One of the proofs I have heard that there is a God is the claim that man has a built in desire for God. It seems to be true in that mankind everywhere seems to have a religion of some sort that points to a higher power. Yet many Christian systems deny that man seeks God at all, God must first draw them or influence them or regenerate them. If this is true, what draws man to Islam or other religions? Aren't they seeking God, but just in the "wrong places"? Surely God is not drawing them there, is He?The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God never ceases to draw man to himself.
Paul appears to say that men do naturally seek God:
Acts 217, NASB
22. So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects. 23. For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. 24. The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25. nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 26. and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27. that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;
We can't have our cake and eat it too; a proof of God and doctrine that undermines it.
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