16th March 2003, 4:05 PM
Would revealing Himself really convince you? Think about it, when you are so convinced He can't possibly exist, then if He appeared, would you suddenly believe He actually appeared?
Sure, He could FORCE everyone to believe, but then we wouldn't actually BE would we? Free will is inseperable from a soul. It pretty much IS the soul. If He forced us, which of course He could, it would turn us into robots, well, our bodies anyway. Our souls would either die off completely or be placed elsewhere. The point is that he cares about us, the souls, the things that have free will.
Sure, He could FORCE everyone to believe, but then we wouldn't actually BE would we? Free will is inseperable from a soul. It pretty much IS the soul. If He forced us, which of course He could, it would turn us into robots, well, our bodies anyway. Our souls would either die off completely or be placed elsewhere. The point is that he cares about us, the souls, the things that have free will.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)