to...@armchairmountaineering.com (Armchair Mountaineering ) wrote:
>
> LOL, I like the idea of ending global warming by praying at the gods, as
> if the gods weren't causing global warming and trying to kill us. Don't
> forget, according to the Gilgamesh Epic from which the classical Christanic
> mythologies come, in part, the gods promised not to commit genocide against
> the entire planet's biosphere with water ever again, the next time the
> gods promised to use fire.
>
God is just not there!
If God interacts with our universe in any way, the effects of
his interaction must have some physical manifestation. Hence
his interaction with our universe must be in principle detectable.
If God is essentially nondetectable, it must therefore be the
case that he does not interact with our universe in any way.
Many atheists would argue that if God does not interact with our
universe at all, it is of no importance whether he exists or not.
A thing which cannot even be detected in principle does not
logically exist.
Of course, it could be that God is detectable in principle, and
that we merely cannot detect him in practice. However, if the Bible
is to be believed, God was easily detectable by the Israelites.
Surely he should still be detectable today? Why has the situation
changed?
Note that I am not demanding that God interact in a scientifically
verifiable, physical way. I might potentially receive some revelation,
some direct experience of God. An experience like that would be
incommunicable, and not subject to scientific verification--but it
would nevertheless be as compelling as any evidence can be.
But whether by direct revelation or by observation, it must surely
be possible to perceive some effect caused by God's presence; otherwise,
how can I distinguish him from all the other things that don't exist?