldn't share one of your (historical) assumptions.  You said, "and nothing imperfect or not perfectly holy can be in God’s presence." This is a fallacy that the entirety of Scripture debunks, beginning with the first moment of sin in the Garden.  God shows up immediately to restore.  It is humanity that consistently makes the assumption we can't be in God's presence, as seen in Adam and Eve's hiding from God. If this idea were actually true it would limit God and debunk the idea of grace, which existed before time (2 Timothy 1:9).  Grace was always present.  It was humanity that couldn't see it.

And you said, "May God’s true enlightenment be upon your path as you search out the truth." How very Buddhist of you. ;-P