I don't have a lot of time before I need to run out and get some errands accomplished but I'll leave a few, brief answers and then come back with more, later, if necessary.
But why assume it's there in the first place?
-I can't imagine there isn't something larger than myself. - Why do we assume anything we can't prove? Because we see evidence to support the premise. In this case, however, the evidence is subjective.
Is the Ebola virus a manifestation of God? Perhaps. What I define as "good", with my limited intellect, may not be good in the long run. What I understood, as a child, to be only pain and suffering might have been a procedure to save my life. While I'd like to understand, I don't feel I can. So, along with "Faith", I have "Trust" in a "Purpose".
if you can imagine a world without God, how different would it be from the one you are living in?
As I said, earlier, I have a very hard time grasping the concept of "no God". To an athiest, that might seem like very deep-rooted conditioning but to me it's just "faith" or "intuition". Your question is an oxymoron for a person who believes. For me, there is no world without God. Remove God from the equation and life doesn't exist. While I don't discount The Big Bang or evolution, my mind can't grasp either of those coming to fruition without a Creating Force. Nothing can come from nothing, says my mind, except God (who is, was, and always will be..world without end! Sorry, the Catholic in me needed to recite that last bit) ;)
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But why assume it's there in the first place?
-I can't imagine there isn't something larger than myself.
- Why do we assume anything we can't prove? Because we see evidence to support the premise. In this case, however, the evidence is subjective.
Is the Ebola virus a manifestation of God?
Perhaps. What I define as "good", with my limited intellect, may not be good in the long run. What I understood, as a child, to be only pain and suffering might have been a procedure to save my life. While I'd like to understand, I don't feel I can. So, along with "Faith", I have "Trust" in a "Purpose".
if you can imagine a world without God, how different would it be from the one you are living in?
As I said, earlier, I have a very hard time grasping the concept of "no God". To an athiest, that might seem like very deep-rooted conditioning but to me it's just "faith" or "intuition". Your question is an oxymoron for a person who believes. For me, there is no world without God. Remove God from the equation and life doesn't exist. While I don't discount The Big Bang or evolution, my mind can't grasp either of those coming to fruition without a Creating Force. Nothing can come from nothing, says my mind, except God (who is, was, and always will be..world without end! Sorry, the Catholic in me needed to recite that last bit) ;)