7.0 The Trouble with God

Theists (like Atheists) have a few confronting problems..

(1) The existence of evil..
     (if God created everything he must be responsible for it)

(2) Do we really have free will or is the whole universe predetermined.?
     (Einstein was firmly convinced it was the latter.. God does not play dice)

(3) General state of Ignorance about God
     (If God is so big and powerful why is he considered of little relevance today)

(4) If the Bible is the 'Word of God' why is it not fully comprehensible?

There's more but these will do for now.. I previously touched on some but now I need to confront them head on. So in keeping with my 'rational' approach to 'Who is God' such questions must be explored before we can begin to talk about his 'identity'.. I'll start with the last first..

That God must be an infinite mind was concluded because the universe he created has infinities wherever we look.. from spectral frequencies, black hole singularities, the number of points between any two points in space to logical (mathematical) expressions of real things.. infinite numbers like Pi etc.

We will never comprehend infinity! Science is ok with the unknown but abhors the 'unknowable'. Scientist try to avoid them altogether.. its an unthinkable embarrassment.. why?

Because it means, contrary to what Erwin Schroedinger concluded..
WE ARE NOT GOD..  have a think about that.. personally.

When I was confronted with the reality of God in 1969 I had a choice.. either I was in charge of the universe or God was.. I decided to resign from the position.. it wasn't too difficult.. if a little humbling.

The bible is both ancient and diverse with about 40 authors but remains consistent about who is God..

Ps 93:2 "you existed before time began"
Is 57:17 "he dwells in eternity"

Is 55:8,9 "my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts"

By definition an infinite God is a 'Deep Truth'.. The fact that reality is not completely knowable was confirmed by Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and the Incompleteness Theorems of Kurt Godel.

Have a superb day..