There is the following factors that make me want to believe: in God which makes me aware I am subject to "wishful thinking"
1) Want of all life to be in peace and live on forever.
2) Feel delight at the thought of the ultimate being existing.
3) A divine purpose of me being here.
4) A purpose behind all the pain and suffering.
5) Want of Spirituality.
None of this of course is a rational reason to believe in God. This I'm aware of.
Some reasons that emotional draw me against belief in God but are not convincing to me:
1) The problem of evil.
2) The fact not everyone believes in God
Now the bottom line is, when I question myself, do I know God exists, the answer seems to me always to be yes.
What bothers me, is why everyone whom asks themselves this question, doesn't come to the same answer as me?
To say that some humans don't have a way to know God exists, just seems problematic. People in the hypothesis thread stated why don't I just ask Atheists. Well, ff they have no way of knowing, why should I believe myself and other human beings have a way of knowing?
I don't know. Perhaps, this all part of the greater design of the Creator.
How do we act with each other. Atheists and Theists?
Perhaps God doesn't want to be universally known, but part of his design, is to be known by many people, while many people would not know him.
Perhaps part of the design is how we would interact with another.
Would we still respect each other? Or would we go against each other, simply because we have different beliefs?
Perhaps many Atheists don't have a way of knowing God.
Sadly, it seems many Theists think Atheists are worthy of hell, to be tortured for eternity. And shamefully, I was one such Theist in the past.
Perhaps both lives have their own dignified honorable way. How to live life without knowing God exists, and how to live life with knowing God exists, and both of them are worthy of respect if lived honorably.
1) Want of all life to be in peace and live on forever.
2) Feel delight at the thought of the ultimate being existing.
3) A divine purpose of me being here.
4) A purpose behind all the pain and suffering.
5) Want of Spirituality.
None of this of course is a rational reason to believe in God. This I'm aware of.
Some reasons that emotional draw me against belief in God but are not convincing to me:
1) The problem of evil.
2) The fact not everyone believes in God
Now the bottom line is, when I question myself, do I know God exists, the answer seems to me always to be yes.
What bothers me, is why everyone whom asks themselves this question, doesn't come to the same answer as me?
To say that some humans don't have a way to know God exists, just seems problematic. People in the hypothesis thread stated why don't I just ask Atheists. Well, ff they have no way of knowing, why should I believe myself and other human beings have a way of knowing?
I don't know. Perhaps, this all part of the greater design of the Creator.
How do we act with each other. Atheists and Theists?
Perhaps God doesn't want to be universally known, but part of his design, is to be known by many people, while many people would not know him.
Perhaps part of the design is how we would interact with another.
Would we still respect each other? Or would we go against each other, simply because we have different beliefs?
Perhaps many Atheists don't have a way of knowing God.
Sadly, it seems many Theists think Atheists are worthy of hell, to be tortured for eternity. And shamefully, I was one such Theist in the past.
Perhaps both lives have their own dignified honorable way. How to live life without knowing God exists, and how to live life with knowing God exists, and both of them are worthy of respect if lived honorably.
