What came first in our minds God or doubt?
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What came first in our minds God or doubt?
Expand your mind and see the light – or – Open your eyes and see the light switch?
Does the initial belief in God spark the quest to affirm one's faith – or – Does the quest to prove Gods existence result in the positive form of spiritual faith? It is hard to take the science out of the quest to understand the true concept of God and His presence. No harder than it is to separate both journeys of faith and science. Personally I don't think there is a purposeful barrier between the two concepts.
If God does truly exist and thus created all things including the sciences that seek to validate Him…then He will be validated should He choose to be. However if there truly is no supreme God then science would inevitable uncover such a finding. If science successfully proves that there is no God, but God does in fact exist then my faith leads me to believe that He wouldn't stand for such blasphemy.
One thing that I have come to believe after my 29 years of life is that the discussion will never end until God is revealed to all. If it is emphatically proven that God does not exist there will still be some people who will choose not to believe the findings. Because faith is such a powerful substance that runs so deep to the core of a believer, it cannot be destroyed by the science of man any easier than their soul can be. Science will never prove to the believer that God does not exist, but the appearance and exercised power of a being such as the Lord would shatter the most solid embodiment of disbelief.
**If Bob comes to Earth and shows the people how he used his man made machine to create the lands and seas we call home; and can reproduce similar things given the same circumstances then it is the science of technology that is divine. Such an display of capabilities cannot be questioned by the way our species currently see things. Likewise if the Lord appeared and decided to show the world that he was almighty through miraculous displays of power then too no one could question the divine.
What seems to direct us in our choice of beliefs are emotional, personal, and often accidental. Much as some people are driven by their choices in love and passion others are driven by the same instinctual force to believe one thing over another (Buddhism over Nature-Worship/Judaism over Confucianism).
Only as we grow as responsible individuals, taking the time to understand our own thoughts and personalities can we then answer the question why we think/believe in what we do
***Food for thought***
How do you justify your answer to the question "Does God exist" when talking to a person of faith verses a person who doesn't believe?
Posted in unison at both http://lightfoot-input.blogspot.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/tylightfoot
What came first in our minds God or doubt?
Expand your mind and see the light – or – Open your eyes and see the light switch?
Does the initial belief in God spark the quest to affirm one's faith – or – Does the quest to prove Gods existence result in the positive form of spiritual faith? It is hard to take the science out of the quest to understand the true concept of God and His presence. No harder than it is to separate both journeys of faith and science. Personally I don't think there is a purposeful barrier between the two concepts.
If God does truly exist and thus created all things including the sciences that seek to validate Him…then He will be validated should He choose to be. However if there truly is no supreme God then science would inevitable uncover such a finding. If science successfully proves that there is no God, but God does in fact exist then my faith leads me to believe that He wouldn't stand for such blasphemy.
One thing that I have come to believe after my 29 years of life is that the discussion will never end until God is revealed to all. If it is emphatically proven that God does not exist there will still be some people who will choose not to believe the findings. Because faith is such a powerful substance that runs so deep to the core of a believer, it cannot be destroyed by the science of man any easier than their soul can be. Science will never prove to the believer that God does not exist, but the appearance and exercised power of a being such as the Lord would shatter the most solid embodiment of disbelief.
**If Bob comes to Earth and shows the people how he used his man made machine to create the lands and seas we call home; and can reproduce similar things given the same circumstances then it is the science of technology that is divine. Such an display of capabilities cannot be questioned by the way our species currently see things. Likewise if the Lord appeared and decided to show the world that he was almighty through miraculous displays of power then too no one could question the divine.
What seems to direct us in our choice of beliefs are emotional, personal, and often accidental. Much as some people are driven by their choices in love and passion others are driven by the same instinctual force to believe one thing over another (Buddhism over Nature-Worship/Judaism over Confucianism).
Only as we grow as responsible individuals, taking the time to understand our own thoughts and personalities can we then answer the question why we think/believe in what we do
***Food for thought***
How do you justify your answer to the question "Does God exist" when talking to a person of faith verses a person who doesn't believe?
Posted in unison at both http://lightfoot-input.blogspot.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/tylightfoot
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