This comes from an exchange with a friend who is struggling to understand the existance of God. He has arguments against the existance of God and information for so many people, yet he continues to disallow himself to experience God. Below is a little bit of that exchange on the topic of God's existance...
"Is this a mere attempt to quite ones own conscience about the truth of God’s existence? Are you amassing a fortress of intellectual information to shield yourself from an actual encounter/experience with the living God of the universe? You cannot blame past failures of others (historical or present) for your unwillingness to experience the truth of God first hand. Evil done in the name of anything is still evil!
'God is not someone to only be studied and written about, He is someone to experience. Yes, there is written information about Him. But that would be like gathering information about love and never comprehending love because of a failure to experience it. You could gather a vast library on the subject. Teach about the complex social structures around it. Visit websites that offer the experience. Gather with others who understand it and who have experienced it. However you ,never having personally experienced a meaningful personal human exchange that resulted in a lifetime commitment of mental, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical intimacy, would fall short from gathering the needed information to fully comprehend the subject of love. Thus is your quest to intellectually understand God/Jesus Christ.'
'Check out the website below and then lets talk. Thanks for sharing your views however, in the absence of an exchange face to face, I will leave you directed to the website that will challenge your strong intellectual abilities. I enjoy every exchange that I have with you! Experience is the last piece of information on your quest to understand this supernatural encounter."
www.allaboutphilosophy.com
No comments:
Post a Comment