CAN WE JUST ASSUME THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IF WE THINK IT IS THE BEST EXPLANATION?

It is considered okay if you have a belief system based on explanations for how things are as long as it is a good explanation and you are open to assessing the data.

If you want to invoke God as a neat explanation or the neatest for all things you have to do a lot of research.  You need to know all the important things.  The obstacle will be that God is not a neat explanation for innocent suffering.  And if an intelligent creator is needed it need not be a loving one.

If you want to believe in something without evidence you have to show that it is the best explanation not just for you but is really is the best explanation.

In that case you are putting explanation not belief first.

An idea that is not testable such as that a God made all things can never be the best explanation.  It cannot be an attempt at an explanation at all.  It is just a guess.  You may not have evidence for a particular explanation being true but you still need evidence that it could be true.

Everything makes us seek explanations.  The questions are there but they cannot be answered for we cannot know all the facts. Only evidence can answer the question but often we are not able to see it all or understand it all or even get it all.  Non-testable stuff prevents us seeing and getting it.  It prevents us from caring.

Is it true that we believe something for a mixture of reasons? Some reasons will be rational ones or logical ones, others will be emotional or personal reasons. The answer then is yes.  The more a belief on the basis of evidence depends on evidence the more rational you are likely to be.

Assuming a loving Christian God explains all things is clearly more about wishful thinking than faith of any kind.  It is more about desire than blind faith.



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