(August 29, 2018 at 10:54 am)SteveII Wrote:Quote:I don’t see a moral problem with your proposed scenario. Why shouldn’t everyone get into heaven? Why wouldn’t god bring himself, as the eternal creator, before each and every person on the planet right now, so that we all get the irrefutable message? This hypothetical seems to contradict the usual Christian talking point that god reveals himself to us in this life clearly and satisfactorily. So, god’s message to us in life is clear enough, but it’s just not as clear as if I was standing at his front door? Why the test? What’s the reason?
Your objection is that God is not evident enough. But do the facts really support that? If that were the case, then there would be less people believing in God every year--not more. So the real problem is that God is not evident to you in a way you are satisfied with. What is the reason you do not believe the billions of people who believe in God?
First off, even if God were not evident enough, that would not necessarily imply that belief should decrease rather than stay the same. As has been pointed out to you in the past, belief is increasing in absolute numbers, but not in terms of total share of the population, that number is relatively steady. That fact is likely explained by the overall growth of population in general, and so says nothing about the evidence for God. Either way, I don't see why you feel that the total number of believers should be less, and your entire argument seems founded upon an intentionally naive view of the nature of belief.
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