(November 7, 2017 at 2:41 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:(November 7, 2017 at 2:26 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: God wont force us to accept Him. Its the rejection that causes emptiness that causes suffering. I'm not sure why you would blame Him for that.
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.
I don't know why He doesn't do so in this world. He did as Jesus, but that was 2000 years ago.
When we die and go on to the next life, I assume we will see God and at that point have a last chance to choose to accept Him or reject Him.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh