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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

God’s existence- Bola Attaalla #3



 When I am answering this question of god’s existence, the hardest thing for people who doubt the existence of god to understand is the assumption of having a limited god. Some of the questions I am asked are; will if there is a god, then where is he? Again, having a view of a limited god, which is not the god that I believe in. Here is how I see it; the god of the bible through the old continuing into the new testament explains in details of how this world came to be and is described as the divine creator of all. Which gets us back to the question, where is god? The only way I can answer this question is by asking this question: the creator of a computer, do you believe he is running inside the computer shifting numbers and pushing buttons? My god, the creator of all, is not limited by time, space, nor matter; because that’s what the worlds limits us to. On the other hand, he is the powerful god who is sitting outside of the world because of his power over his creation and not because he isn’t there; just like you believe the creator of the computer isn’t sitting inside the computer pushing buttons. Another question asked as a counter argument to disprove the existence of god is, why is there suffering in the world? For anyone who read the bible this is something that is explained in the book of genesis, which explains that when man disobeyed god that led to the beginning corruption in the world. Which explains two things about god, how we are not created as puppets controlled and manipulated by god, but rather having a free will which allowed man to choose to disobey god in the first place. The second thing, is that corruption is not of god’s nature, but rather of his creation through their disobedience. The god of the bible, whom I believe in, is a loving & merciful god; who created the world and everything in it and allows for suffering to take place as consequence to disobeying him, as a loving father would teach his child. As Christ say’s in Matthew chapter 25, “For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick, and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.” And replies, “‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Christ not only says to help the needy but rather that he explains that every good deed toward these needy “brothers and sisters” of his own, was directed toward him. Which shows god’s love for his creation, calling the needy whom people view as the lowest in society as his own brothers and sisters, and farther says that every good deed done to them was done to him too. In conclusion, the god that I believe in is not limited by time, space, nor matter; and is a loving and merciful god, and suffering isn’t of his nature rather that its of ours. 

2 comments:

  1. In my opinion, you took a very constructive and intentional approach to explaining your beliefs. By providing the most common questions you get asked not only with your opinion about them, but bible verses to back them up, you give the reader a clear understanding of exactly what you believe without any answers asked. I think that makes for a very good blog post.

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  2. "he is the powerful god who is sitting outside of the world" - Spinoza agreed with you, God can't be limited by time, space, matter, anything. But HE thought placing God "outside" was already a limitation, a deficiency, a lack, implying there was something that was NOT god. But pantheism does seem incompatible with free will... and yet, so does the inheritance of original sin.

    In any event, charity and brotherly/sisterly love are wonderful values which it gratifies some to credit God with engendering, while others believe they are humane values that spring from the so-called "better angels of our nature." Wherever they came from, they're (as Mr. Jefferson said) "sublime" and we should encourage them in everyone, whether they believe in a separable or univocal god, or none at all. One thing's for sure: suffering IS of our nature, and we must all do what we can to alleviate it - with or without the perceived assistance of a divine agent.

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