Why Doesn't God Make It Obvious? 

Luke 16:31- ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’

You can probably argue that the ancient Israelites didn't have much faith because they knew God but rejected him even then.

I had come to the same conclusion on my own. Satan and his demons are forever unforgivable -- why? Because they saw God's face, His love, His glory, etc., every moment, yet STILL chose to rebel. They had no excuses because they acted in full knowledge! For us humans, it's NOT by sight. There are vagueries and mysteries. When we sin, it is often in ignorance and lack of full understanding -- which allows much more room for grace and mercy! The Bible backs this up. It says that with knowledge comes pain, and with knowledge comes responsibility. "From him who has been given much, much will be demanded." And "Father forgive them, they know not what they do." So, it's an extraordinary mercy that God stays hidden, requiring us to approach based on faith, not by sight!

I have been wrestling with this exact question these past few days. It's something that is really hard for me to comprehend. Thank you so much for making this video. I support your work in theology and defending Christ, Catholicism, and Christianity. ✝ Non mea voluntas sed tua fiat!

I'll never understand the whole "I'd never believe in God, even if the stars rearranged themselves (etc)..." . And I say this as someone who, at this time, is not a Theist! An experience like Paul's experience on the road to Damascus would definitely convince me haha!!

I've seen Gavin Ortlund answer this question by saying something like "He wants our love to be genuine, not something that we're doing because of His power." Now I see your answer as well. But to me the question is nonsensical because I disagree with the premise -- God DOES make Himself obvious. Atheists talk about how they'd believe if they saw a miracle -- like the stars aligning, or the skies opening -- but we already have a miracle that is the biggest evidence: Existence! The mere fact that you exist -- the only thing you're certain of -- is already enough evidence to know that there is a Creator, that the world goes beyond the material. Indeed, before the 18th century it was sort of common sense for every human that obviously there exists a Divine, it can't be that the world is just material.

I actually had a few mystical experiences, so to me the only rock-solid and undeniable things are that God is out there and that He wants me to be Catholic. For the rest I don't pretend to know better than 2000 years of theology, so I just accept Church doctrine. I won't pretend that I'm a very good Catholic, but I do know that I have to be one. If you see dwarves dancing around in your back garden there are three possible reactions: 1- the Thomas Covenant approach: you scream to the dwarves "go away you freaks, you don't exist". 2- the Richard Dawkins approach: apparently I'm crazy because I see something that doesn't exist 3- accept that apparently they do exist after all. That's what I do. I think the transmitter isn't broken, I think many receivers are broken. If you don't want to see, you won't see. BTW I think that simply denying something that you don't expect, no matter what you observe is a weird approach for a scientist. Absence of proof is not proof of absence. So you should never rule anything out a priori. And also, the Bible states explicitly that God is hidden (that is, not observable unless He choses to reveal Himself). So that God is not easily observed is completely consistent with theology. Also it is written: "you shall not put God to the test". That is Jesus' second temptation in the desert. You can't _,make_ God reveal Himself. Trying to do that is the worst form of hubris possible.

It's out of love. So that we make the best, ever improving version of ourselves, not out of fear or direct obedience for an obviously present entity, but that we do it for the right reasons, that we allow to guide ourselves through sound principles, and make our improvement a genuine victory/accomplishment and an expression of our autonomy. The ultimate act of love from someone or from God can make to another is to wish for the happiness of others by promoting their ability to live and prosper with their lives, thought responsible, principled act. If we do this, then by doing so, we are in turn proving God and loving Him by showing that His creations are a success, happy with the fact they were given a chance to live and prosper. It's a celebration of life.

This was an excellent explanation! I've never heard it so well thought out. Thank you!

Dude, this is something I wrestled with for years, and still couldn’t articulate as well as what you just shared. Thank you!

God's presence is so obvious its easy to overlook... like fish not realizing they are swimming in water.

Brian, thank you so much for this video. I have been struggling with this issue for so long that I have been teetering on the edge of atheism, and I haven't been to Mass in almost a year, in part for the very reasons you address. This video obviously didn't answer everything I'm struggling with, but it addressed a large part of it, and for that I truly thank you.

I’m not asking for a pillar of fire or stars rearranged. Just the same level of confidence I have that the cashier standing in front of me at the grocery store exists.

