(November 7, 2017 at 2:47 pm)alpha male Wrote:(November 7, 2017 at 2:41 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: God could easily provide evidence for his existence, in fact god is supposed to know exactly what would convince me. God simply does not do so. Why not?
The usual christian claim is that god does not want to force me to worship him, he wants me to choose to worship him.
Unfortunately for god, that is not how it works. Suppose that god actually turned up and demonstrated that he did in fact exist. What then? Well, I would accept that he existed. Worship him? Not even remotely.
The last part renders the part on evidence of existence irrelevant. And that's actually correct - as James notes, the demons believe in the existence of God, and shudder.
No, it doesn't.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam