2007-12-06 21:43:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Last Ent, dear, that's not the question...
Maybe I misunderstand the term."omnipresent"?
2007-12-06 21:49:45 · update #1
Ok, fer them that aint followin..... This is a question about the apparent contradiction in the tenent of having to have faith, and the claim that "God" is omnipresent" They are, OBVIOUSLY mutually exclusive concepts....
2007-12-06 21:54:43 · update #2
I am with you my good Pig.
2007-12-06 21:49:14 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Right on, you darling little pig.
I was going to say that Christians will undoubtedly tell you, "God is looking at you in the mirror and from a rose or a dewdrop!" But that's a cop-out. And the girl above me beat me too it. lol
There is absolutely no logical reason why a supremely wise and loving deity would play "Hide & Seek" for thousands of years, all the while expecting all his little people to simply believe he exists just because it says so in an old antiquated book that is relevant to nothing regarding the 21st century ... and because other Christians say so.
What's with the stupid head games? Come out and put the argument to rest once and for all and save your little ant people who need more evidence that something is so .... an eternity of hot flashes just because they didn't "get" the dumb game.
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2007-12-06 22:17:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am not religous but it is common knowledge that most monotheistic religions teach that belief in their deity is optional.
An option that carrys ridiculous consequenses, but if a God manifested itself for every individual belief would not be in any way optional, breaking the tenants of most of these religions.
I am a non-religous Pantheist, I see 'God' everywhere, so as far as I am concerned it is omnipresent.
2007-12-06 21:50:44 · answer #3 · answered by Link strikes back 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Blessed are those who believe and have NOT seen.
Besides, where would the free will be in that? If you were completely unable to commit murder, for example, why would I give you credit for not murdering someone?
EDIT - There ya go, the "." guy nailed it.
EDIT EDIT - So you are assuming then, that the definition of omnipresent "continuously and simultaneously present throughout the whole of creation" must be a completely VISIBLE presence at all times? I think that is where we are stumbling. God is present at all times, just not always visually. Better? I struggle so hard to please you piggy. =]
2007-12-06 21:47:52 · answer #4 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes... we should be able to detect God in everything... but we can't
so God is either...
not omnipresent
not self evident
refutable
or all of the above
2007-12-06 21:54:19 · answer #5 · answered by Sly Phi AM 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The Christian would tell you that it's an immensely sadistic being that plays chess with our lives, sending us to hell if we don't believe in it during our time on earth.
But of course I agree.
2007-12-06 21:57:03 · answer #6 · answered by Keyring 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well, Oprah is irrefutable and obvious... I'm not saying she's a god but she is certainly all of those things....
2007-12-06 21:59:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You know you're going to get answers like "He is because the Bible says so!"
But I agree with you.
2007-12-06 21:48:21 · answer #8 · answered by ultraviolet1127 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Ok looks like this one is going over their heads.
2007-12-06 21:50:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
Look around, only a fool could miss it
2007-12-06 22:00:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
He died on a cross and rose from the dead for your sins.
What could be more obvious?
2007-12-06 21:49:41 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