Evidence of the biblical GOD?

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Evidence of the biblical GOD?

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[Replying to post 5 by JehovahsWitness]
QUESTION What is God's spirit?

God's spirit in the bible is God's active force or God's power; the power by which God achieves things. The Hebrew word translated into the English "spirit" is ruach and stems from the word "wind". Thus it depicts an unseen or invisible force that can have visible effects.
The member wrote the above which got me thinking that if this were the case, then it should be regarded as something which can be witnessed and understood as undeniable evidence that the biblical GOD actually exists.

The member claims;

1: It is an active force/power
2: It is able to achieve things
3: Like the wind, it is unseen other than how it affects the visible.

Given this is a biblical description of the biblical idea of GOD - primarily believed by Christians, and no doubt attached to some of the stories in the OT where this GOD is not directly seen in form but his power is witnessed, shouldn't the visible effects of this GOD be able to be witnessed through the examining of Christian, Jewish and Muslim behavior - at the very least?

We do have accounts of the 'Holy Ghost' at work in this evident manner, throughout the Abrahamic writ, where the GOD chooses to remain invisible rather than display himself in form.

In relation to Jesus, he mentions the HG as a 'comforter' who he would 'send' which implies that he would send the breath of the GOD (his Father) after he left the planet, in order to comfort those he left behind.

In Acts we get a story of how this 'Comforter' displayed GODs visible power by causing instant death and numbing fear. Hardly something which would comfort most people.

But the claim from the member is that this spirit is evidence of GOD - like the effect on visible nature is evidence of the wind.

Can anyone point out where this evidence of the holy ghost/spirit is in the world today, and if so, can this evidence be accepted as the evidence for GOD, people are demanding?

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Re: Evidence of the biblical GOD?

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[Replying to post 7 by JehovahsWitness]

A clear case of a claim 'we have it and others do not'.

Predictable.

What is claimed is not different from most religious claims. One cannot seriously be expected to believe that one religion (or aspect of a religions) idea of GOD is true while all others are false, when individuals involved in all of them are experiencing similar subjective experiences which subtly touch their lives and go a long way to convince them that GOD exists...only this understanding is conflated with organised religions mostly successful attempts to tell the individual 'who and what GOD is' and thus any potential power is diluted and redirected into the coffers of whichever particular religion the individual allows mediation rights to.

Which is precisely the reason you are always putting a plug in for your religion and its idea of GOD. You gave it the right to mediate, and you push that onto others...


...nothing of which amounts or even honestly could amount to evidence that the biblical GOD actually exists.

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