m***@.not
2013-12-24 19:31:00 UTC
Aetheists like to believe there is no evidence that God exists, which of
course can't be the case or no one would even consider the concept much less
would billions of people believe it to be true. If God does exist there is
plenty of evidence of it. If God does not exist there is nothing but false
evidence, but still enough of that to convince lots of people that he does.
The atheist position encourages the question of how or what they WANT God to
be. If he does exist it's obvious that he deliberately doesn't provide proof of
his existence. If he did things would be much different than they are, so if he
wants things to be as they are he of course can't provide the proof atheists
demand. But if God does exist, what and how do atheists want him to be? Do they
want him to provide proof of his existence every time they ask for it? Do they
want him to answer every prayer everyone ever makes, and do it immediately? Do
they want him to devote his entire existence to satisfying the wants of humans?
If people knew that he exists, no doubt they would be even more demanding and
wanting of his favors than they are already, so demanding atheists must want God
to devote his entire existence to satisfying humans. They also often seem to
feel that he should eliminate all "evil". That would mean he would have to
devote even more of his already greatly consumed time eliminating all disease,
preventing anyone from doing anything "evil" to anyone or anything else, and of
course he would have to eliminate all predatory animals. Since humans have
learned that when predators are removed from an area their prey populations
often grow too large for the area to support, it seems God would have to
eliminate the prey animals as well. Maybe he would have to eliminate all life on
Earth in order to eliminate all "evil".
In support of Christ this Christmas Eve I'd like to point out that if God
exists and did as we're told through Jesus, he entered the world as humans do
but from birth by a virgin. Not having been cast down from Heaven, or coming out
of the sea or out of the Earth itself as Satan and his crew.
John 10:1 Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep
pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Also as Jesus he experienced the things humans go through living life as a boy
and then a man, and endured horrible suffering that none of us would ever want
to go through. He did things that caused changes in humanity and which led to
suffering, but also to relief and hope and pleasant lives for billions of people
in the future. In that one short lifetime on Earth he did more to influence the
lives of humanity than probably any other being that has ever lived. Of course
I'm sure atheists think he should have done all that differently too. So
how/what do atheists WANT Jesus to have been, also?
course can't be the case or no one would even consider the concept much less
would billions of people believe it to be true. If God does exist there is
plenty of evidence of it. If God does not exist there is nothing but false
evidence, but still enough of that to convince lots of people that he does.
The atheist position encourages the question of how or what they WANT God to
be. If he does exist it's obvious that he deliberately doesn't provide proof of
his existence. If he did things would be much different than they are, so if he
wants things to be as they are he of course can't provide the proof atheists
demand. But if God does exist, what and how do atheists want him to be? Do they
want him to provide proof of his existence every time they ask for it? Do they
want him to answer every prayer everyone ever makes, and do it immediately? Do
they want him to devote his entire existence to satisfying the wants of humans?
If people knew that he exists, no doubt they would be even more demanding and
wanting of his favors than they are already, so demanding atheists must want God
to devote his entire existence to satisfying humans. They also often seem to
feel that he should eliminate all "evil". That would mean he would have to
devote even more of his already greatly consumed time eliminating all disease,
preventing anyone from doing anything "evil" to anyone or anything else, and of
course he would have to eliminate all predatory animals. Since humans have
learned that when predators are removed from an area their prey populations
often grow too large for the area to support, it seems God would have to
eliminate the prey animals as well. Maybe he would have to eliminate all life on
Earth in order to eliminate all "evil".
In support of Christ this Christmas Eve I'd like to point out that if God
exists and did as we're told through Jesus, he entered the world as humans do
but from birth by a virgin. Not having been cast down from Heaven, or coming out
of the sea or out of the Earth itself as Satan and his crew.
John 10:1 Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep
pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Also as Jesus he experienced the things humans go through living life as a boy
and then a man, and endured horrible suffering that none of us would ever want
to go through. He did things that caused changes in humanity and which led to
suffering, but also to relief and hope and pleasant lives for billions of people
in the future. In that one short lifetime on Earth he did more to influence the
lives of humanity than probably any other being that has ever lived. Of course
I'm sure atheists think he should have done all that differently too. So
how/what do atheists WANT Jesus to have been, also?