Message #704

[AndyHB]

I self-identify as an agnostic-atheist, tinkering on the edge of pantheism; I think I think that if there is a god, then god is everything, as opposed to a separate, physical entity in heaven. That said, I'm open to see any hard evidence that the god of the bible (or any holy-book) exists.

Hi there Tabba; you raise an interesting point here.  I certainly wouldn't regard myself as a pantheist - I am a Christian, and generally regarded as of the 'evangelical' type by most here, but nor would I regard God as a "separate, physical entity in heaven".  In fact, very few Christians would regard God in this way, so I think that you might find some very interesting things within the debates here.  The whole issue of 'heaven' is very much under discussion at the moment - especially following the recent publication of Rob Bell's book 'Love Wins'.  There is already a thread discussing the issues raised by the book; its titled 'Rethinking the Afterlife' and can be found in the 'Religion' section of "Inner Space".

I've been on a few other fora over the years, so I'm more-or-less familiar with how they operate; I couldn't find a Rules section here but, judging by the overall tone, I assume we should just use our heads when posting.

We recently migrated from a very old site, which no longer had support of any sort; as a result, we haven't created any 'rules' as such, but you will soon find out what is acceptable and what is not!!

... but I am keen to see if this is the forum where a believer can provide objective evidence for god's existence; I guess you could say that I'm still questioning my theological position.

I have touched on this on a different thread - "God-breathed = God-recommended?" - but I think you will find it nigh-on impossible to find any purely 'objective evidence for god's existence'; despite what most scientists claim, it is hard to find any even in that field - different people interpret the same evidence in slightly different ways, even there.