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It could't be proved or disproved right? If I take one individual nucleus of a radioactive isotope of uranium I can't predict when it will decay. So I say God is controlling that. I can imagine several possible responses:
1. God can't be controlling that because it's random. That assumes the actions of any God would be predictable by humans.
2. God can't be controlling that because if one takes a large population of nucleii the decay is very constant and predictable. That's saying that any God could not be constant or predictable.
So, my point is that any absolute statement about the existence or non-existence of God implies absolute knowledge about some aspect of God. If one claims God doesn't exist, how can that person have any absolute knowledge about something that doesn't exist? So I guess one has to define God before arguing existence. Maybe the God of the Bible can be proven not to exist because of the absolute statements made in the Bible.

2007-08-17 11:31:51 · 7 answers · asked by LG 7 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Good question!
I mean, let's just assume for a minute, that God exists. A being, that has created the whole, universe, that has made our own minds as complex as they are. Could he be simple enough, for a mere human to figure out? Does any person that doesn't believe in God, consider to be at such a high level, to be able to understand how God works, and therefore prove wither he exists or not?
It's good to meet someone who actually digs deep inside their brain to figure things out. Star for you LG.

2007-08-17 23:07:17 · answer #1 · answered by chloe 5 · 0 0

We as human beings cannot even "prove" that "we" exist because we do not have absolute knowledge.

If God exists, He would be the "only" absolute truth, and He would be the only One who can prove His existence...or the existence of anything else, because only one with absolute power, knowledge, etc, can ever make an absolute statement.

God knows all, and is all powerful and is ever present. God is Unique as there is none like Him.

Attempting to disprove the existence of God by using the "statements of absolute truth" in the Bible is flawed from the start...If you think to disprove God because the Bible is to be considered "absolute truth," even though flawed humans without the ability to make an absolute statement recorded the information within, then you only assume that there is no absolute being responsible for it's creation...something we as flawed humans cannot prove. It's a circular argument no matter how you look at it.

This of course doesn't mean that we can prove God's existence to someone who does not believe by using the Bible as the proof, because salvation comes by faith, and faith by hearing the Word of God, and if we have absolute proof of God so that there was no doubt whatsoever, there would be no need for faith.

God will prove His existence as He said in the Bible, so that none will doubt on the last day...which agrees with what you yourself have already stated...only the "absolute" can prove existence absolutely. Until then we have the written testimony of those who witnessed God's interaction with the world...those who were taught by Jesus Christ personally, and those who witnessed the miracles and recorded the acts and teachings of Christ so that the world could be saved by faith in Him.

Luke 17: 22 Then he said to his disciples, "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. 23 Men will tell you, 'There he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them. 24 For the Son of Man in his day[c] will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. 25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

2007-08-17 19:34:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I don't know much about radioactive decay, but i do know we now live in a fallen world because of our ancestor Adam disobeying God. Ever sense his act of disobedience the world and all in it has been slowly decaying and falling apart.
God is not responsible for earth's and space's decay, we are.

2007-08-17 18:42:54 · answer #3 · answered by Sir Narnian 3 · 0 0

You have to assume natural radiation vs. scientifically caused radioactive decay.
So, read up on it :)

How can any action of any God be predictable? shrug

2007-08-17 18:45:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anna 4 · 0 0

You just did. I hope you're happy now...

Peace be with you.

2007-08-17 18:44:34 · answer #5 · answered by Arf Bee 6 · 0 0

You have it wrong. It's not about definite its about probable.

God is not probable.

2007-08-17 18:39:52 · answer #6 · answered by UpChuck 3 · 0 0

you can say what ever you like. some of you just like to write. don't you?
I do not read them.

2007-08-17 18:39:30 · answer #7 · answered by morgan 2 · 0 1

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