RE: Prove god exists.
March 6, 2015 at 6:38 pm
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2015 at 6:42 pm by Mudhammam.)
(March 6, 2015 at 4:47 pm)tfree Wrote: Don't you think though that it would be a bit boring of God to make Himself obvious enough that His existence could be proved with the scientific method? For there to be a question regarding His existence makes it a lot more interesting. Can you imagine if there was a scientific test for determining compatibility of partners, how terrible love stories would suddenly become? "And then we did the test, and it matched, so we married." The whole thing about a good story is that it has mystery, intrigue, highs and lows, twists and turns. For a theist, our relationship with God is the most fundamental relationship in our life, so it has got to be a good story really, hasn't it. Hence the need for there to be doubt regarding His existence, and for the often subtle, personal experiences which lead people to believe in God.Well, whether or not you're a theist who believes God selects his chosen lot for an everlasting state of sensual and intellectual bliss, based on their complete lack of cogency on earth, or on their moral character, don't you think there is some instrinsically deceitful and unjust element in your God's.... shall we say, "mind game"? If you think that God has a point to this truly cruel joke that life must be in his hands, and that he simply doesn't want to express it while demanding that I behave a certain way in circumstances he has orchestrated like a puppeteer, isn't he no better than a household managed by a tyrant?
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza