God... Truth or fiction?

Alexey, you have a sound position. I respect that. I'm more inclined to agree with you than with atheism. Because believing in a bearded old man in the sky with a bunch of angels is something only children can do.

Nowizard, what if these miracles are a manifestation of the actions of an alien intelligence? :D Personally, I've seen UFOs many times and can confidently say that I believe in them!

And to think that the Christian God is an old man with a bunch of angels is something only children can do, who have read at most two lines in the Bible and say they know it!:p

What if this UFO is just an ordinary comet, a helicopter with flashing lights, or a trash can lid suspended on a fishing line in some low-budget studio or by an amateur photographer wanting to make some money. Anything can be mistaken for a UFO. If you want, tomorrow I'll become a witness to three flying saucers:)

P.S.:p

"There is no God, because none of the people have seen Him, and the scientists who have studied the entire universe have not found Him."

In his memoirs, Metropolitan Veniamin (Fedchenkov) recounts the following story: "There was an incident in the seminary. In the mornings, around 7 o'clock, after prayers, we would go to the cafeteria to get our portion of half a loaf of bread. One day, we gathered earlier than usual and had to wait. Out of boredom, some began to joke around... One of the guys, Misha T., who had never been known for his free-thinking before, suddenly blurted out:

"But who has seen God?"

We either didn't want to argue, or we didn't even like such chatterboxes, or we just couldn't object to him - and we remained silent. The assistant to the treasurer, who was somehow called "the commissar," named Vasily, was also present. Seeing our silence, he turned to Misha with a question:

"Sir! (that's what we were called then by the staff)."

"What?"

"So, you're saying that if you haven't seen God, then He doesn't exist."

"Yes!"

"Have you seen my grandmother?"

"N-no," Troitksy replied hesitantly, sensing some kind of trap.

"Well! And she's still alive!"

This story involuntarily comes to mind when you hear lighthearted denials of God's existence, based on the fact that no one has seen God. Do the authors of these objections really think they are stating something new? After all, the Bible clearly tells us: no one has ever seen God (1 John 4:12; cf. John 1:18). But the same Bible calls every denier of God's existence a fool (see Psalm 13:1).

If we assume that from "self-developing" matter, the entire universe appeared by itself, without the participation of Divine Mind and Will, up to the brilliant representatives of science and art, then we must abandon the principle of causality, that is, the position that everything has its cause. But it is precisely from this that materialists do not want to give up - and this leads to a contradiction.