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Question: Couldn't an omnipotent god put his message on an index card and drop from the sky ensuring everyone gets one?
(Posted by: bubba on 2010-01-19 06:52:03)
Like the countless millions who died not having heard of one certain god or another.
Answers:
Posted by: Peachfuzz on 2010-01-19, 06:55:23
He already has. There are dozens of groups that have translated the Bible into the languages of almost every people on earth!
Posted by: The Reverend Soleil on 2010-01-19, 06:55:46
Maybe he could make it rain cheeseburgers, too...
Posted by: Think for Yourself on 2010-01-19, 06:56:23
Or just give every person an equal amount of faith.
Posted by: Alexis on 2010-01-19, 06:56:36
Or, he could simply make his existence unquestionably known to everyone that exists.
Posted by: JOExHIGASHI on 2010-01-19, 06:56:51
He wants us neglect our critical thinking and assume he exists with no evidence.
Posted by: imrod on 2010-01-19, 06:57:07
Yep, the message is there for just about anyone to read.
Posted by: thundercatt9 on 2010-01-19, 06:57:22
I'm sure He could have. However if God reveals himself too much to people, he takes away our freedom to make morally-significant decisions, including responding to his self-revelation to us. God stays somewhat hidden, so that he gives people space to either 1) respond to God, or 2) avoid God so we can keep our autonomy from him. Doing the right thing just to avoid punishment is NOT what God wants. If it is too obvious that God exists and that he really will judge us, then people will respond to him and do moral things out of self-preservation. But God wants us to respond to him out of interest in him, just like we might get to know someone we admire. God has to dial down the immediacy of the threat of judgment, and the probability that the threat is actual. That leaves it up to us to respond to God’s veiled revelation of himself to us, in nature and in Scripture.
Posted by: space monkey on 2010-01-19, 07:07:07
It's called the Bible. Christians have been busy putting it into each and every language. I will give you one- free- dropped from the sky if you want one, k?