Good video! What about doing a video on the non resistant non believer? The atheist OConner if I have his name right. Young guy who went to Oxford I think has chatted with Trent Horn before. O’Conner has admitted that some atheist as your premise outlines won’t accept any evidence that the issue isn’t the evidence. He says in his case though is that he isn’t resistant so classified himself as a non resistant non believer

The lottery winners going broke analogy is just brilliant!

God is uniquely unique. That is, you cannot have, ever, true knowledge of God. He is so far above us, He is most like a Being Beyond Being. The only thing we have is Christ, Logos, God literally reaching out to us. IF you dwell on this, you realize how truly comforting it is. God, perfectly good, perfectly perfect, is literally extending a hand (metaphorically) to us. What are we that such a being would even consider? We are truly blessed as a species before Him.

We need to start reflecting on how to comply with God’s commands. It is not our place to question Him or judge His motives. He’s faultless and we are nothing without Him. In Him, there is order, peace and joy. The sooner we acknowledge our need of Him, the better.

A fatal flaw to this argument is the Christian assumption that people choose what to believe by their exercise of their will.

Nailed it on the pooping your own pants. 🤣🤣 In all seriousness, I do firmly believe that divine hiddenness is intimately entangled with our free will.

I would really like to see a video about free will and human responsibility because it seems like these things do not exist materially yet they play an essential part in religious beliefs

Oh my gosh, like all of creation and one's own existence isn't enough proof!!!

I would like you to answer to this question: why would have God behaved like this with the jews? It IS a mistake for him to do so? should we believe that he did those mistakes? what does the Church say about It? Thank you very much for your videos, they are really doing so much good for me and probably for much more people. Greetings from Spain

Awesome video, I've never thought of it that way before, very compelling to me

BRILLIANT!!!!!

I don’t think divine hiddenness disproves the existence of the Christian God outright. However, I am sympathetic to the issue it can cause. For example someone like Alex O Connor (CosmicSkeptic) describes himself as a nonresistant nonbeliever. He is completely open to conversion and even wants to but God has not shown himself to him. Alex has attempted prayer, church, and living with Christians. He has explored all the arguments but says the logical arguments for God are not convincing enough. It feels weird that God would damn someone like Alex who has sincerely attempted to find him but does not find the logical case for God enough. Outside of some sign he can’t in good conscience convert for something he believes is untrue. To preference I am an agnostic who finds myself relating to his struggle. In the end I’d like to hope that God would have mercy on those who sincerely attempt to find him but do not get there in this worldly life.

Through contemplation of God’s word, we begin to know God. Contemplation of God is both speaking and hearing. Unfortunately, not everyone knows God and that’s why Jesus tells us the difficulty to enter into his kingdom.

Read “The Grand Inquisitor” by Dostoyevsky

Can somebody please tell me the hymn that plays in intro? It's beautiful. Thanks in advance. 🙏

Thanks, this was one of your best videos.

We are one with God. You can't have human consciousness without God. "God came down from heaven and became man". Our awareness and consciousness ties us all together and makes us one. That is God. We all know God because we all have him inside of us. However ironical it is we are all individuals and that also makes us selfish too.

As a kid I had several people I met over the phone or the internet. It was always a joy to finally meet them in person. God bless 🕊✌

Sir, behind you: what is that lamp w/ stainglass-looking illuminations? What's the name of the product and where did you buy it?

I think the argument used in the second half is a bit weak. If my understanding is correct, it can be paraphrased "since we do not know God like the ancient Israelites, that is a boon to us as our culpability for sin is reduced and we have somewhat more of an excuse", essentially pleading ignorance. So, to illustrate my issue with this, picture the relationship between sin and clarity about God as a fraction, sin on top, clarity about God's existence on the bottom, with the end result being ignorance (Ignorance = Sin / Clarity). The issue with this is that it does not place sin, or Grace, as the subject, as the object of importance, but a legalistic sense of "am I considered guilty?". Am I to believe that God, being omnipotent (which I do believe, to clarify), is so powerless in his task to help us tackle sin that he simply reduces the value of the denominator (clarity) in order to artificially increase our ignorance and thus reduce culpability, without tackling the core issue (sin)? Especially when lack of faith is something that people get damned for?

Haven't heard the podcast but at 52, I promise God makes nothing obvious.

I saw Michael the arch angel,,, SOMETIMES God DOES make is VERY CLEER

Cant know God he not human however we are an extension of his expression. An expression is a breath of his creations.....

