(April 30, 2014 at 4:24 am)Confused Ape Wrote: I once had a dream about Apollo. He had an awesome presence in the dream and I knew he was a god. I decided to look into this.
1: There are a lot of old temples that were dedicated to him. Why would people worship him if he doesn't exist?
2: There are three surviving hymns to him, one by Homer and the other two known as the Delphic hymns. Why would anyone write hymns to him if he doesn't exist?
3: There are stories about him. Why would there be stories about a god who doesn't exist?
4: A quick look round the internet shows that some people still worship him and pray to him. Why would 21st century people worship a god who doesn't exist?
I don't believe in the God of the Bible because he's never appeared to me in a dream. If he ever does I'll have to accept that he exists as well. After all, there are cathedrals/churches dedicated to his worship, people sing hymns to him and pray to him and there are a lot of stories about him.
Your conclusions that Apollo exist did not come from your dream, the dream is what moved you to search. By the same idea most people search for God because of the Bible instead of a dream, they find their evidence and believe.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
