Agreed; because we have faith and trust; that God the creator of all that is seen and unseen; exists fully and totally.
Can you have that same power of conviction without proof; that the universe came to be purely by natural causes?
Agreed; because we have faith and trust; that God the creator of all that is seen and unseen; exists fully and totally.
That's a question for a comparitive psychologist, not a philosopher.
That is why people believe in the truth of good novels and good fine art. These express aspects of the human condition and human environments which we recognise from experience are true. It's legitimate for a social anthropologist to refer to a novel that expresses the conditions of real lives.People believe in all sorts of things that are impossible to prove or that they have not proved (exist/happened).
I am troubled by religion. But I have no problem with God the creator of all that is seen and unseen. We are all created by the same God; and the same God hears all our prayers despite our differences. You will never look into the eyes of anyone who does not matter to God.
I too have no trouble with the idea of God. The problem is the idea of God is so attractive we may be kidding ourselves.EricPH wrote: ↑January 19th, 2022, 8:54 pmI am troubled by religion. But I have no problem with God the creator of all that is seen and unseen. We are all created by the same God; and the same God hears all our prayers despite our differences. You will never look into the eyes of anyone who does not matter to God.
Humans are poor imitators of God; so we rarely reflect the God we worship. In my opinion religions do not reflect who God is; we are all lacking.
I disagree. Much that is created is ugly, painful, criminal, destructive, greedy, and brutal. The God worth searching for is the good, the true and the beautiful.
A very popular opinion.
That was Pascal's logic. For believers, they either went to heaven or no longer existing. For non-believers, the choices were hell or no longer existing.
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