Psalm 14:1-3
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none that does good. The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any that act wisely, that seek after God. They have all gone astray, they are all alike corrupt; there is none that does good, no, not one.
Does God exist? This is an absurd question, and fundamentally meaningless, a question that is essentially impossible to prove either positively or negatively. Simply put, if God does exist, then how do we define what we mean by that existence? What type of existence does God have? Unless we ourselves are God, which is unlikely given our reality as an earth bound and limited creature, then our understanding of existence is also limited to what we understand and experience as earth bound and limited creatures. Religious people claim that God is an infinite being. What do they mean by the term infinite being? Beyond limits? Try to imagine that. You cannot, because humans are limited, and finite. Essentially, human beings cannot know what it means to say God exists, therefore to speak of it is folly, because if an infinite God exists then God requires no one to assert God's existence, since God IS existence. Moses asked God’s name and God replied I am Who I am. The name means I AM Existence , with no beginning and end, a reality which is so outside of human experience that the only response that is truthful and appropriate is one of silence.
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none that does good. The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any that act wisely, that seek after God. They have all gone astray, they are all alike corrupt; there is none that does good, no, not one.
Does God exist? This is an absurd question, and fundamentally meaningless, a question that is essentially impossible to prove either positively or negatively. Simply put, if God does exist, then how do we define what we mean by that existence? What type of existence does God have? Unless we ourselves are God, which is unlikely given our reality as an earth bound and limited creature, then our understanding of existence is also limited to what we understand and experience as earth bound and limited creatures. Religious people claim that God is an infinite being. What do they mean by the term infinite being? Beyond limits? Try to imagine that. You cannot, because humans are limited, and finite. Essentially, human beings cannot know what it means to say God exists, therefore to speak of it is folly, because if an infinite God exists then God requires no one to assert God's existence, since God IS existence. Moses asked God’s name and God replied I am Who I am. The name means I AM Existence , with no beginning and end, a reality which is so outside of human experience that the only response that is truthful and appropriate is one of silence.
And arguing against the existence of God is equally impossible and absurd, for the same reasons. The atheist claims science has shown more evidence against God’s existence than for God's existence. Again, what does science mean by the term existence? If science means existence which can be observed by earth bound limited beings, then we cannot ever know anything beyond our earth bound observations. Science can only describe existence as it is observed and tested, and develop theories on how they believe existence evolved, but it can never define that which could exist beyond its observations and theories. Again, the best response to this paradox is silence.
Ultimately, as I observe the two poles of the existence or non-existence of God, in both cases I am confronted with a mystery which my mind cannot solve. And since human beings find it difficult to exist in a world of mystery, we lean on faith as the vehicle by which we can explain the mystery. The religious person extols the virtue of faith in their creeds, rituals, scriptures, and religious practices. The atheist extols faith in human reason, science, evolution and progress. Both camps settle on opposite sides of the poles of God’s existence, and resign themselves to further ignorance and error. The answer, as always, lies in the balancing of the poles.
If God exists then the only way to truly know it is to experience it. You cannot think about the existence of God as a concept, since God's existence is the source of all conception and all thought. Atheists and agnostics deny this fact at their peril because God is all life, all existence. So how do we experience it? By living our lives in love and service to God, ourselves, and our neighbor. By living faithfully not to a set of dogmas, creeds, and church regulations but instead to a deep belief in the law of love. A life lived in this manner reveals that God is present within each person, aye every atom in the universe is filled with the prescence and power of God. We see that existence itself is the proof of God's existence.
Religious people often feel that God demands that they believe in Him and the doctrines of his church, and in doing so they are justified by faith. However, a closer examination shows us that it is by engaging life postively and with love in our hearts that we are justified, and made partakers in the eternal life of our creator.
If God exists then the only way to truly know it is to experience it. You cannot think about the existence of God as a concept, since God's existence is the source of all conception and all thought. Atheists and agnostics deny this fact at their peril because God is all life, all existence. So how do we experience it? By living our lives in love and service to God, ourselves, and our neighbor. By living faithfully not to a set of dogmas, creeds, and church regulations but instead to a deep belief in the law of love. A life lived in this manner reveals that God is present within each person, aye every atom in the universe is filled with the prescence and power of God. We see that existence itself is the proof of God's existence.
Religious people often feel that God demands that they believe in Him and the doctrines of his church, and in doing so they are justified by faith. However, a closer examination shows us that it is by engaging life postively and with love in our hearts that we are justified, and made partakers in the eternal life of our creator.
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