(April 17, 2015 at 10:21 am)nicanica123 Wrote: 1. Why would this almighty god be subjected to what a human demands as proof? 2. Does gods creation not make him apparent? 3. If god popped up one day to make himself readily known as existing, would all people serve him any way? 4. If gods purpose as I have been taught, is that one day the earth will be a paradise like state with no evil. Back to its original Eden conditions. Proving that Satan, Adam, and Eve were wrong to reject gods sovereignty and humans are not capable of ruling themselves... how would it serve his purpose if people worshipped him out of fear of him killing them rather than from their hearts?
I know the last one will get a lot of flack
1. If a human is making a claim or having an experience that he or she thinks might be "about god," why wouldn't it be subjected to the same demands as other human claims and experiences? There's literally no other option but to judge it as a human being, using the most reliable human methods.
2. No. "God's creation" begs the questions: Is there a God? Is it created?
3. Serve him? Why would I do that? You observe the Sun pop up every morning, and the Sun is the nearest thing you can observe to a deity. Do you "serve" the Sun? That's an odd question, don't ya think?
4. What? I don't understand the question.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza