6 attributes of God:
1) God is Infinite, self-existing, without origin
2) God is Immutable, never changing
3) God is Self-sufficient, has no needs
4) God is Omnipotent, all powerful
5) God is Omniscient, all knowing
6) God is Omnipresent, everywhere
This is from a list of 15, but the first 6 sum it up.
I am none of these things and struggle to understand/conceptualize how a deity with these attributes can exist/interact with my physical world. It would seem, based on these attributes, that the deity should be able to easily convince me (especially if it created me and wanted me to have a relationship with it) of not just it's existence but also it's greatness. The fact that no one religion has anywhere close to World-Wide acceptance (Christians make up about 30% of population) seems a direct indication of his inability to live up to his billing.
I was raised Catholic - baptized, confirmed, married. I was a lector at mass. Served on various parrish committees. Was a member of the Knights of Columbus. I wanted to believe, but I could not. I could keep going through the motions, but that is just acting and not really believing. There are social rewards for conforming but there are personal rewards for living a true and honest life.
If there is a Christian God then I believe he created me to not believe in him. I am now fine with that.
Romans 9:18-21 : Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?” But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’” Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?
1) God is Infinite, self-existing, without origin
2) God is Immutable, never changing
3) God is Self-sufficient, has no needs
4) God is Omnipotent, all powerful
5) God is Omniscient, all knowing
6) God is Omnipresent, everywhere
This is from a list of 15, but the first 6 sum it up.
I am none of these things and struggle to understand/conceptualize how a deity with these attributes can exist/interact with my physical world. It would seem, based on these attributes, that the deity should be able to easily convince me (especially if it created me and wanted me to have a relationship with it) of not just it's existence but also it's greatness. The fact that no one religion has anywhere close to World-Wide acceptance (Christians make up about 30% of population) seems a direct indication of his inability to live up to his billing.
I was raised Catholic - baptized, confirmed, married. I was a lector at mass. Served on various parrish committees. Was a member of the Knights of Columbus. I wanted to believe, but I could not. I could keep going through the motions, but that is just acting and not really believing. There are social rewards for conforming but there are personal rewards for living a true and honest life.
If there is a Christian God then I believe he created me to not believe in him. I am now fine with that.
Romans 9:18-21 : Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?” But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’” Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?
