Replies to post #3939 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Jar]

Sarai,SoxFan,et al

Sarai writes: > Personally, I don't know how someone could not believe in God

I agree with Sarai. I also agree with the Founding Fathers who held that the truth of a Creator was "self-evident".

A typical refutation of this was SoxFan's argument that physical/material "laws" shows no need for a Creator. This was my assertion yesterday - that such "laws" are no impediment to the existence of the Creator. Indeed, to deny the Creator you have to twist reality into absurdity. I suppose one man's reality is another's absurdity and we will have to leave it at that.

But you have to ask yourself if you will be able to stand before your Creator with a straight face and say "you didn't give me enough evidence to find you". Surely He has given plenty of evidence which we ignore at our peril.

[Jar]

>Personally, I don't know how someone could not believe in God, but that's me....And I have no idea if what I believe about God is right or wrong, but I believe we all have moral obligation to do our best for ourselves, and others..... We are all free to believe as we see fit....
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Sarai, since you believe in God, do you agree that the most important thing anyone can do is to discover the purpose for which God made you, and to make sure you fulfill this purpose?

If God is there and He is good, His plan and purpose for you (or me) should not be a hopelessly hidden mystery. (footnote: Much about God remains a mystery, but His primary method of relating with us should be fairly obvious).

Do you have any substantial disagreement with what I'm saying here? Thanks.