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1 | How can you prove God exists? | Rom 1:20 | BigJohnUkraine | 175603 | ||
What often happens in debates of this type, whether formal or informal, is that the atheist attempts to place the entire burden of proof on the Christian, and the Christian usually accepts these terms without question. Now, certainly, the mass of evidence is on our side, but it can be very effective to shift the burden of proof from time to time. "So, you are absolutely convinced that there is no God? That's interesting to me. Could I ask you what evidence you found that was so irrefutable that it convinced you there is no God?" This question assumes that their denial of God was not simply due to emotional reasons or an attempt to excuse themselves from guilt, while that is often the case. I have found very few people that can answer such a question. One person said, "Common Sense" and "Logic". Well, then, the sense does not appear to be common, since I and many others do not share that. Furthermore, what is that logic? Some pay attempt to say that there is no way to prove that something doesn't exist, but that just means that their position is indefensible by their own admission. If that is the case, then they should be sifting through the positive evidence for the existence of God and weighing the strength of that. A good question for this is, "How much time do you spend investigating this?" The answer is probably "not at all", which then infers that they are atheist because they want to be, not because there is any convincing evidence. |
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2 | How can you prove God exists? | Rom 1:20 | lionheart | 175625 | ||
BigJohn, Greetings,excellent posting. Hebrews 12:1, We have all the evidence we need. Romans 1:20 states this truth quite well also. In reality the proof doesnt rest on us,it's always been there.There is a brother in my fellowship whom I'm blessed to have a close friendship with,him and I have had this discussion at great length on a number of occasions. Him being a former athiest himself.The last line of your posting sums it up pretty well. One question we both keep comming back to is this,Is there really a true athiest? Now I say this from a secular perspective,the fact that someone may disbelieve something offers the evidence of possible doubt in the persons mind. Agnostic yes by all means. When someone tells me to prove God's existence knowing that they will not at the moment give creedence to the bible I will oft times look em straight in the eye tell em I'm looking at living breathing proof right in front of me.Romans 1:20 fits perfectly here. When one is living in absolute unbelief this is what we will encounter when we are sharing with those who identify themselves as athiests. 2 Timothy 3:16,17 2 Peter 1:20,21 we have the truth and the evidence and it is the truth even if one chooses to reject it. We preach it and teach it,God will work in the hearts and minds of those we reach out to. In Christ, lionheart |
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