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We live in a physical world. God is spirit. What physical evidence is expected to materialize?a. I look around and see no evidence of god(s). As far as the gods in the holy books, I'm an atheist. Don't buy it for one second. Willing to bet my soul on it.
b. It's unknowable if God continues to hide. You would have to be a god yourself to know 100% for sure because you'd have to look everywhere not only in this universe but in all the other rhelms such as heaven to see if he's hiding.
Second, God is not hiding anymore than those living in the desert can claim all the dolphins are hiding.
Finally, too many only see the Bible through the lens of twenty-first century language, history, and culture and therefore haven't a clue, let alone the faintest idea of what the original authors were saying--and how their accounts were perceived by the original audience.
No. I can go look in the ocean and verify if dolphins exist. If God exists only in another rhelm, how do you know about him? He visited? Then visit me.
So you are saying religion isn't standing up to the test of time?
We have an idea at what the authors were trying to say. Everything and anythign to get you to buy in to the cult. And it worked.
And no. I disagree actually. I am able to put myself in the greeks mindset 1900 years ago when they bought the stories from Paul. What amazes me is people still to this day buy the stories. But then again a lot of people believe in ghosts and witches too so we are still a pretty primitive species.