e upon scripture, it is clear that faith is indeed an essential, if not one of the most important factors in worshipping God.The next step is to analyze how proof would affect faith. If there were undeniable proof that God exists, would there be any that would not believe in him? I cannot imagine a single rational mind that would actively resist God (although accounting for the diversity of humanity, there might be a few), but no rational-thinking person would have any choice than to accept that God exists, and to dedicate themselves to His worship. In fact, the entire reason that there are divisions in philosophical circles between the theist, atheist and agnostic is because of the unproven nature of God’s existence. Ellis bases his entire decision to be an agnostic because “there is no good reason for anyone to believe the existence of a god” (p. 297). Bertrand Russell describes the concept of God as “a conception derived from the ancient Oriental despotisms...a conception quite unworthy of free men” (p. 294). Being rational, thinking men, would not their concept change if there were incontrovertible proof? Of course, as all rational people are willing to accept new ideas when proven to them.What then, becomes of faith? Simply put, there would be no faith. There would be no challenge and no benefit from believing in God. Make the question of God’s existence into an answer, and the entire nature of each person’s relationship and belief regarding God would be changed. This would be unacceptable to God. The all-powerful, omnipotent God that I envision would not be satisfied with a relationship built upon blatant proof such as this. It is the seeking of God, the willingness to take a stand to proclaim God’s belief, the love of God and the faith in God that creates the special relationship of being in “God’s grace.” Obviously, for this kind of special relationshi...
