PolyHedral
Superabacus Mystic
Because He is benevolent?
(Isn't that the standard answer?)
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If God exists why is he hiding?
- Thread starter St Giordano Bruno
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(Isn't that the standard answer?)
outhouse
Atheistically
Ive come to the conclusion he is just invisible and illiterate.
he only speaks to those who will listen through the proccess of imagination
Plus 1 for this proposition.
I see God as interchangeable with Life and Love. Neither of these are seen with the body's eyes. The effects may be, but Life seems hidden inside of us and inside of physical organisms. To another person, those organisms may be seen 'as life' and not just containing life.
Some say God is as close as (under) your nose, and IMO, that is further away than I would put it. I, often, say go within. God is in you. And yes, God is around you. But if pretending like you are 'not God' and/or God is not in you, and then going 'around' looking for God, I can understand how one might say, God is now here to be found. (er...nowhere to be found)
The first shift in understanding that must occur, is you gotta kinda sorta realize that the body's eyes are not going to 'see' God. Just like the body's eyes cannot see math, nor reason, nor Life, nor Love. If you have the intellectual honesty to make that shift (or really allow for it), then I say it will be impossible to understand God as hiding. Seriously, knock and the door is open. It is that simple.
El_Majusi
Member
It is not hiding itself; there are evidences of Its being everywhere around us, and above all in ourselves. Look not in outer space; look in your small world. God is not too high for you, nor are you too low for to reach It. It is your friend, though you may not be aware of it yet. And unto It the most important is not that you believe in It or not, but whether you act good regarding good and evil or not.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
It's been in vogue since victorian times... but it's also an uncommon view amongst religions.Because He is benevolent?
Most of the time god is capricious or neutral at best.
wa:do
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Oh, we hide from God all the time. Just read the various posts written by various atheists who don't dare to admit that there might be a God. Just look around at all the people who self-medicate and dissipate violently. Just look at all of those who wrap themselves up in a false (but very visible) piousity. Just look at the greed, and the avarice, and the envy, and the hate, and the fear. All of these are human attempts to hide from God.
Those same things seem determined to swallow up our own existence in favor of perpetuating their own falsity.
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
We are the ones who are hiding.
Oneatatime
Huh?
I think he's hiding for the same reason that many thing which only exist in the imagination can be said to be hiding.
*Gasp*
He's not real!
It's really a pointless question because none of the answers given by those who believe in God can be proven or disproven. All it demonstrates is the diversity of rationalisations that people can put forward for their belief in a seemingly shy God.
Blackheart
Active Member
God is not hiding. He is everywhere. Its just that some refuse to see him. They want him to become a man with two arms and legs and say that he should because we are in his image and that this would prove that he exists. Do the same doubters believe that Jesus was the son of God? I think not. God can be seen by anyone that wants to see him. Just dont try telling him that he has to become human and wear a name tag before u will believe because we both know that the doubters wouldnt believe that either.
McBell
Unbound
Just like the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Lochness Monster, Santa Clause, Unicorns, Leprechauns, Gremlins...
Thief
Rogue Theologian
He's not hiding.
He's waiting for that shell you walk around in to fail.
Your linear existence will produce a unique individual.
He's just waiting to see what stands up from the dust.
As for 'punishing' nonbelievers.....nay.
Nonbelievers simply fail.
They bring it onto themselves.
St Giordano Bruno
Well-Known Member
Or even like Russell's celestial teapot threatening to pour boiling hot tea over all the disbelievers in the afterlife.
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...and dark matter, black holes, origin of life on earth, reason, yesterday, tomorrow....
Koldo
Outstanding Member
I don't see how doing all those things can ever be an attempt to hide from God.
If any, it is an attempt to invoke God's attention.
outhouse
Atheistically
that implys he is seen by allot of people
we know tha is false.
LOL ya I have real trouble believing that
well if there was a god as written, he has forgotten all of you. Not one miracle or magic trick has ever been seen by anyone recently. Ever wonder why??
have you ever thought ancient hebrews created their god how they saw fit to meet the needs of a new culture that had no base religion,??? and then later that same god magically transformed into a 3 in 1 god to meet a new cultures needs ????
Koldo
Outstanding Member
Jesus4m3
Stop Being Ignorant!
Why do people act like God owes them anything when in reality he doesn't need to do anything for anyone. He created you and that alone should be enough to prove that God does exist. Why would a coincidence create non-coincidence. That doesn't even make any sense at all. Thats what the majority of people believe. And its sad very sad.
Cordoba
Well-Known Member
The sequence is to read God's Message, then research/study/think, and if convinced move to the faith stage
Can we move beyond faith? I think we can, but I would be interested in if you do and how, please?