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Simple question. If you became convinced that God didn't exist, would you continue to practice (going to Church, praying, etc.)?
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mondar said:I did not vote, but if God never existed, then it would be foolishness and vanity to attend Church or practice my faith.
If I might add the apostle Pauls vote, in 1 Cor 15 I believe he voted the same as I just did.
14 and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.
19 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
2445 said:The question is not, "If God didn't exist, would you continue to practice?" The question is, "If you stopped believing in God, would you continue to practice?" So unless you believe the world would come to an end the second you stopped believing in him, the answer "I wouldn't exist" is just dodging the question.
However, at this point in time, we are unable to do that (prove God as non-existant), at our present technology.
cybershark5886 said:However, at this point in time, we are unable to do that (prove God as non-existant), at our present technology.
The best "technology" this world can present to get to God was already represented at the Tower of Babel, the "tower of the heavens", and look how that turned out. We will never be able to prove God with our intellect (as what you said actually suggested) nor reach Him through human effort.
~Josh
IF (and that's a BIG "IF") that story actually happened, they were not using any technology at all, but simply were building a "tall tower" in the hopes of "reaching Heaven", . . . . .the idea of "heaven being above the clouds, up there". No, this had nothing to do with technology at all, but the completely ignorant mindset of a very primative people.
Our current technology can't test for the spiritual, BUT it COULD happen at some point in the future.
The fact that virtually every society in history has believed in something supernatural is worth noting, regardless of those beliefs were specifically.Orion said:But "faith" is fickle, and is determined upon by culture and geographical location. What one "feels in their heart to be true, . . . their faith", is no real evidence of anything supernatural.