RE: Search for Causes
January 2, 2020 at 6:01 am
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2020 at 6:10 am by possibletarian.)
(January 1, 2020 at 11:55 pm)Lek Wrote: You guys ask if God exists why does he not openly reveal himself to us. I answer that he reveals himself directly to us as well as through the accounts of countless intelligent humans throughout human history to whom he has shown himself.
Unfortunately though he's very inconsistent with that showing, The religious cannot show us the difference between a god and no god leading us to believe that it's just made up. And those 'countless intelligent humans' believe in different gods and none.
Quote:You respond that is BS because science, which has no tool or method to determine this, cannot confirm the things to which I refer. Therefore, it is stupid to believe in God or any existence beyond what science has the capacity to discover or measure.
No it's not 'because science' perhaps tell us a method we could use that isn't identical to it being a belief or all in the head ?
Quote:Well, I respect science and view it as an extremely valuable tool for discovering truth and is valuable for improving the human condition. But there's no way I'm going to abandon my belief in God and the supernatural because of knowledge, or lack of such, obtained from a method that is not even equipped to make such a judgment.
That's because 'god' is literally made of nothing, and we cannot distinguish him from nothing, no matter how many sincerely believe.
There are many gods people no longer believe in, and yours is going the same way in educated nations.
Quote:I can't take it seriously when you tell me that God cannot communicate himself to countless others and myself when you have no way of knowing that. I prefer to use the method that is best equipped to determine the situation.
What method is that, and why do you think it's reliable, not only to us but more importantly to yourself ?
When you ask people to believe you have to show us a method to belief that is just not 'believing' which of course can lead you to any god, religion, flat earth, alien abductions, conspiracy theory or literally anything, This being a god who presumably wants us to know him yet provides exactly the same method used to believe literally any non existent god or crackpot idea!
'Those who ask a lot of questions may seem stupid, but those who don't ask questions stay stupid'