(October 24, 2017 at 6:10 am)Little Rik Wrote:(October 23, 2017 at 6:56 pm)possibletarian Wrote: We have read it though in multiple forms, a simpler way of saying it is 'You cannot believe until you believe enough to let belief in' which is nonsense, and can of course apply to any religion, dogma, fantasy, Harry Potter book or any conspiracy theory.
Normally people ask for evidence that once a leap of faith is taken then there will be clear evidence that what you have been promised is actually delivered, i mean other than believing it !
There are some similarities between physical love and spiritual love.
In both cases when you are interested in someone you got to show your interest to the other party.
The similarities however end up here because in the case of physical love the other party may not be 100% sure that your interest in him-her are genuine but in God case he can read your mind so there is no way you can fool him.
Now the question is.........how can an atheist have a genuine wish to establish a real relationship with God
considering his-her attitude toward him?
Atheists are generally intellectuals and the intellect has got big big problems.
Atheists think that by using the intellect they can understand everything but God can not be understand with the mind.
It is a love relationship therefore God can only be understood with the heart.
And here the similarities with physical love are back.
How can anyone love with the brain?
I guess you never thought about that POSS, did you?
Loving with the heart is an expression, just because you get gooey feelings all over your body when in love does not mean it's those body parts thinking. The heart does not love or hate it all happens in your head. Do you know of any love experienced outside the brain. ?
'Those who ask a lot of questions may seem stupid, but those who don't ask questions stay stupid'
