(October 16, 2015 at 8:28 pm)IATIA Wrote: One would think that any god would have no trouble convincing one of it's existence. The fact that it has failed to do so means either it does not exist or it does not care.No one leaves this life in the middle ground between eternal connection with God and eternal separation from Him; and no one just stumbles into that connection or separation without knowing what he or she is choosing. New Testament teaching makes it very clear that His existence, identity, qualities, creative power has been made understandable to all. As God draws persons toward himself, the rebellious autonomous (originating from the human sin nature) impulses draws a person from God. If a person is not convinced of the evidence in the book of nature, their conscience, the book of revelation, the life and message of Jesus Christ, they have at least temporary chosen to listening to their sin nature. The information is out there, it’s a matter of letting it in. Remember the Garden-of-Eden was made very good (not perfect, like some think), and then God made it even better by introducing free will which brings into play beaucoup responsibility.
The universe wouldn't be here if He didn't care, but the universe is only temporary. Once it's purpose is fulfilled, it will be destroyed by fire (sin and evil will have been judged and conquered), and be replaced by the New Creation where sin and evil will never exist or even it's potentiality.
Atheist Credo: A universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.