Don't the Christians claim that god has revealed himself to them in many ways (the bible, that "feeling in their heart", creation, and prayer, etc.) and that they know their god exists?
Well doesn't this "revelation" cancel out the all important free will?
Or is it that the god can't reveal itself directly in person (or thing, whatever you consider god)?
It has to reveal itself indirectly and hint at its existence rather than coming out and saying it and showing you?
2007-09-11 13:01:47 · 5 answers · asked by Fish Stick Jesus 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"God can't reveal himself to us. Then we would be forced to believe and we wouldn't have faith. We need to have faith."
This is a common rationalization used by Christians for explaining why their god doesn't just reveal itself.
2007-09-11 13:13:13 · update #1
Beats me, man. Beats me.
2007-09-11 13:06:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not show Himself to us because we are dust and ashes, and He is holy. People wouldnt be able to bear to see His glory (like in the story of God speaking from the mountain to Moses and the Israelites)
does showing you an apple cancel out your free will of wanting or not wanting it? nope. the free will comes in when you are making a decision of eternal importance, not when you're searching for God. and if you search carefully, you'll find ('seek and you will find') Him.
2007-09-11 13:19:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you bring up one of the many inconsistencies or giant lapses of reason in religion, there's always some sort of half-baked "explanation" that doesn't make a lick of sense.
2007-09-11 13:29:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats wrong..why would we lose freewill....if God revealed Himself to us........God already has revealed Himself to the world.....and we still have freewill.
Freewill is the ability to make ones own decisions and choices...
2007-09-11 13:09:56 · answer #4 · answered by bmdt07 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Jesus was on the earth and many rejected Him.
God revealed Himself many times to Israel and they rejected Him.
Luke 16:19-31
If a person rejects Jesus even Him appearing and doing miracles doesn't mean they will believe.
Freewill:
Mocking God is also a freewill act.No one has to.
2007-09-11 14:07:07 · answer #5 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