“If there IS a God, and if He DOES care how men act, why doesn’t He just MAKE men obey Him?”
“If these rules of His are so all-fired important to Him, why is He allowing men to break them? Why not just FORCE all mankind to obey His laws?”
This has to be one of the chief arguments of a sincere atheist. If there WAS a God, He’d be here - not off someplace, hiding, letting a bunch of self-styled preachers “reveal” Him to the world! Right?
The logic is flawless. But the premise is wrong. The premise being that God is after obedience and nothing else. If that were the case, then God would indeed be standing beside you right now with a whip, making sure you don’t sway from the straight-and-narrow.
But that’s not God’s goal. It’s not your goal either, as I’ll soon demonstrate. … Read the rest of this entry »