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If God does exist and he is as the bible has described him to be (omnipotent and all loving) why are there starving children in Africa? If this is due to him 'eradicating evil' or some other argument that proposes that the death of children is justified then why do miscarriages exist and why are people born with terrible afflictions which cause them to have shorter lives than most. The question shouldn't be 'Is there any evidence that God does not exist?' but is there any more proof for his existence than say unicorns or monsters under the bed.
If you throw specific doctrines into the mix it really shakes up the problem of evil.
The doctrine of universal reconciliation. This extremely biblical idea that everyone will eventually be saved. I probably don't need to tell you how that clears up the problem. It is supported in multiple texts throughout the bible.
(Example: "we trust in the living God who is the Savior of ALL men especially of those that believe. 1 Tim. 4: 10)
The doctrine of reincarnation was accepted in the early church, along with St. Origen. This would explain the problem away just as well, if people come back and live out their karma. It has some biblical support also.
(Example: "....'Elijah indeed is to come and will restore all things. But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they wished....' Then the disciples understood that he had spoken of John the Baptist." Matthew 17:10-13)
The doctrine of free will can partially explain it. The idea that God has to allow evil in order to give us options. A lot of Christians shy away from this argument because of its emotional weakness, but I think it is plausible at least intellectually.
1. You provide no precepts, therefore, your states are false. Without precepts no one will understand or gain knowledge of the Bible.
2. Both verses you provided are talking about the ISRAELITES, the REAL ISRAELITES, as salvation came only for the lost sheep of Israel- Matthew 15:24. But there is salvation for the gentiles.
3. There is no free will, never will be, not even in our own countries do we have free will.
4. Maybe if everyone in this evil, filthy, wicked world would stop being so damn evil, we wouldn't be having these curses upon us, that also includes the REAL ISRAELITES today.
Think about it this way. If you are/were a parent, and you clearly told your children not to do something, otherwise there’d be consequences, yet your children went ahead and did it anyways and disobeyed you, wouldn’t you become very upset and punish your children for disobeying you? Wouldn’t you have harsher punishments for them if they continue disobeying you? If you answer NO to both of those questions, then you aren’t/wouldn’t be a fit parent, and your children will/would be wicked and disobedient. If you answer YES, then you’re/would be training your children correctly. With that being said, that is what YAHUAH is doing to HIS children right at this minute. No one wants to listen to HIM, we all want to be disobedient, rebellious, we want to do what we want and not listen to our FATHER, therefore, as a FATHER, HE must punish us to get us back in order. The more wicked, evil, disobedient, et cetera, we become, the harsher the punishments get for us.
1. I didn't provide much information because I don't have all the time in the world to do this. And I don't agree that people won't understand. It's off subject anyways.
2. If you have researched this topic then you know that there are tons of verses that talk about universal salvation. I don't see anywhere in the text any piece of information that suggest the author was only speaking about Israelites. We can only talk about information we have, we can't talk about information we don't have. Many world renowned scholars believe that universal salvation is a possible interpretation of these verses (Karl Barth, N.T. Wright,...) so this is not some fringe belief that I pulled out of my ass.
3. Like the philosopher William James has said, if there is no free will why don't you just sit around watch scooby doo and hang out? Why give an argument?
4. Not having free will doesn't help much. As for the Israel issue, I'm on the side of the Palestinians, if that's what you're referring to.
The fact that you said, "I don't see anywhere in the text any piece of information that suggest the author was only speaking about Israelites" shows that you don't know the Bible (Matthew 15:24 - But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.) See, I'm the real JEW, so I have a better understanding of the Bible. I'm not a Christian, Catholic, etc... I don't believe in religion, as it goes against what the Bible teaches. If you want to side with the Palestinians, that's fine, just know that they are of synagogue of Satan - Revelation 3:9. They say they are the real JEWS, but according to Biblical Prophecy, they are our (Israelites) enemies.
…you don't know the Bible… See, I'm the real JEW, so I have a better understanding of the Bible….
"Do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham." Matthew 3:9
(Matthew 15:24 - But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.)
