the gospel according to not that Mark but this one

sooooo....... like many, in my late teens, I grappled long and hard as to the existence of God, believing it to be  the most important question you have to answer in your lifetime—since your eternity depends on the answer. I figured at the time that as medical advances continue to a point where each person may be able to be kept alive forever, the question may ultimately become a choice between immortality and God.

The more I read and pondered the likelihood of such a God, the more I was convinced of It’s presence. I had resigned myself to the fact that for those who do believe, no explanation is necessary while for those who do not, no explanation is possible. To recall Alan Watts; ‘defining God is like trying to wrap up the wind in a package and post it’. Anyhow, if I were able to give you total proof of the existence of God, would we not all be believers?

 Dietrich Bonhoeffer says “A God who let us prove his existence would be only an idol”. We therefore need a certain amount of that faith element. And besides, if there were no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?

Your God is too small. - J B Phillips