(April 25, 2016 at 12:50 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Does "God" have any effect, however miniscule, on the Universe whatsoever (answering prayers or petitions, manipulating causality to cause miracles etc)?
If "yes", then that effect ought to be at least detectable, if not measurable. Otherwise how can you possibly even suspect it happens at all?
If "no", then this god can safely be ignored as irrelevant to the Universe altogether.
That is so true, It does not matter if something is "unseen" or "seen."
It only matters that, for us to accept its existence, there must be evidence of that existence.
Evidence includes all the effects the unseen thing has on the material world.
If there is nothing 'observable' about God, then it's the same as non-existence.