Thursday, May 31, 2007

I want more proof: Part II

When it comes to belief in God, some people demand irrefutable evidence, others feel no need for any evidence, they just believe. I find both perspectives unsatisfactory. The former has no hope of believing in God because God has hidden Himself so that only those who seek Him will find Him (Matthew 7:7). The latter perspective is a fool because he does not require any reason to back up his beliefs. What's to stop a person like this from believing that before the great flood the world was ruled by unicorns?
Some day we will have irrefutable evidence that God exist because we will meet Him face to face. However, that day has not yet come. Demanding that sort of evidence now is like reading a story and complaining that you are not at the end. We are in the middle of the story, and yes, we do look forward to the end.
For now God, in His great Wisdom, has hidden Himself just right. He is hidden well enough so that those who don't want to find Him won't and those who do want to find Him will. If He had hidden Himself any better the righteous would never find Him and their will would be thwarted. If He had not hidden Himself or hidden Himself poorly, even the wicked would find Him and their will would be thwarted (I quoting Kreeft here.). God honors our free will.
Two of the proof that I find most convincing for God's existences is the miracle of the transmission of Scripture over the last 3500 years, and the miracle of the conception of my nephew, Nathan.

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