You Don't Necessarily Owe God Anything

[DaRev]

Jay520 said:

DaRev said:

You do realise that many Scientists have come to the conclusion that there MUST be a creator - right?

And how do rationalise or understand the belief that there is a creator, but don't understand that he has the ability to love his creation?

Like I said, I can understand if a person believes in a creator, but what supports the fact that there's only one creator, that he's omnibeloved, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, eternal, that he had a 'plan' for humans, etc. How do you know he didn't just create the universe because he was bored? I could paint a picture, but that doesn't mean I love it. Maybe he hails from a family of different Gods and just created this universe to impress his friends? Specifically, I want to know what makes the Christian God the most valid interpretation of this supposed creator. 

WoW another good question,...Well, here is where I think you run into one of those walls, that if you don't apply faith from here on you cannot get answers to most of those questions. A lot of what the bible explains is spiritual and also is based on experience.

For example, one way I believe in the truth of the bible is because I read it and it makes sense to me, after I have pieced together the parts of the puzzel. Does that sound crazy? Anyways, one way I like to prove the authentisity of the bible is by using the fact that it contains witness statements of people that lived around the time of Jesus, i.e. the accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John aka the Gospels. Historians also prove the authentisity of the Bible over any other religious document by showing how it was complied date-wise closest to the actual events. Ultimately you will need to look at Apologetics if you want to gether all the factual evidence of why the Bible is more authentic that any other religious book. See this link:  http://www.bethinking.org/bible-jesus/the-historicity-of-the-new-testament.htm

I'm going to do my own reading and get back to you!