If God Exists, Why Isn't He More Obvious?

A developing discussion in the philosophical literature is: If God really exists, why isn't he more obvious? If God did exist, there certainly wouldn't be any atheists and agnostics, right? Is belief in God strictly a matter of evidence? What if people had incontrovertible evidence that God existed? Would they inevitably embrace God personally? Might they still resist belief for other reasons?

And what counts as evidence for God anyway? Must it be strictly scientific, or can there be other indicators such as beauty, human dignity, and moral truths? What about the fear of death, guilt and the desire for forgiveness, the human longing for security and significance? Could these be factored in as pointers to God's existence?

We'll discuss this at our next Socrates Cafe. Come join us! ,