The fact that God did appear in history yet people still don't believe the evidence only shows that they're demand for evidence is entirely specious. Any morally and intellectually serious person must be able to define the evidence that they require or else their rejection of God is not based on a lack of evidence but based on something else, like their own close mindedness. The first question you should ask of any atheist is the qualifier: can you describe the evidence that you demand? If they cannot answer that question then there's no reason to take them seriously since they have defined no criteria that could ever be met.

Love this question!

God as an object outside of us who can change his mind based on petitional prayers is little different than the gods of the pagans.

Good answer to a very tough question.

Or, to be all metaphysical about it, how does one demonstrate .. being .. to the individuating material parts of a busy once-primaeval gloup - when it is part of the evidence to be witnessed ..? Obviously one points the more consciously self-aware particles amassed each to its own individuated material 'self' as 'being' - in the hope that this being will recognise, however dimly, that Being is therefore, of necessity, something more its own being. Charitably pointing out that this 'Being' (greater than all the material parts) is, in principle, what the philosophers considered as < God > (and at one time Catholics also presented this logical concept as : what Christians call 'God' in good faith). And if that doesn't fox the blighters, then try Anselm or Plato on them. It's mostly much of a muchness - and, alas, is treated like a matter of taste rather than moral reason aka natural law (and the natural sciences). Keep the Faith; tell the truth, shame the devil, and let the demons shriek. God bless. ;o)

Does anyone know the backgtound chant or hymn?

Faith is the substance of the things hoped for the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1

It's really not that much different than the problem of evil.

Reportedly, the holiness of God, if we were in His presence, would be overwhelming for us as well. You hear about this holiness and posture or desire for reverence as well with those who were fortunate enough to meet the Blessed Virgin Mary.

How do you believe in something you KNOW exist, you do not BELIEVE in air.. you KNOW it is there for you to inhale. If ones Faith comes from belief then there cannot be any KNOWING.. it is that simple. Now, you CAN prove gods existens to yourself once you DO believe. But then again, you won´t get a phonecall from god stating that you were right. So you still cannot KNOW, you will have to believe. And once you DO, you will see him working in your life. I do not believe because God forced me to, i believe because I MYSELF started searching, listening/seeing. And today there is nothing that would change my mind.

Well, I'll give you credit for not breaking out the old "God doesn't want robots" argument, Brian. However, the comparison btw the divine revelations in the OT and the NT utterly fail. Yes, the ancient Hebrews had to endure enslavement, famines, and plagues when they disobeyed, but they never faced the prospect of eternal torment as presented in the Christian scriptures for failure to believe. The stakes are significantly higher and not gentler in the NT.

A good question

So if I don't have a relationship with God, because I don't see any evidence he excists, I will get hell. But if he reveals himself to me, and I reject him I will get more hell? How should I decern weather anything I experience is from God or from myself. I really can't see how an allpowerful beeing should be incapable of making its excistence clear without overwhelming us. And one thing, not all atheist are like those hyperskeptics, assuming that I would simply deny the evidence seems a bit unfair. And if anyone who speaks with God listens, I have a special coin. Ask God what coin that is and write to me the answer.

But didn't god appear in various, substantially more explicit forms in the past? I'd take a pillar of fire or a Damascus Road apparition or a talking burning bush or heck just send an angel. You can't form a relationship with total silence.

Because THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE HERE... Sure there are different times for different dealings but the point of us being here if far beyond most such conveniences

Brian you’re crushing it lately (not that you weren’t before). God bless ya

I used to wonder why God doesn't include a manual with everything we need to know for our current life. While I would still prefer having one, He has determined it's not necessary and that means He has different expectations than mere obedience. He wants more than that, He wants our will, given over 100% voluntarily out of love. He's playing for keeps.

Being from Boston my substitute celebrity would be either Tom Brady or Bobby Orr and if they weren't available I'd settle for Ray Bourque, Cam Neely or Patrice Bergeron.

If as a parent, you could force your son or daughter to love you, would you? Or would you let them choose to love you or reject you of their own volition?

I made a video responding to you four months ago and you didn't watch it. Not sure why I should make one about you again but this is a pretty bad """"argument""" you have here.

Dios no se manifiesta porque no es una cosa concreta del mundo. Sin embargo, incluso cuando no se manifiesta al modo de una piedra o un electrón, *es* en todos ellos como el principio al cual se deben. Por eso se dice que Dios es mónade en cuanto es uno y es origen de todos los entes. La pregunta sería si un ente puede ser Dios en cuanto ente...

