I'm not quoting that all over again, Don! Your arguments are all correct, if all one knows is how to think. However, if one only believes in the existence of what one already knows and can read about, that would be a small world, would it not?
Maybe some people are engaged in this discussion because the idea of God is intriguing and unfathomable. There was a moment in life, 38 years ago, on Dec. 15, 1974, in which I suspended the notion of figuring out with my mind whether there was a God, and assumed for the moment, against a mental tide of logic, that he might be available to me as "Jesus". I was instantly connected, by what I have come to know was "faith".. with the divine and could never again "not know" if there was a God.
I know how to be rational and gratefully, I also know how to believe in what cannot be seen. If anyone would like to know if there is a God, it might help to stop asking yourself whether there is a God (because you do not really know) and to ask if he is truly there, that he reveal himself to you.
Merry Christmas,
Kitty
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