Here is a thought.
Do you agree that God is by definition transcendent (as in, above material reality)? If yes, then God is categorically different from typical, material things.
As a result, it makes no sense to ask the question about whether or not God exists because non-transcendent things are categorically different from God. Agnosticism and atheism are literally nonsensical positions because they are assuming that asking whether or not God exists is a genuine question. Likewise, believers who argue about the existence of God are also making the mistake of assuming that they are arguing about a genuine question. I think if we accept that God is transcendent, then we cannot have a discussion about whether or not God exists.
Discuss.
"Transcendent": now there's a word in itself for you to look at closer. It originally meant "climb over", I do think.
Even Webster's Dictionary has been changed to be less Christian than when it was written. Nowadays the generally-accepted meaning of the adjective seems to come from the verb "transcend", meaning "to go beyond the limits of; exceed; to surpass; excel."
"Transcendent" and "transcendental" are both adjectives, though, and "transcendental" means "supernatural; abstract."
"Transcendentalism" is "a philosophy based on a search for reality through spiritual intuition."
I get the idea using the words would place us pitting the natural against the supernatural, that is just by looking at the dictionary.
While being above that which is typical or material, God is all encompassing and has revealed Himself also in the typical and material form. That makes God supernatural and natural, if I may say so. We cannot place God in a box with a label on it unless it says something like "God". If we do, it had best be a large label with an awful lot of things not listed; including things we surely do not fully understand as of now.
By what measure would one define God, anyway? Even using the "philosophy" side of the meaning of your word, we must use intuition. Using the religious side we must use faith. Faith is the substance of all things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. If we see clearly what we have faith in, can we hope for it any longer? How can we hope for something we have? We grasp the things given us through the Word and the Holy Spirit, and hope for the things we do not have as of yet.
Questioning also does not get defined fully by the word "doubting". I question things to learn more fully what I am researching. Do not we all? If I question something in the Bible, it leads me eventually to a better understanding of the subject, though I cannot lay claim to having found the answers on my own. I may have received help through the Holy Spirit of God, possibly by studying His Word, possibly giving up something in my life and praying while doing so. I do, however, not question out of doubt. Maybe I learned something through an experience I "had", or
maybe someone "shared" with me. Maybe other Christians helped to build me into the man I am. So many things to look at.
If god is magic, then so I see childbirth, breathing, and many other things in this world and universe. Maybe the sun is magic and the fact we revolve around it to sustain our life on this earth is magic? Naw; I don't think so. Have a good morning to all.
