You: Honestly, I have a hard time taking this answer seriously, what would you call that kind of need? I only know humans, I cannot be worried about being judged for having rational thoughts based on my experiences in life.
We are all creatures “in” space/time. We have very limited sensory perception and our mental abilities are finite. Space/time is finite.
Cosmic microwave background radiation measurements since the 1960’s consistently agree that space/time is expanding, that there was a beginning of real space and real time in this universe. That was the most theological statement ever to come out of modern science (Jastrow) – “In the beginning” (Genesis 1, John 1)
In the absence of space, things cannot exist.
In the absence of time, events cannot occur.
Physical causality requires space and time. Indeed, all physical cosmologies (multi-verse, multi-world, imaginary time, cyclic, ekpyrotic, etc.) rely on space/time for physical causation. That is the poison pill to atheism.
There had to be an uncaused cause of space/time and therefore, physical causation. And the only candidate for uncaused cause is God.
So even if a person has no spiritual discernment whatsoever – no “ears to hear” – still, if he is a rational thinker and cares to think about the evidence as objectively as he can, he will conclude that God is and also, that man cannot measure Him, cannot put Him under a microscope, observe Him with a telescope, draw pictures of Him or subject Him to mortal judgments, etc.
He might be Deist, he might think that God started it and then walked away or ceased to exist, he might rationalize Him in Platonic or Aristotlean terms or vague philosophies or mysticisms - but the evidence is so great, the rational man would not ignore it.
Those who do ignore the evidence are the type 1 atheists in my post #45. Marxism is fueled by them precisely because they are not rational thinkers.
Sad but true, dearest sister in Christ.
I commend you for these wonderful insights:
So even if a person has no spiritual discernment whatsoever – no “ears to hear” – still, if he is a rational thinker and cares to think about the evidence as objectively as he can, he will conclude that God is and also, that man cannot measure Him, cannot put Him under a microscope, observe Him with a telescope, draw pictures of Him or subject Him to mortal judgments, etc.So beautiful — and truthful.He might be Deist, he might think that God started it and then walked away or ceased to exist, he might rationalize Him in Platonic or Aristotlean terms or vague philosophies or mysticisms - but the evidence is so great, the rational man would not ignore it.
Thank you oh so much for your outstanding essay/post!