I get what ur saying..but o can hear ppl saying, unless I misinterpreted something, that God just "used" the Israelites, until the full Sacrifice of Christ was to come in the future..what would one say to that?..also, what is the Catholic way to interpret our free will with God's Omnipotence and Divine Foreknowledge? Lastly, if a person, truly wants to believe in God, even specifically the Catholic perception of God, is Catholic, goes to mass, receives the Sacraments, prays, works on virtues etc, but still personal faith never comes, despite a sincere desire for such a thing, and after viewing all the evidence, decides Catholicism makes the most sense..has the most credibility, but get cross that hurtle to a sincere belief in God, is that sufficient in order to possibly obtain salvation..specifically like a cradle Catholic that just never could really believe in God, despite being raised Catholic, feels like that their has been so much conditioning in the world since the enlightenment to this world view, some people find it impossible, despite sincerely wanting faith..I mean, objectively, Catholicism made just as much sense to medieval ppl, as it does for many ppl in the modern world to not believe..both were conditioned over centuries that this is true, and for them in the medieval era, that reality was just as inescapable as the modern natural sciences in our age for many..and if you take, just that, the centuries of "conditioning" ppl to believe one way over another, and no other evidence or variables, then Catholicism and modern natural science are kind of on equal footing..I was recently asked this and didn't know how to respond..I think some personal belief has to be there, but to the degree, I don't know..sorry for the long loaded questions..I know this is hardly the proper forum, in comments, to ask such a thing..God bless Mary protect you Brian and your whole family and all your people who follow you with a n open heart for the Truth +++

I like that description of growth in faith as a virtue. But how do you think that works with faith being a theological virtue infused by God rather than a moral virtue? Of course, acts of faith make us more habitually open to receive it, so maybe there is not a large distinction in this case.

A consequence seems to be that all revelations after the New Testament are false? Moreover, the idea that only those who already possess faith can find or experience God seems widely circular.

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What makes a Catholic different from a Baptist or any other Christian branch? How is one Christian belief superior to another?

God talked to many people in Old Testament, Jesus talked to Paul after ascension into heaven.

You shoulda mentioned Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

It is obvious.

El vídeo se resume en esto: 1. El nominalismo es cierto. 2. Todo lo que es y puede ser son individuos. 3. Luego, Dios para ser algo debe ser un individuo de algún género o especie. Pero todas estas proposiciones son falsas. Así que Dios para ser algo no debe ser un individuo al modo de un planeta o un neutrón.

God wuz here, innit? Brian, UK represent! 😎

Why did God talk to more people in Genesis days.

As if your christian god isn't insecure

There are thousands of gods humans have worshipped throughout our history. How many of these gods Originated from the deep recesses of the very imaginative mind? Let's assume for arguments sake there have been 3000 gods. How many of these are real gods and how many are inventions of men?

I just say that God isn't a wish granting genie.

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God revealed Himself pretty explicitly to Lucifer. How'd that work out? Many of these atheists just aren't self aware or brave enough to admit that they'd react to God in just the same way as Satan.

Problem of evil: read, The Devine Comedy, by Dante Aliguwry.

It's because the nature of life is to learn and to go through trials and adventures. If God was right here with us we wouldn't be able to live life's purpose.

God doesn't make it obvious because we were banished from full contact with god when Adam and Eve ate the forbiden fruit. When Jesus comes back in the end of times, God will be fully revealed again.

Subjunctive tense: If God were real

The flawed logic is stunning. If the universe was created by a God, this God would necessarily have to be outside of the universe and not within it. And if this universe is rational, intelligible and operates according to natural laws - which it must be or Richard Dawkins wouldn't even be able to do the thing he really ought to stick to, which is science - then this God could only operate within it in accordance with those natural laws. It's like we're playing basketball and they want God to come in as a substitute to score a touchdown. Looking for God inside the universe is like looking for Karl Benz under the hood of your car.

There cant be a "loving relationship " if you don't even know if the person exist pretty stupid argument born out of desperation

God's end goal is not for us to believe in Him, but for us to love Him and return to right relationship with Him and our place in the cosmic order. Just as death prevents humankind from becoming like the demons, immortal in our evil, so God's hiddeness may be necessary for human beings not ready to bear His presence without a greater falling away.

