Thread: Is it possible for us as men to have a discussion on God

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

If he created the world and made something come from nothing just by his power, then we are dealing with something much greater than our own ideas and concepts. That is why I think there must be proof if he is real, and not just for special people, but for anyone who will accept it. I didn't need to be open to God to experience his creation. He was here before I was, but like you are indicating I think, to actually experience him one does have to be open to the possibility that it is indeed him!

But surely you see the predicament here?!?!

The people who want to understand our existence the most are the scientists who spend countles years of their lives devoted to answering the questions that are conveniently provided by God to those who will accept it.

But to entertain the notion of God is to allow for sundry other beings and entities that are utterly silly, there's no argument that's been made for God that hasn't been made for invisible pink Unicorns, or Paradoxasaurs. Such thinking is precisely counter to the processes that have led us to where we are today. If Ben Franklin had been satisfied that lightning was God's wrath we wouldn't have the technologies that we do. If Galileo had been satisfied that the Universe revolved around us, we would never have put two men on the moon. If Watson and Crick had been satisfied with the creation stories, we would never know that DNA exists nor how interconnected life really is.

No, these men are constituents of a long line of doubters, who stood on the shoulders of the secularists and intellectual giants before them and thrust the world into the future, despite the option of just accepting God's will.