(May 31, 2013 at 3:16 pm)Baalzebutt Wrote:(May 31, 2013 at 3:04 pm)Consilius Wrote: Believing would require nothing on our part except having seen or heard about the miracle event, and God would be forcefully intimidating us into believing in him.
Really??
Showing himself to us would be forcefully intimidating us to believe but threatening us with eternal damnation while providing not a scrap of evidence of his existence is not forceful intimidation?
I think your logic screw needs a bit of tightening, my dear.
First of all, our lives are testaments to whether or not we believe God exists, and the proof that we have of God's existence and the motivation we get for the lives we lead can be seen in our daily lives, as a posted last.
Second, if God went around turning people into salt and leveled a finger at you then said, "Pray," would you be a Christian out of love or fear?