Lon
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I disagree. Romans 1:19-20 You may be arguing that science cannot see God from the 5 senses and I'll acquiesce a little, but certainly science IS the study of His handiwork, therefore screams "God was/is here!"Science can’t test for God Lon. There’s nothing to test.
If you mean like faith Hebrews 11:1 but Psalm 19:1-4 and Psalm 145:5 If you will, the physical is the the springboard to knowing God exists. You may be saying that the end result is metaphysical by faith. If so, I agree and more importantly, believe scripture concurs. It is certain that the Lord Jesus Christ became a man and it is certain we dwell in a physical universe, but we equally know, specifically because of God's interaction 'in' our physical universe, that He exists. Again, I believe a better grasp of the metaphysical is 'with and beyond' rather than 'apart.' This is the whole point of discussing the topic with people who have trouble grasping metaphysical reality. It IS a reality. Trying to show it to them, is hard if the likes of Hawking believe in some odd way that 'philosophy' (metaphysics) is dead. Einstein would never have said such a thing (maybe when he was younger).There’s no physical, testable evidence of God existing.
Just so we are on the same page: I cannot prove dinosaurs lived. I can show reasonably that we have tissue that just doesn't seem likely can be 'faked.' It is, however reasonable for us to say science can evidence the existence of dinosaurs. Science isn't really in the business of 'proving' but rather 'showing reliable' so we can travel down a working pattern. The best we know right now is chemotherapy and radiation. It isn't 'proof' of anything against cancer. It is just the best working patterns and thoughts we have to combat it. Much of science works this way and so I can concur that science is incapable of proving the existence of God. It isn't capable of 'proving' anything. It works on reliable information collectively and we take things as tentative and 'more tentative' truths. God's truths and reality supersedes scientific observation. I'm not sure if I'm on the same page as you are trying to convey or not.There’s evidence of people believing God exists, and there’s evidence that religion exists. Gods existence is not provable or disprovable by science.
I can, depending on what you mean by 'proof.'I never said I didn’t think God exists, in fact, I’ve said the opposite dozens of times in this thread. I said God can’t be proven to exist. If you think you can prove God exists, do it.
Lon, just two posts above you spoke of revelation as a form of truth. The fact that you think only your brand of religion brings forth revelation and truth shows that you are just fooling yourself and you don’t even know it.
:nono: As I've also repeatedly said in thread, it is not 'my' brand. In a nutshell, we are 'embracers' of truth, not actuators or quantifiers of it. We simply 'understand' or grasp it.
As such, you may appreciate this:
1) "God" refers in a very basic sense to 'whatever/whoever made me."
2) I did not create myself.
3) I am indeed, the product of something that did in fact make me.
.: (therefore) I have a creator/Creator.
This is simply an aspect of 'God' but it is inescapable logic and thus, in one's capacity to do mathematics/logic, it proves aspects of God and when those proven existences are put together, God is the whole of the Being (and more) we have shown to exist. :e4e:
We are not 'actuators' of truth. We simply discover it. We aren't consistent enough, and so, in a way, I agree with you 'my' religion is subjective. Rather It isn't so much 'if' I have a hold of God (religion) but 'if in fact, He has a hold of me. Matthew 7:22,23There are many different religions in the world and they are practiced for a reason. Religious practitioners practice it because they believe in it. The fact you think your religion is the only one that is right, is an attribute of your religion. It’s no proof that you are right. I know from experience you are incorrect.
So, like said, before....we disagree and have different beliefs.
As far as other religions? 1 Timothy 3:16 John 1:14 Is there ANY religion that proposes that God Himself came as a man and gave it? Every religion is 'man trying to reach God' or it is just philosophy like Buddhism (with some hero worship of him). Buddhism, then, isn't so much a religion, but a philosophy. Even the Greek, Roman, and Norse gods and our information were 'about' them, never instruction worship delivered 'by' them to you and I. I'm VERY interested in any story/declaration of instruction coming directly from God, to man (Judaism/Christianity). Prophets come and go (thus cults), but God-in-the-Flesh is a claim that necessarily MUST be investigated by anyone suggesting they are spiritually seeking.