The simplest answer to the original question: why isn't God more obvious? I think Jesus answered that question in advance for those with just that question, when he spoke to Thomas: blessed are those that believe but have never seen.

Wow, beautifully faithfully and theologically sounded explanation! God is LOVE! FREE LOVE AND LOVER of his creation. SIN destroys our relationship with GOD. Thank you, Brian. We'll done about the INCARNATION. AMEN.

So why did God make us not be able to handle his presence/appearance? The angels never had to go through this process AFAIK. Why us? We're made in his likeness, so he should look a lot like us anyway, right? It's the cherubim and those wheels with all the eyes on them that look so freaky. But even discounting all of this, we should at least be able to handle being in Jesus's presence, right? The first half of your video doesn't make sense with the second half considering your answer to the question in the title.

My disagreement will focus on the proposed sky-writing you bring up, noting that some atheists have stated they'd believe no evidence whatsoever. Brian, I know some atheists have said things like this, but I don't think you are steel-manning the best form of that argument. When atheists say things like "I won't believe any evidence," they are exaggerating, many of them, but the essential point is the difficulty in assessing ANY evidence, however interesting it is, as pointing to god. Critical, possibly insurmountable difficulties would exist in passing judgment on this evidence. Which leads us to: Skywriting...so, we wake up one day and we (I?) see "god" writing in the sky, stars rearranged, or whatever. By what method would we discern the cause is god? God would not be my first thought, nor should it be. And, by the way, you just assumed we'd know the writing was from god. Absolutely no, we would not know. God as the best explanation would probably be years in the making, if possible at all. Edit: So, if this is some sort of shared vision (everyone can see it), we have a LOT of work to do to get to god. If the vision is internal only (say, one person's claim), then I am not interested at all. Those are a dime a dozen. Think of all we have to rule out first: hallucinations, drugs, a Hollywood director's prank, a massively expensive super bowl ad, etc. Then we'd move on to ruling out government manipulation, psy-ops warfare, mass chemical poisoning. Need to rule all that out. Also a wide scale magic trick, need to rule that out. Digital manipulation, too. Need to rule that out. We'd then attempt to rule out known and unknown (well, "emerging") natural phenomena like atmospheric disturbances. Or, possibly, just plain weird effects of quantum mechanics. And oh, boy, the conspiracy theories! Those would be fun. And, of course, aliens. By what measure, and at what point, would you, Brian H, finally determine the writing was from god? What confidence would you have in it? If you could rule EVERYTHING above out, that still wouldn't give you god. It would just give you a bigger mystery. If you could determine the strange sky-writing was indeed caused by a single being, what tools and testing would you use to determine the entity causing it was god? How to separate god from a lesser, yet still massively powerful being? Seriously, the challenge to identify the supreme being as causing the skywriting would be immense. Also, on a separate note, if the Apostles could stand being in Jesus's presence - a couple of them even during the supposed transfiguration - I think we'd all be fine in the presence of god the father. And a request... pleas stop using Dawkins as your atheist standard-bearer! Select someone worthy of the title, like Alex O'Connor.

It feels pretty obvious ngl

Your Taylor Swift analogy doesn't work. You're almost certainly right that Taylor Swift can't form new authentic friendships because she can't rely on anyone new she meets caring about her rather than caring about her fame or money. The issue is that, at the end of the day, she's just a person. She has more stuff than I do, but she's just a person. And if I meet her, I can't see her for what she really is because I'm overwhelmed by all the stuff and success she has. That's fair. But god, if he's real, isn't just a person. He's the creator of everything. Meeting him SHOULD BE overwhelming. If I'm a being that cannot handle meeting god, that's because god wants me to be that way. Taylor Swift didn't make me. God, supposedly, did. But more than that, Taylor Swift can't read my mind. Do I really care about her, the person, or do I only care about pleasing her because of what she can give me or do for me? She can't tell. God can. Am I worshipping him because I want to or because of some ulterior motive? God knows. More than THAT, though, is the fact that some people claim to have overwhelming evidence of the existence of god. You say that someone like Richard Dawkins wouldn't believe in god even if it were spelled out in the stars. Fair. But some people believe overwhelmingly and completely in god on the basis of some marks on a few old pieces of paper. If these faithful people are as convinced by that "evidence" as I'd be if god manifested himself to me and provided undeniable evidence of his existence, then aren't they in exactly the position you spell out. They're overwhelmed by the existence of god, just as I would be if I physically met god. But you suggest that's not desirable. So which is it? Maybe you think that god provided the evidence to these people that would convince them but that would not overwhelm their free will. Maybe. But then he can do the same for every single person. In the end, it breaks down like this. If having sufficient evidence of the existence of god renders worship of god inauthentic, then there are only two types of believers: inauthentic believers or fools who believe things for spurious and insufficient reasons.

live by faith not by sight

For those with eyes to see....it *is* obvious.

