Reasonable grounds for God and faith?
Considering issues from God’s perspective rather than our own
Issues that make it difficult to believe in the existence of God can sometimes be better understood by considering that if God were indeed who he says he is, how might those same issues appear from his perspective, rather than our own.
An example can be found in questions, commonly raised, about the validity of believing that the Christian God is the one and only true God, when there are many different religions and cultures around the world with their own Gods and sincerely held beliefs. Common sense would suggest that such a diversity of belief enshrines a great deal of human wisdom and philosophical insight, such that to consider one belief system correct and all others false, would seem to be both arrogant and divisive.
However, if we were to suppose, for the sake of argument, that what the bible teaches was true about an alienation having come between humanity and its Creator God, bringing a loss of spiritual intimacy once enjoyed. If so, it would seem not unreasonable to find a resident sense of wonder and awe among people about life on this planet, along with an enduring and widespread desire to find meaning and purpose in something greater than themselves. If such were the case, it would be not unexpected to find a significant diversity of thought and belief developing throughout the world about issues such as the meaning and philosophy of life, and what things are venerated as deities.
From such a perspective, a world of diverse religions and beliefs would seem to be not inconsistent with the biblical assertion of ‘One God’ seeking to become reconciled with a lost and alienated humanity.
References:
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8‑9 NLT
In those days . . . all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. Judges 21:25 NLT
No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honour each other, but you don’t care about the honour that comes from the one who alone is God. John 5:44 NLT
“Come now, let us reason together”, says the LORD: . . . Isaiah 1:18 ESV
God is not like people. He tells no lies. He is not like humans. He doesn't change his mind. When he says something, he does it. When he makes a promise, he keeps it. Numbers 23:19 GW
What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 1 Corinthians 2:12 NIV
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