Phat writes:
We can honestly dare say that God is not necessary, but "likely" implies knowing...and we simply don't know. I could just as easily state that God is quite likely, but I would be no closer to the truth than you are.
This topic assumes Gods existence, anyway....which is why it is in Faith & Belief.
The likelihood is at worst 50/50
The question is whether the
Christian god could exist without the Bible.
Of course. He existed long before the "Christian" Biblical testament existed. He existed so as to create planet earth, as per the Genesis record.
For Biblical creationists, the order of our Universe, as observed could not have existed, void of the biblical god, Jehovah, the designer of it's complexity and eternal manager/worker who exists in the eternal cosmos/heavens of it.
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BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The Immeasurable Present Eternally Extends the Infinite Past And Infinitely Consumes The Eternal Future.
Someone wisely said something ;ike, "Before fooling with a fool, make sure the fool is a fool."