The unicorn analogy isn't maybe the best for this discussion. It might be possible to prove unicorns actually existed as, unlike God, there is at least a chance of finding fossil records. But, since it was already offered up.....you can't prove a unicorn exists or that it doesn't exist. Failure to prove one does not mean the other is correct by default.
I completely understand the nonbelievers viewpoint, that they do not have to accept that God exists based on anecdotal evidence. But let's also not act like God never provides any proof of his existence. It just isn't satisfactory for people predisposed to not believing in him or for those who will accept nothing but earthbound (empirical) proof. Sorry but the nature of God does not lend itself to that type of proof. Like I stated earlier, if that is the only proof a person will find acceptable, they are not truly serious about finding God.
It seems some want it to be too easy. It takes a lot of effort to discover and know God. It won't just happen. There are billions of people convinced of his existence. I guarantee you they aren't all just pushing the easy button because they don't have some alternative knowledge. I personally have had 2 experiences that I attribute directly to the existence of God. I'm not going to bother explaining them because they are not provable or falsifiable and could easily be explained away by someone so inclined. And funny enough, that is currently (billions of years later) the same situation that science finds itself pertaining to the moment before the big bang. I will acknowledge that does not mean "God" is the answer but it also sure doesn't mean he isn't.
I don't have the answers for why God doesn't make it easier for us. It doesn't seem fair to be honest. Some people are given experiences that convince them while others don't seem to have the same opportunities. I do know one thing though, if you give up on trying to discover him it will only get harder, if nOT make it completely impossible. I have not given up accepting scientific evidence and considering it but it sure seems some have given up on the possibility of God. I feel sorry for those people. I guess that is my motivation for even participating in these discussions.
The unicorn analogy isn't maybe the best for this discussion. It is, because god and unicorns are two mythical creatures, neither of which can be proven to exist.
But let's also not act like God never provides any proof of his existence. There's more evidence of the existence of Zeus as there is of the god of the Bible. I see lightning every Spring & Summer. That's Zeus, right there. I see the sun
every day - that's Apollo. I've felt an earthquake - that's Pele. There's evidence of gods everywhere, you just believe in a different god.
Sorry but the nature of God does not lend itself to that type of proof. That's nonsense. The god of the Bible is omnipotent. He has every nature he wants to have. If he's not showing himself to you, making you basically wager on his existence, that's a willful choice on his part. Proof is readily available to such a god, but in this myth, the god
chooses to let his children live in ignorance of his existence. Which of your children would you do that to? What kind of parent would leave their child alone, without direct guidance, and hope they make it back to heaven where they belong? That story does not make sense.
It seems some want it to be too easy. Even when you're there for your children every day, it's not easy. You're a dad, you know that. You sat by your children's bedsides when they were sick, holding their hand, providing comfort. What kind of father would you be if your child needed you, and instead of coming to them, holding them, comforting them and letting them feel the strength of your embrace, you stood five miles away and sent positive thoughts their way? We hear all the time about deadbeat dads who father children and run off. Sure, some of them pay child support, but is that really enough? Doesn't the child need their father in their lives, not just as some rumor? Do those kids, whose dads send the occasional check but never appear in their lives, have it "easy?"
It takes a lot of effort to discover and know God. That's absurd. Why? An omnipotent god has the ability to have you in heaven right now. No hoops, no belief system, no chance of hell. You. There. Now. If it takes a lot of effort, that's entirely on god, it's his choice, he decided it had to be that way, and that's a crock. You would never, ever do that to your child. Ever.
There are billions of people convinced of his existence.
Argumentum ad populum. There are a billion people convinced Allah is real. That doesn't make it so.
I don't have the answers for why God doesn't make it easier for us. There's an answer that needs to be considered, and it'll only come to people wiling to try to discover it. If you never try to discover why there isn't a god, it will only get harder.
