"Bob Olds" wrote
Corrie wrote
There's plenty of supporting evidence [for the existence of God],
but conclusive proof would preclude faith. And faith is important.

There is no such supporting evidence. And to quote my previous post, "you
have to belief to see" is unacceptable.
If you step off a cliff, gravity doesn't care what you believe, you're gonna
fall.

You're quite right, Bob. If a person is determined to disbelieve,
then no evidence can possibly change their mind. Their worldview
forces them to either discount or reinterpret every piece of evidence
shown to them. Likewise, it's not possible to convince the informed,
thoughtful believer that they are wrong, because they can answer the
skeptics from within their worldview. (The skeptics may not be
satisfied with the answers, but that's not the point.)

I don't think you can choose to believe or not. Either you do or you don't.
I think people stop believing because they've seen the light of truth and
have finally learned something.
I'm sure you feel the same way about people who start believing.

I adopted a Christian worldview after a long period of study and
reflection, and after considering every oher major worldview (and a
few minor ones). My studies convinced me that Christianity is
coherent, explanative, predicitve, internally consistent, externally
verifiable, and even - like any good scientific hypothesis -
falsifiable.

Corrie

Just what exactly does Christianity explain and predict that's useful?
And if it's falsifiable, what evidence would be accepted which could prove
it false?

If you're wrong you have NOTHING to lose and EVERYTHING to gain.
If the "Scientist" is wrong he loses EVERYTHING! Eternity is a LOOOONG
time!!

Bob Olds RV-4 flyer

Again, there's no choice in what you believe.
And I would hope that a higher power could see through any posers

Eric