Does God Exist?
That depends on who or what God is. What does it even mean for something to exist?
The Bible writers didn't seem to have any doubt. They simply seem to have assumed that he does, always has and always will. We can't ask them what kind of proof they had or how they came up with that idea. They just did. That's a fact beyond question.
Does something have to have a physical presence that can be measured or observed for it to exist? Surely, trees, houses and people exist. What about feelings? Do they exist? Surely, hunger or joy both exist if you are hungry or happy. What about ideas? Does democracy or science exist? Of course they do. They just don't belong in the physical or natural world. They belong in the spiritual world, the thoughts, feelings and minds of people. Then why not God?
God doesn't have a physical presence. You can't see God. The ancient writers knew that. That's because God belongs in the spiritual world. God represents the ancients' attempt to illustrate the power of the innate part of human nature that has to do with compassion and cooperation. Similarly, Satan represents our natural instinct to survive no matter what, no matter who gets run over in the process.
Whether you agree with it or not, God's presence sure is durable, occupying the minds of billions of people for thousands of years. Of course he exists except he may not be who or what you have been told, but that’s a story for another day.
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