If You Were God Would You Prove Yourself?

**Heaven** · August 27th, 2009, 10:56 AM

The old testament and new testament God are the same.

I'm thinking that bc God knows everything and He's chosen not to prove Himself then there must be some pretty good reason why not that we can't understand. SO then if I was God I would have that knowledge and therefore not prove myself either if that makes sense??

**Roryrory** · August 27th, 2009, 11:51 AM

The old testament and new testament God are the same.

Noted, but I was more suggesting that if you subscribe to one testament more than the other your views would be different (ie: a Jew who follows the OT would have different thoughts on the matter than, say, a gay Uniting Church Minister (do they ordain gay priests, or is it the Anglicans?) who is presumably more NT in their leanings).

**Jennifer13** · August 27th, 2009, 02:24 PM

I actually think God has already done plenty to prove his existence. How everyone interprets that seems to vary (and some don't believe at all).

Maybe this is more about proving something to yourself than about having it proven to you. For example, how do you know your child loves you before they can tell you, or before they really understand what they're telling you?

Personally, from a faith perspective, I think the onus is on me, not on God ("think not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" sort of thing!).

**Bathsheba** · August 27th, 2009, 02:30 PM

Yes, very good points Jennifer. It has also occured to me that in the NT it is written that the son of God (Jesus) will return in a tangible way at some point... and then alluded to life on Earth changing forever... so I guess that's the thing... we can't know life as it is today AND have God proven to us... it's just not a compatible situation.