There is No Way of Knowing What God is like

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There is No Way of Knowing What God is like.

There is a lot of uncertainty over God’s existence and his personality. Many different religions believe in different Gods and some believe in more than 1 God. For those religions with more than 1 God I think it is easier to understand and place God’s personality because each different God has a different personality and has influence in different situations. For example, Hinduism has Brahman as an overall God but also has Ganesha, Hanuman, Shiva, and many others. Brahma is the Creator, Vishnu is the Preserver and Shiva is the Destroyer. Therefore Brahma can’t be held responsible for destruction and suffering as that is Shiva’s responsibility. If there is a different God for each aspect of life, then there is no need to question personality, as every personality would be represented in one God or another.

However, in Christianity there is only one God, which presents many problems with personality, because whilst in Hinduism there is a Creator and a Destroyer, it wouldn’t make sense for one god to be both of these because why would he destroy something he created. Therefore, we turn to evidence rather than our own knowledge.

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Evidence of God’s personality can be found in the Bible, through personal experience, or through miracles. Most of these sources are reliable, because the personal ones have happened to someone, so that person is convinced, and then it’s down to how persuasive they are about what they experienced. The Bible incorporates the miracles into it, but it was written so long ago and by people who knew Jesus personally but still we don’t know them and therefore we don’t know how trustworthy they are.

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