Subj : Why doesn't God reveal Himself openly?
To   : TODD HENSON
From : MICHAEL DANEHY
Date : Fri Mar 09 2001 12:33 pm

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-> One of the common questions I've heard regarding God is "if he's so
real,,
-> why doesn't he just come on down and say 'Here I am!', rather than
hiding
-> and
-> leaving us uncertain?".
-> 
-> Good question. Consider the following approach.
-> 
-> Morality has long been understood to involve doing that which is good,
-> regardless of the consequences for doing it. Many people have long been

 How Kantian of you. :)

-> If God were to reveal Himself completely in the open, then it would no
-> longer
-> be a matter of *wickedness* and *immorality* for people to do evil, but
-> mere
-> foolishness. If hell itself were shown to us, so that we could see it
with
-> our eyes, and if God were standing on earth so that we could see Him
with
-> our
-> eyes, then we'd have NO CHOICE but to believe He exists.

 If it's so important to be good for good's sake only,
why the need for eternal punishments/rewards? 

 Also I think your argument is dubious in general. Even
if I know that God exists, I'm not forced to follow
Him. Supposedly Satan knows that God exists but rebels
anyway. Does that make Satan foolish or evil?
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