We have been arguing whether God exists or not. However, the truth of the matter is that God need no proof for Him to be God. God does not need our recognition in order to be God. He is independent of our knowledge. He can be God even without anything. Human beings by no way can affirm the existence of God. God is ever far beyond unfathomable than we can ever imagine of. Our knowledge is just too limited to talk of the existence of God. Our human language is so limited as to explain and convey the existence of God. Our human limitations make us impossible to fully explain who God is.
However, something special has taken place in human history. God has intervened our human history. He has graudually unfolded Himself to human beings through and through. Despite of all human limitations, they can still wonder at the greatness of God in one way or the other. They can still amaze at the mysteries of life. Therefore, they begin to ask questions like "who am I?" "where do I come from?" "what is life?" "what is death" "who created the whole universe?" and so on and so forth. Countless are the unanswered quetions in their mind. Therefore, their conclusion so far is that there must be someone behind all the existence of the universe.
Let God be God. You cannot make God be God. He is your source of existence. He knows your beginning and end. Our constant struggle to know Him will never blow off. Your denial of Him only shows that you have yet no thorough knowledge of yourself. To know yourself is to know others. To know other is to know the world. To know yourself, others and the world lead you to hunger for the knowledge of God.
I'm guessing it's just easier to say that God is a He because in reality, God has no gender. I'm fairly certain that God doesn't have a pee-pee. Sure, we're all fashioned "after God's image" but I'm guessing the whole genitalia thing was an idea that God had to make sure there'd actually be more than two people in this world. Two people get boring after awhile.... :)
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Nobody is argueing on whether he can exist, but instead, we're argueing about whether he does. Thus far, all we have is circular evidence (the bible is true because it is the bible - wait, wha?), and a bunch of people who are really hopeful.
Nobody is (or should be) attacking christians for being christians; however, no christians should be (but some are, sadly) attacking atheists. Your belief system makes the claim that god exists - you can't throw out a statement that he does, unless you can defend it with something other than 'he is because he can be', because that simply does not fly int he real world. Coffee isn't made because coffee beans can potentially be coffee; coffee is made because people like coffee. The idea of the analogy is to throw a different object into your logic; it doesn't fit, because it clearly isn't true.
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If a society is willing to give freedom for temporary security, they deserve neither.
By saying that what we do not know can be explained by god is foolish. It discourages the expansion of human knowledge. What we do not know now, we may know later.
Saying that god is beyond human expirience is very clever. You can end any argument by asking people to prove that god doesn't exist. Why should the burden to prove be placed on those who say god is false? Why shouldn't it fall to religion to explain itself. The reason is that god has been made into something that can not be proved or disproved. All a religious person needs to say is 'the existence of god can't be proven' and that ends the discussion. A person can argue all they want, but in the end there's always 'you can't prove god doesn't exist so you lose." That is a vey childish way to argue, but inevitable for religion. If the religious accept that god's existence can be proven, then they have to accept the opposite. Especially because once this is accepted, the evidence for god's existence is incredibly weak compared to the evidence against god's existance.
I know myself. And don't think this is some superficial knowledge. I can say with confidence- I know myself. I know the world and this knowledge leads me to find the TRUTH. A category which god's existence does not fit in.