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Why Would God Hide?

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Why Would God Hide?
Minimalist Offline Donators
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#91
RE: Why Would God Hide?
September 10, 2014 at 11:42 pm (This post was last modified: September 10, 2014 at 11:42 pm by Minimalist.)
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He was hiding after all.
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#92
RE: Why Would God Hide?
September 10, 2014 at 11:46 pm
(September 10, 2014 at 11:42 pm)Minimalist Wrote: [Image: KHA298.pvw.jpg]


He was hiding after all.


Hey that's not accurate.

God is the best player of hide and seek in the world.

No one has ever found him. Though some may have heard him whispering to them.

He's a clever bastard is God.

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"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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#93
RE: Why Would God Hide?
September 11, 2014 at 3:37 am
Sorry if this has already been said but I didn't read whole thread

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#94
RE: Why Would God Hide?
September 11, 2014 at 9:56 am
C'mon guys, god has to test your love for her by being invisible and never actually being there for you. Don't you see! faith is all the love you need. Faith = Love = God.
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RE: Why Would God Hide?
September 11, 2014 at 1:28 pm (This post was last modified: September 11, 2014 at 1:28 pm by StealthySkeptic.)
(September 11, 2014 at 9:56 am)Godslayer Wrote: C'mon guys, god has to test your love for her by being invisible and never actually being there for you. Don't you see! faith is all the love you need. Faith = Love = God.

Because love is a long distance relationship where you're never allowed to be in direct contact with him/her and if you leave they'll kill you...very slowly. After all, you just have to believe that they love you too, without evidence. Big Grin
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#96
RE: Why Would God Hide?
September 11, 2014 at 1:45 pm
Why would god hide?

If I fucked up as badly as the Bible says god did, I'd be hiding, too.
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RE: Why Would God Hide?
September 11, 2014 at 5:20 pm
(September 10, 2014 at 3:13 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote: So because the Bible says it's impossible for God to simultaneously be physically visible and allow for free will to occur, that means it is? Again, the Bible doesn't really lend any authority for me.

I don't think the Bible has a lot to say on the subject. I was freestylin' Philosophy.

Nor was I appealing to any kind of biblical authority (a rather pointless exercise on an atheist forum).

The biblical references were simply to highlight that your question “couldn't he make it so that we knew of his existence but had the ability to disobey” was to be answered with a very clear, “Yes, in fact he has”.

Finally, I'm not running with an off-the-peg, done-and-dusted free will argument here. I'm pointing a direction towards which we might look.


Perhaps an illustration might help. In 'The Vicar of Dibley', Revd Geraldine is heading upstairs for a night of unmarried passion with a hunk. She looks at a picture of Jesus, says, “I don't think this is going to be your kind of evening”, and turns it to face the wall.

I think it is important to God that Geraldine should be able to do that, even if he might want not her to. That sort of example could perhaps point us towards the reasons why he might not want to be permanently visible.
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RE: Why Would God Hide?
September 11, 2014 at 10:45 pm
(September 11, 2014 at 1:28 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote:
(September 11, 2014 at 9:56 am)Godslayer Wrote: C'mon guys, god has to test your love for her by being invisible and never actually being there for you. Don't you see! faith is all the love you need. Faith = Love = God.

Because love is a long distance relationship where you're never allowed to be in direct contact with him/her and if you leave they'll kill you...very slowly. After all, you just have to believe that they love you too, without evidence. Big Grin

Faith = Evidence = Fact = Knowledge = God

I think we're on to something here.
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RE: Why Would God Hide?
September 11, 2014 at 11:51 pm
(September 11, 2014 at 10:45 pm)Godslayer Wrote: Faith = Evidence = Fact = Knowledge = God

I think we're on to something here.

No. Faith is belief without evidence. Without evidence, you don't actually have knowledge of anything.
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RE: Why Would God Hide?
September 12, 2014 at 10:48 am
Why would God hide? Seriously? After all the shit he pulled in the OT He has to know better than show his face around here.
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