Well it’s like I said the Bible was written by men thousands of years ago so you can’t really take much of what it says literally. I don’t care much for the Bible, that doesn’t mean I can’t believe in God.
Of course you can believe in God. It just doesn’t make you right. Or wrong. You’re just guessing along with everyone else with an opinion on it.
Obviously
I know but some people think it’s not only not obvious, it’s in fact wrong.
Bet chyron thinks the existence of God is obvious.
To me.
Sure. But assuming you don’t think yourself specially endowed with God sensing power, it’s something that could be obvious to anyone. They just have to know where to look.
Yes.
The Bible says the Spirit reveals the truth of God, and that the message of the cross is foolishness to those who don’t believe because they rely solely on miracles and the wisdom of man.
So if someone wanted God to reveal Himself to them, He will—but by His Spirit, not because we are wise.
How about people who have very similar spiritual revelations but for a different god than you believe in? Were they not as sincere in their spiritual experience? Why would god let him someone experience something that feels just as real as a believer in him?
What I’m getting at, is that spiritual experiences are entirely subjective, and since people get different answers, how can there be one true god?
Different religions, different interpretations and opinions of varying degrees of accuracy, same God. Polytheistic religions just seeing multiple advanced beings and calling them all gods because thats how they interpret them, and the one God most believe in May well just be one of them.
(My opinion)
I’ve entertained the possibility that peoples’ different deitities may be their own imperfect way of seeking to understand God. Seems plausible. Then there are those who recognize there is God but decide they’re going to worship a golden cow, which is a different animal.
To darthrush’s point, all of our experience is subjective but that doesn’t mean there isn’t in fact one true God.
The parable of the blind men and the elephant succinctly sums up the religious/theistic experience, I think.