Theism Blog

Why doesn’t God prove His existence to everyone, especially to those who may have never heard of Him yet? (For example, those people who live in remote regions or may not have access to a bible or a God following person in order to know about God.)

I ask this question because some people believe that if God proved His existence to everyone, then it would make it easier for people to believe and follow Him.  If He doesn’t prove His existence to everyone, then some may say it wouldn’t be right for God to punish someone who had no access to knowing about Him.

There are many areas in the bible where God gives men greater roles than women.  For example, God gives men the head role when it comes to the marriage relationship (Genesis 3:16 and 1 Peter 3:1-2) and in a church assembly (1 Timothy 2: 11-13 ).  Is it sexism that God chooses men to have stronger roles or is there another reason that He does this?  If so please explain.

If God is perfect, why is the world that He created so imperfect such as humans, nature, etc?

Extra-sensory perception (ESP) is the ability of a human to acquire information without the use of the ordinary senses of the body.  Examples of ESP are telepathy, precognition, and clairvoyance.  Parapsychologists have been able to show evidence of ESP existing through experiments showing consistent positive results.  One way that God reveals Himself to us is though using ESP.  That is, when He reveals Himself to us telepathically like through a vision or some type of revelation. 

This may be more of a hypothetical issue but the question is can ESP be used to prove God in any way.  Feel free to explain your view as well.

Why are you a theist?  Which type of theist are you, and why?  For the record, some of the different branches of theism are monotheism, polytheism, pantheism, deism, etc.

     It’s common to hear about the psychology of religion and the explanations that emerge from this field of study.  For example, some explain religion is as being a crutch for those people who can’t handle or accept reality.  Furthermore, I often hear many trying to use this explanation to imply that religions are therefore made-made and not God-made, which would also make the gods those religions represent as being man-made as well.  What I don’t often hear about is a psychology of atheism.  By psychology I mean examining either the positive or negative/irrational factors that can cause or contribute to atheistic beliefs.   I’m sure much can be learned from examining the upbringing or childhood development, mindset, emotional life, etc. of Atheists.  Perhaps doing this will also point to irrational or personal psychological motives and not rational ones that lead to believing that no god(s) exist. 

Please leave your views regarding if belief atheistic belief is due to rational reasons or psychological reasons (by psychological I mean more along the lines of irrational reasons, a bad upbringing during childhood, social or cultural factors, etc).

Does God’s omniscience contradict free-will?

Can science prove the supernatural?  Please also explain why or why not.

In Christianity, God mentions that He requires faith to believe in Him.  With that being said, what about the Christians and others who go about trying to prove Him?  Is it okay for them to do that or is it disobeying God?  Also consider that Jesus mentions not to test God (Luke 4: 9-12).

Christians believe that the bible is inerrant (without error) because it is God’s word. Yet, there are so many claims of errors from people for the bible that it seems to damage it’s credibility as being anything but errorless. The question is, how can the bible be God’s word when it contains errors in it, especially since God is suppose to be perfect?