Blasphemous?
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- gramme0
what a non-answer! So The Great Dictator can't or won't provide actual evidence for it's own existance? And therefore i should try and invent it for myself like you have? Remember, i'm not asking for revelation, for me to believe in somthing it needs to be verifyable outside of my own experience. I've dangled my feet off the edge of the world enough times to know what kind of madness a mind can produce on it's own.
So i can criticize people who i disagree with can i? Thanks Ponyboy i don't remember asking for permission but it's nice to know...
Brookoioioi
(Oct 25 07, 07:21)Geez...for someone so verbose you seem to be having trouble staying on track with me. Try to focus.
God can, does and did prove his existence: there is his inspired word, which has yet to be disproven in any way by any human being. There is the evidence of intelligent design in the warp and whoof of nature.
For the last time, I HAVE NOT INVENTED GOD. HE has REVEALED himself TO me and others. Neither I nor anyone has or is capable of fabricating a God whose very nature (true love, sacrifical grace, etc.) runs so counter to the fabric of humanity. Gods that have been invented by humans have human traits through and through. They are to a man (or woman, cat or turtle) imperfect and limited in their powers. They can be corrupted.
God is as we would be if we were perfect and infinitely powerful. We are not capable of inventing such a thing. The singular character of the God of the Bible is evidence of this – no other God is remotely similar once one digs into the available literature and knowledge.
And I agree with you, it must be verifiable outside of my own experience. I'm not exactly the only person who has experience the hand of God. There are countless others. They have seen his miracles and witnessed his power first-hand.
I know a man in Mexico who attempted to feed a hungry crowd of poor people on Christmas Eve in Mexico city. He had a small number of roasted chickens to hand out. At first there was only a small group, and plenty to go around. They had about 20 chickens, one for each family.
Soon, however, word got out and the poor came in by droves. Eventually there were several hundred people. The man and his friends prayed that God would provide, right there on the spot.
They never reached the end of the supposed 20 chickens. No one was able to leave and search for more. They simply kept reaching into their van for roast chickens, and the stock was not depleting.
Several hundred families were fed that Christmas Eve.
When the crowd dispersed, the man and his friends looked in their van and saw that it was still full of way more than 20 chickens. They proceeded to drive around the poor neighborhoods of Mexico City until 2 AM, handing out roasted chicken.
Finally, they came home exhausted, not because they ran out of chicken but because they were dead on their feet. They had a number of chickens left and put them in the freezer.
The following morning the man woke up, refusing to believe what had happened the night before. He walked into his kitchen, opened the freezer and there was still a pile of chicken.
I heard this story first hand from a man who is sane by all accounts, a well-known philanthropist, and one of the most well-spoken and kind people I know.
There's one sliver of evidence for you that is outside of any one person's experience. There were many witnesses to that Christmas miracle. Believe it if you will.