RE: LISTEN, CHRISTIANS!
July 18, 2015 at 9:45 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2015 at 9:46 pm by Randy Carson.)
(July 17, 2015 at 4:03 am)Starvald Demelain Wrote:(July 14, 2015 at 8:56 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: He did. His name was Jesus.
How convincing.
Seriously though, Randy, if your Jesus was the best god could provide then he's an inept motherfucker. Has coming down and speaking for himself crossed his mind lately? I'm expecting a better answer than the whole free will shtick.
Then perhaps you don't appreciate the importance of free will.
Are you familiar with the "Fine Tuning of the Universe" argument? The idea is that the universe has been finely tuned to support life, right?
I think there is a parallel to this which I'm calling the "Fine Tuning of the Evidence".
Scripture describes God as a hidden God. This means you have to make an effort of faith to find him, and there are clues you can follow. If that weren’t so, if there was something more or less than clues, we would not be free to make a choice about Him. If we had absolute proof instead of clues, then we could no more deny God than we could deny the sun. If we had no evidence at all, you could never get to faith. God gives us just enough evidence so that those who want Him can have while those that don’t want Him are not forced to do so. Those who want to follow the clues will.
The Bible says, Seek and ye shall find.” It does not say that everybody will find Him; it doesn’t say that nobody will find him. Some will find him. Who? Those who seek. Those whose hearts are set on finding Him and who follow the clues.
The evidence that God has established has been finely tuned to allow you to find it without overwhelming your free will and coercion.
