Why did God create inherently logically-minded people if he's not willing to prove his existence?

Question

Haha...based on the number and context of the responses I've already received, I've scientifically concluded that Christians are the most bored people on the face of the planet. You guys need beer.

Answer 1

It's his only form of entertainment! He knows everything, so playing games like Trivial Pursuit and Scene-It Friends is boring. What would you do if you were god, and you were stuck up in the sky and couldn't get a piece of ***?? I know what I'd do...f**k with people!

Answer 2

Is he really not willing to prove his existence? Or, this is just your belief. You may want to consider this logical proof of God.

The Bible says that there is a builder for every house but he who built all things is God. ( Hebrew 3:4) This Biblical statement can be proven by the following logical argument.

Premise 1. Outputs = Inputs + process

Premise 2. For premise 1 to come about someone has to have the resources and power to do the process. Let him be called the Great Cause.

Premise 3. For every rule there is an exception.

Premise 4. The rule on exception can not be applied to any of the components on Premise 1 because it would be non-sense.

Premise 5. The rule on exception must therefore be applied to premise 2.

Conclusion: Therefore, the Great Cause ( the one w/ resources and sufficient might) was the one who caused Premise 1. Further He was not subject to Premise 1 by reason of premise 3.

Answer 3

It is inherently logical to deduce a Creator from our observations of the complex workings of the world and the universe. There are external evidences which imply an intelligent force behind the workings of nature. This is easy to see. All of this physical creation surrounding us, including our own bodies, testify of an Intelligent Designer.

Alma, a Book of Mormon prophet, wrote, "All things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator" (Alma 30:44). We can look up at the sky at night and have an idea of what Alma meant. There are millions of stars and planets all in perfect order. They did not get there by chance. We can see the work of God in the heavens and on the earth. The many beautiful plants, the many kinds of animals, the mountains, the rivers, the clouds that bring us rain and snow--all these testify to us that there is a God.

Answer 4

OK, you want some logic. Sounds like a good idea to me; logic was what made me choose to become a Christian.

Given: Numerous times, Jesus claimed -- aloud and in front of witnesses -- to be God Himself in the flesh. This is, in fact, why He was executed (for blasphemy). Every single time in the Gospel narratives when the onlookers tear their clothes and prepare to stone Jesus, He has just claimed to be identical with God. Stoning was the prescribed punishment for doing that.
And the common argument that He never actually said this, but the writers made it up and inserted it later, won't wash. The earliest gospel accounts are those of Mark and Luke, and they were written early enough to be within the lifetime of people who had heard and witnessed Him speaking in public, and if He had not said any such thing, there were plenty of people then alive to refute it -- and not just followers of His either. (bear in mind that all of his followers and detractors were Jews, who were the last people on earth to accept some guy claiming to be God...unless they actually believed it to be true however improbable it might seem).

Onward: Given that Jesus actually said that He was God in the flesh ("Before Abraham was, I AM" is one example; "Your sins are forgiven you" is another), there are only two possible options, or truth values-- A: What he said about Himself was true, or B: What he said about Himself was not true.

If you accept A, there's an end of it. He was, and is, what He claimed to be.

If you choose B, that what He said was not true, then you have two more choices: Either He knew it wasn't true, or He didn't know it wasn't true; i.e., he's either deceitful or mistaken. Which one do you want to postulate -- that Jesus deliberately told His hearers that He could forgive their sins and that He was the way to come to God, all the while knowing it for a lie? Or that he was a complete megalomaniac, a village carpenter's son actually believing he was the Maker of all things? As C.S. Lewis puts it, in that case "he would be a lunatic--on a level with a man who says he is a poached egg." In either case, NOT someone you want to follow.

So, logically we have three choices. Here I'll quote Lewis again, because I can't hope to paraphrase it as pithily as he originally stated it. "Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to." (Mere Christianity, Book II, Ch 3)

So, yes, believers in God ARE expected to use logic...that's not the only example, of course. There are more.

