by Perry Hall<\/p>\n
When speaking with Atheists and Agnostics, a common complaint is, “When I read the Bible, I see a God that does things that I don’t agree with such as….”<\/p>\n
So their reason for unbelief is that they don’t like the evidence! How would that thinking work in the real world?<\/p>\n
Do you see the non-scientific thinking process? Not liking the conclusion is not a reason to disregard the evidence. If someone concludes that God can’t be real because they don’t like what God does, that doesn’t disprove God. What needs to be done is a continual study of what you have trouble with. Guess what…we all have questions. God being real has nothing to do with what I think.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Perry Hall When speaking with Atheists and Agnostics, a common complaint is, “When I read the Bible, I see a God that does things that I don’t agree with such as….” So their reason for unbelief is that they don’t like the evidence! How would that thinking work in the real world? “I don’t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[184,1405],"class_list":["post-90995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-atheism","tag-logic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31868,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-if-i-say-you-cant-prove-god-is-real\/","url_meta":{"origin":90995,"position":0},"title":"What if I say you can’t prove God is real?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: If religion (Catholicism) is the absolute truth, then how come when questions are asked about it no one can ever answer with facts, only faith and belief? 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Hamilton Text: Isaiah 43:8-13 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIf God is real, why doesn\u2019t He just give concrete evidence?\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is a question that preachers frequently run into. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If I don\u2019t personally see the evidence, then I don\u2019t think adequate proof exists - John 20:25 II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0God has given evidence \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48884,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/dealing-with-doubt\/","url_meta":{"origin":90995,"position":3},"title":"Dealing with Doubt","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. 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