(January 12, 2017 at 2:59 pm)Yadayadayada Wrote: What could possibly persuade you to suddenly believe that God does exist?
Okay, I'll bite... NOTHING!
Well, unless you count knowing that God exists as a form of belief.
How would I know that such a being exists?
You need to define it... for now, let's assume it's simply an extra-universal non-corporeal entity with the capability to generate matter in whatever density and configuration it so desires, and is so advanced that it can generate said matter in such a way that its future behavior is completely predetermined. Let's assume also that this entity set things up so as to generate human beings who were then capable of intelligent thought... maybe even similar beings in other worlds all throughout the Universe.
Somehow, humans came up with the concept of that god and some believe it describes an actual real entity. And, according to your christian detailing of the deity, this deity is compassionate towards these humans. Seems to want only good things for them, but, looking at how things actually are, he's not doing much about it... anyway, what would take me to accept that such an entity actually exists?
I suppose that the first humans who came up with the concept of god would have gotten it from the source, somehow... so I'd expect said god to extend the courtesy to everyone else on this planet.
Considering that it can manipulate matter at will, I'm sure it would be able to conjure up some physical manifestation of itself, one for each of us humans... multiple times through our lifetimes, so we could have a chat with such an awesome and caring being.
Has such a thing ever happened in recorded history? NO!
Does it happen nowadays? NO!
Is it expected to happen anytime in the future? NO!
If there is a creator god, it is indistinguishable from a non-existing one, as far as we can tell, nowadays.
If that creator god is a compassionate one towards mankind, then it is failing at employing its abilities to help humans achieve the best possible world for themselves.... remaining indistinguishable from a non-existing one.
Given all this, we are faced with the seeming non-existence of the god you wish to evidence... or a god with similar characteristics.
