(October 17, 2009 at 3:56 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: P.S. You notice that my question above was:Quote:How does God make the issue any easier?, you then told me that "Faith" makes it easier...: But you didn't explain how it does...
Faith makes it possible. It is natural for a person to pursue survival/prosperity (and goodness to meet that end - "ebb and flow"), but that pursuit is not compatible with the pursuit of fairness for all (thus not natural). God enables the latter by ultimately ensuring the fair treatment of the faithful. Pursuit by the faithful of fairness for all is synonymous with the pursuit of unfairness of one's self for the sake of others. This would be insane/suicidal/irrational without belief in God, who will reward the believer's unfair self-treatment - the believers pursuit of fairness for all.
The desire for fairness for all is synonymous with the desire for God. I want God to exist to bring fairness to all people. I want to live as if God exists, doing according to His will (i.e. bringing fairness to all). Thus I believe God exists, and He is a fine possibility. My faith, if strong enough, should enable me to put my own survival at risk for the sake of loving others - it should enable me to overextend myself. I need to overextend myself in order to care for others as much as I desire to, thus God is necessitated by empathy.
