The Nature of God

Skeptics often refuse to consider the possibility of God’s existence on the basis of some perceived flaw in God’s “nature”. God is too judgmental, God is too angry, or God is too “clumsy”. In order to lodge complaints of this type, however, one first has to be privy to the complete history of the planet and the entire mind of God. Do we know the history of humanity that led to a particular act on the part of God? Do we understand what angers God and why? Do we really know the best design of any given organ or organism? How ought we determine what is “best” to begin with?

When we say something could have been done “better”, we have to first admit the existence of an absolute, objective “best”. If survival of the species is the goal, then even the apparently clumsy design of the retina is an incredible success. Is it fair for us to deny the existence of God, simply because we cannot imagine a scenario sufficient to account for what we see in nature, history or humanity?

Each of us has an opinion about what God should be like (according to our own tastes and desires), but the Christian worldview claims that God’s nature has been revealed to us in Scripture. This section of Answers4Atheists.com provides a variety of very brief responses to objections related to the nature of the Christian God, as he might be discovered in nature or revealed through the Scripture (check the menu on the left). Please return often as our catalogue continues to grow.