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Originally Posted by Wizard-50
Yes, but I think the distinction is important. That's why I pointed it out.
Anyways to address your position I would say that God existing without man is a function of God not needing man. The trinitarian God of the Bible is fully functional without us.
Also I think if your argument is based on number of years it's pretty weak. Eternity is a long time.
Similarly, I wouldn't walk up to a man in the maternity ward and question his fatherhood because he has been childless for 30 years and his child is only a few minutes old.
God doesn't need man,agreed, maybe you are right. A question arises, why did he wait for so long to create his best product?
As you said, you wouldn't question someone's fatherhood who been childless for 30 years and decided to reproduce when he turned 55, some obvious counter argument to this are.
a)maybe he had other prorities, eg:- career, work, other engagements
b)he didn't find a suitable partner
c)he faced problem such as poverty, stability in life etc.
As you can see, none of this or its interpretation when applied to God is valid.
Why did God wait for billions of years to create beings who he would love the most?Why didn't he feel the need to create the beings who will love him back the most?
The hard reality is that existence of God has no evidence whatsoever. Even if theists are able to produce even a third of the evidence that science has provided, we all would be able to give a ton of credit to them.