Answer 5

Don't you think He has proved His existence just by looking around you and seeing all the beauty of this earth, the way our bodies work as well as the existence of every single living organism here. How can a person say that something greater than us didn't create these things? I think it's the logically-minded people who see this to be true.

Answer 6

The blind seek, and in doing so fallow only the blind, for they are convinced that the wise are mad. This is the secret wisdom. God is willing to prove his existence to those who seek him, but the foolish minded only think in the material. The truth is you walk on God every day, you look at him, smell him touch him, and feel him. Stop looking at the world in black and white and splash some color into it. Ethics teaches that all forms of logic are flawed, yet creativity is flawless. Figure this out and you have yet even more wisdom.

Answer 7

They see God in a sunset but they never saw him in the underneath of a tarantula or in a gazelle being killed by a lion. It isn't just where you look it's also who is doing the looking. And lets face it there are no more sour comments than in the religion area of answers. Most are such a great credit to the kindness that religion provides.

Answer 8

Read John 1

Answer 9

I have often asked myself a similar question, which is, ''If God does exist and He created man why didn't he make it impossible for us to sin and be lost in Hell?'' I do not believe in Hell myself but billions of people across the globe do. I would have preferred to have been made as He wants us to be verses the way we are. If there is a God then why are some things a sin when it's in our nature to do these things? Of all sins perhaps those which deal with sex are the most dominate. A woman was made in such a way as to entice a man sexually and men were made in such a way as to desire women so much that wars have been raged. I do believe there is a Supreme Being responsible for all that exists but is this Supreme Being the same as the God many serve today? I find it difficult to believe God created man and loved him so much that he allowed his son to die for us and then allow some to burn in Hell forever. Forever seems a bit excessive to me. Even a murderer has a release date and some of them don't even serve 10 years for their crimes.

Some say God has proven his existence based on the Bible and the facts therein. One of which was his son dying on the cross. John 3:16 is the most quoted verse in the bible and has been translated into thousands of languages. I suppose you question would deal more with the here and now aspect rather than the events that took place 2000 years ago. So how could he prove to you that he exists? I doubt he could because if you're looking for God you would have to have a small thing called faith. Faith would not exist if we KNEW God existed. And if we knew He existed then we would no doubtably be asking him ... why? Why about everything. Why did he create us? Why do children die? Why are bad things allowed to happen? AND ... back to my question from the beginning ... Why didn't he create us without the possibility to commit sin?

Some would answer this question with the remark, ''He created us as free will humans rather than robots without choice.'' Well ... to those people I would say ... That just ain't fair. Humans are made to sin. Sin is a part of ur everyday life and something else that's a part of our everyday life is choices. There are thousands of religions in this world, how can someone like you or I know which one is right? I doubt all of them are. I don't want that choice and to risk serving him in a manner he doesn't like and I don't want the free will life at all. Make me a robot so I can not sin and it would be impossible for me to go to Hell.

I'm not sure just why he would prove his existence today in a spectacular way as to leave no doubt that he is GOD. Take away my faith, take away my free will, give me a loving God who will not allow me to be lost in hell.

Does all this sound a bit off base or a bit rediculous? Yes? Well that's why I choice to believe in a God or Supreme Being that does not condemn his children to Hell, it doesn't make sense for him to do that. I helped to create my four children and even if they murdered half the people in the USA I would not want them to die. I love my children and I always want what's best for them. A punishment for their crimes - yes. Forever - no. Just too much of a stretch for me.

Logically speaking, his existence will always be subject to the one who believes or disbelieves. It will never be proven in this life. If it were then christians would not need faith.

I'm sorry my friend but the answer you seek does not lie within the boundries of YahooAnswers, nor in the boundries of human knowledge. If you choice to believe in God then there is one thing you must have to begin your journey and that is FAITH. The answer therefore is faith. Believe in him or not. It's not a FAIR choice but it is YOUR choice.

Answer 10

I look around and see God everywhere. Watching a baby get born, I see God in that.
Watching the sun come up while on a mountain peak. I see God in that.
Watching a daughter perform a violin solo, and being filled with pride, I see God in that.
I could go on, but I see God everywhere.