tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896717.post113891731730702813..comments2024-01-25T00:50:10.679-05:00Comments on Thoughts from a Sandwich: The Subtleties of GodDagoodShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04557451438888314932noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896717.post-1138979534147264922006-02-03T10:12:00.000-05:002006-02-03T10:12:00.000-05:00Funny, steve. As a protestant, we were always tau...Funny, steve. As a protestant, we were always taught that Catholics were a bit silly and superstitious for belief in their miracles. (“Mary’s face in a sandwich, indeed!”) But boy we bought walking on water, feeding five thousand, and virgin births as true as the evening news. As humans we are adapt at picking and choosing our beliefs. Protestants never seem to question why dramatic miracles must necessarily came to an abrupt end at 100 C.E.<BR/><BR/>roman, I don’t mind the faith bit. At some levels (maybe my old theism days) it even soothes me. The only thing I would have asked, is that God <B>not</B> deliberately send signals that directly defy his existence. Using literal Christianity, if God wanted me to have faith that He create the world, <I>ex nihilo</I> 6000 years ago, don’t send light from stars 10 Billion years away, and gave complementary radiometric reading of a 4 billion year old earth, and a fossil record and microbiological proof of evolution.<BR/><BR/>Don’t tell me about a great deluge and an Exodus, and then remove ALL signs of it. I don’t mind a faith based on the evidence. Personally, the best I think one gets is a deistic god in that light. And even THAT has troubles.<BR/><BR/>And why does God need to test humans? What the heck is up with that? Do parents “test” their children, or would we question that? Do boyfriends “test” their girlfriends? Do friends “test” their friends? Continually? For the entire length of the relationship? I once read an argument that God is afraid of humans for some reason, and that is why He is hiding. Interesting stuff.DagoodShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04557451438888314932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896717.post-1138955389465909012006-02-03T03:29:00.000-05:002006-02-03T03:29:00.000-05:00Yes, there is the "catch 22" enigma of all religio...Yes, there is the "catch 22" enigma of all religions.<BR/>"So subtle, it is as if it was non-existent."<BR/>Is God's influence that way to test our "faith" (obedience to scripture) or is it really non-existent? Why the test?romanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988548647887978919noreply@blogger.com