In the verse, Jesus is clearly being rhetorical.
He states what his geometric mission was while embodied on earth in order to bring out a response , and then after he gets her faithful response he grants her everything. Jesus answered her in verse 28, “Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." If what you are saying is true then he would have given her the cold shoulder, but of course he didn't, which is suggestive of rhetorical language. Paul's mission was to the gentiles and the concept of Israel and Jesus's mission broadens out and becomes more transparent in the epistles….
"Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith." Romans 3:29,30
"I have written you quite boldly on some points, as if to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me to be a minister of Messiah Jesus to the Gentiles with the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Therefore I glory in Messiah Jesus in my service to God. I will not venture to speak of anything except what Messiah has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done." Rom. 15:15-18
Deuteronomy 28:15-68, says who the real jews, if you know some of the history of Amerikkka. And you are correct. "God" is the "God" of the gentiles, but, the gentiles are not going to be completely free in our kingdom. The so called "African Americans/Latinos/Latinas/Native Americans" are the real jews, everyone else is a gentile. Now, the gentiles will return to being our man and maidservants in "heaven" or the New Jerusalem. First in order for the gentiles to even receive salvation, they must go through a process.
1. They have to be brought in by an Israelite
2. They can't reject the truth about who Israel, and think they can get salvation
Now, as I mentioned, the gentiles will return to being our man and maidservants.
(Isaiah 14:1-2: For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.) At this moment in time, the gentiles still have us captive. We (Israel) are still in captivity.
The strangers (gentiles) will help rebuild our kingdom.
Isaiah 60:10-11: 10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
Precept to Isaiah 60:10
Zechariah 6:15; Revelation 21:24
For those gentiles who will not serve us, they will perish.
Isaiah 60:12; Matthew 21:44; Luke 19:27; Zechariah 14:17; Revelation 2:26-27
By the way "Jesus" is not The Messiahs name. Jesus=Zeus; Zeus- a SUN god. So those Christians who worship on SUNdays, are worshiping Zeus.
So if you already say that this is bs and deny any part of scripture, you to shall perish.
The fundamental argument against the existence of God is that there is no obserable evidence or proof. The existence of God is taken on faith and not by observable evidence.
All arguments for or against the existence of God are based on reason and rationalizations of conjectured information.
The answer to your question depends on the type of evidence you are referring to.
Types of Evidence
1.) Clear and definite, physical and repeatable proof ------- NO
The whole santa-jesus style comparisons are not as compelling for me because I understand how belief in the gods or god has an organic origin that has been around since pre-history. Either people are hardwired to believe in God, or else God is a psychological problem.
I just got through a college course program on the evidence that people are hardwired called The Spiritual Brain, available through The Great Courses Series.
No, there is no evidence or proof. The only argument people can use is, "show me that he is here"; "if a god really existed why would he let bad things happen in this world"; "god doesn't exist because science proves he doesn't exist"; "the Bible wasn't written by god, it was written by people, therefore a god doesn't exist"; these are the only stupid answers atheist, agnostics, etc... can give. They cannot provide any solid evidence or proof that HE doesn't exist. They want to make comments about The Bible saying, "it is written by man and anyone can write a fairy tale like that!" Uhhhh, aren't all your science books and other books proving that science disproves the existence of god, also written by man, I can write fairy tales like that as well!
The question asked has no answer. There is no collection of evidences stating towards God being non-existent nor is there any evidence or lack of evidence stating God exists at all. The question itself cannot be answered or vice verse.
What I mean to say is, how precisely COULD one go about falsifying God? Should God be taken as a boundless, immaterial entity, the room for falsification in a bounded, materiel world is nonexistent. If it is determined that God cannot be disproved, it could simply mean that the definition used to describe him is one that cannot be disproved. This does not serve as proof of his existence, so much as that man can be clever enough to design a concept in such a way that it cannot be falsified. And if that is the case, of course, such a concept cannot be proven either.
This is, of course, based on the typical notion of the omni-everything God generally discussed in the Judeo-Christian world. A differing definition would yield different results, but would necessitate a weaker God, I would think.