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Can I get a little nugget of real evidence of God in any way except through what other humans tell me? That's the only way I can know God

Even if god was real, I would never worship (or even respect) such a violent bully.

That fact that we exist makes it pretty obvious

🇷🇺☦️🤝☪️🇵🇸Exactly, but you missed a few points Brian: 1. God was already was gracious enough to perform all the miracles & revelations to our forefathers. 2. If God would reveal Himself to us every time, there wouldn't be any point to existence here, because there wouldn't be any trial and test to man, which is the point to our time here 3. If the Father & Son weren't different in their personal manifestations we would be modalists - as said by King Solomon in the Spirit: א לַכֹּל, זְמָן; וְעֵת לְכָל-חֵפֶץ, תַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם. 1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

God doesn’t have a problem being obvious, apologists do. Throughout the entire scripture God wants to make his name known and honored. God wants his prophets to succeed so he allows them the ability to do miracles. God walks with his people, talks with his people, wrestles with them, and is carried around in a box throughout the desert. He appears in many different forms, he sends angels when he can’t or doesn’t want to do it himself. When his people are going to be harmed he breaks the laws of physics and protects them supernaturally. He protects Daniel in the lions den, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were protected from fire, the Red Sea was parted, etc. Why? So that the God of Israel could be worshiped and given praise. God demands it from his people and it’s his goal hence the first 3 commandments. God is active throughout the stories of the Old Testament, and he’s even active throughout the New Testament. When we get to the New Testament we get more supernatural things: Demon possession, Satan is more active in the world, miracles are being done left and right, visions pre and post resurrection, Peter walking on water, Paul seeing the risen Jesus, John’s vision of the end of the world, etc. The Bible and the stories within it paint the world in a very mythical way. Angels, demons, an active God intervening for his people, etc. the world we live in doesn’t reflect this at all. Unfortunately if you set your bias aside and truly do the heart wrenching searching, you know it’s not true. It was really hard to leave the faith after 30 years but once you have an outside look at it all you realize all you ever did was attribute God to natural events or events that you couldn’t explain. We don’t speak to God, God doesn’t speak to us. You have questions or doubts? There are no answers, you’re left to question. If you truly believe in the Christian God you have to sit there and believe that God made a decision to go from being highly active in the world to not being active at all (he changed - which he says he doesn’t) You have to believe that God, with his foreknowledge, knows when a gunman is going to go on a rampage and all the innocents that will die - many of whom might be Christian’s (who he has protected before) and decides NOT to protect them. You have to believe that Christian’s who struggle with doubt, who eventually start the deconverting process are left alone and never comforted by God or given a little message of encouragement by God to keep faith and stay strong. Nope, not there’s just silence, exactly what you would expect if a God did not exist. The truth is this world with all of its chaos and evil makes more sense and is EXACTLY what we would expect if there was no God. And as a final note, why is it that we even have to debate ‘Does God Exist?’ The very fact we have to ask the question begs the answer. I don’t debate or ask ‘Does my wife exist?’ Existence is anything that ‘is’ it occupies a space in reality and is verifiable. We get our information about God and his existence from an ancient book written by hundreds of potential authors over thousands of years ago. That’s not getting you off to a good start. If God existed, by the very definition, we should all come to know him in the same way without the need to read a book. The fact that there are thousands of different Gods that have been created by people, that nobody believes in anymore shows that WE invented God.

I’ll admit that I have not watched any recent video. I feared that the titles were leaning more into Sedevacantism.

Dumb take. If god made a point to publicly perform miracles and made a point to appear to Paul, god could’ve appeared to us. This whole video is you just talking about a whole lot of nothing

So the argument is, "you're just not ready because he's too awesome"? And you, Brian the enlightened, are? How patronizing. I suggest sticking to more positive subjects rather than assuming for and strawmanning against atheist or arguments of rival faiths. It would do far more for your own cause than this malign attempt at justifying human written liturgical scripture.