Does God want us to acknowledge his existence?

[Mutcer]

Try an experiment. Gather up 1,000 rocks and put them on a platform or in some kind of bucket. Ask God for him to reveal himself to you by making one of the rocks defy the laws of gravity by going up when you let go of it. You will find that every single one of the rocks will drop to the ground when you let go of it. This result is no different than what would happen if God were imaginary.

If God is all-powerful (as Christians say) and wants us to acknowledge his existence (as Christians say), then wouldn’t it be in his best interests to make one of the rocks defy the laws of gravity and go up instead of dropping to the ground when you let go of it? Why would it be in God’s best interests to make the physical world appear no different than if God were imaginary?

[Blurry]

For God to just show himself to us on a daily basis would defeat the purpose of faith. Instant gratification teaches us nothing.

[Mutcer]

@BlurredSavant

For God to just show himself to us on a daily basis would defeat the purpose of faith. Instant gratification teaches us nothing.

Does God want us to acknowledge his existence? Or is he just testing us?

I find it peculiar that God’s failure to reveal himself causes precisely the same result if God were completely imaginary. Is that what God wants?

[No-body]

The proof of existence seems as though it would heavily tamper with most concepts of freewill. You can’t choose to believe that there is a color yellow if the color yellow is staring you in the face.

It’s hard to imagine that any kind of perfect god would feel the need to prove anything to anyone, especially a lowly creation.

Even if god were real and did prove it, it wouldn’t solve any of the problems that are so deeply rooted in religion. Everyone would still say that their religion was right while everyone else’s was wrong, only now they would all have “proof” to go along with it. It’d be a bloodly mess, quite literally.

It seems to me that if god proved to be real it would really only make everything worse for everyone.

[Blurry]

@Mutcer

@BlurredSavant

For God to just show himself to us on a daily basis would defeat the purpose of faith. Instant gratification teaches us nothing.

Does God want us to acknowledge his existence? Or is he just testing us?

I find it peculiar that God’s failure to reveal himself causes precisely the same result if God were completely imaginary. Is that what God wants?

To people of faith, god does prove his/her/it’s existance. I believe in god. I may not call myself a christian, exactly, but I definitely believe in god, and god has proven to me that he/she/it does exist. I feel no need to explain those things to justify this statement, because I’m not trying to convince you, I’m only explaining to you that if you open your mind to god, you will have all the proof you need. If you can’t do that, nothing anyone ever says will convince you.

[Jayson]

@Mutcer

If God is all-powerful (as Christians say) and wants us to acknowledge his existence (as Christians say), then wouldn’t it be in his best interests to make one of the rocks defy the laws of gravity and go up instead of dropping to the ground when you let go of it? Why would it be in God’s best interests to make the physical world appear no different than if God were imaginary?

Wouldn’t it be in God’s best interest in a linear circuit?
Yes.

Wouldn’t it be in our best interest?
Maybe not.

Would it then be in God’s best interest if it is possibly not in our best interest (an open circuit; or two-way circuit)?
Probably not.

[Mutcer]

@BlurredSavant

@Mutcer

@BlurredSavant

For God to just show himself to us on a daily basis would defeat the purpose of faith. Instant gratification teaches us nothing.

Does God want us to acknowledge his existence? Or is he just testing us?

I find it peculiar that God’s failure to reveal himself causes precisely the same result if God were completely imaginary. Is that what God wants?

To people of faith, god does prove his/her/it’s existance. I believe in god. I may not call myself a christian, exactly, but I definitely believe in god, and god has proven to me that he/she/it does exist.

What, exactly, did God do to prove to you that he/she/it does exist?

I feel no need to explain those things to justify this statement, because I’m not trying to convince you, I’m only explaining to you that if you open your mind to god, you will have all the proof you need. If you can’t do that, nothing anyone ever says will convince you.

When you say “open your mind to God”, what do you mean by “God”? In other words, translate “open your mind to God” into something the secular world would understand.