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2nd Most Powerful Argument Against God

Jan 31, 2024

The conversation explores the profound question of why a loving God wouldn’t reveal Himself to those who seek Him. It tackles the challenge of discussing divine hiddenness without sounding accusatory towards non-believers. The host emphasizes the struggles faced by non-believers yearning for connection, highlighting how biases and external pressures may obscure their perception of the divine. Ultimately, it introduces a fresh perspective on faith that invites open dialogue and understanding.

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The podcast explores the challenge of spiritual blindness where sincere seekers may struggle to perceive God's presence due to various biases.

It emphasizes the importance of self-reflection and honest prayer for non-believers in their authentic quest to understand God's existence.

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The Complexity of Seeking God

The discussion highlights the challenges faced by non-believers who genuinely seek God but struggle to perceive His presence due to spiritual blindness. Individuals may hold sincere intentions towards understanding God but exist under various biases that cloud their judgment. These biases can stem from both inherent misunderstandings and external influences, such as deception. It is suggested that while these seekers exhibit a longing for truth, they must recognize and confront their biases for a clearer path toward understanding God's existence.

Navigating Sincerity and Spiritual Blindness in the Search for God

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The idea is that God, as the Christian describes Him, cannot exist, since a loving God would reveal Himself to the non-resistant non-believer and He does not. Therefore, such a loving God must not exist. I think this is a truly challenging argument, not only because it tackles what feels like a very real world issue (I admit) but because arguing against it can quickly put you into the position where you are no longer arguing so much about philosophy or logic but where you are pigeon-holed into a situation where people will think you are personally attacking individuals. In other words, when I say that humans are accountable to know that God exists, this argument can quickly turn things into the social foul of saying that people have bad motives or are otherwise insincere. What starts as a philosophical view of the apparentness of God's existence turns into a bullying situation where the Christian is painted as personally attacking others. I reject that framing but I realize that many will continue to see things in that perspective, sadly.

This is a short video and it doesn't get into all the issues related to "Divine Hiddenness." It only covers a couple aspects of it. Other arguments should be made about how apparent God's existence is and to address other issues. I hoped to simply do some work that would build a bit of a bridge past the sense of personal offense many feel on this issue and open them up to another way of seeing things.

Are you wondering what I would consider the STRONGEST argument against God? Well, in terms of persuasiveness, it would be the Problem of Evil.
I have a video on that right here.

My website: https://BibleThinker.org

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2nd Most Powerful Argument Against God

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

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Deep dives

The Complexity of Seeking God

Encouragement to Persist in the Search for God

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