If one wants to believe in the existence of God, one can certainly know God. But that's not so much have to do with actually knowing God, but rather with the decision to have faith, accept and follow God.
The question is how do we know when we "know" something versus when we think we know something? What makes an idea or theory into knowledge?
From my perspective knowledge is a very volatile structure simply because it is based on experience: one's own experience, testimony of authorities, empiricism, reason or revelation. Each of those experiences are impacted and distorted by personal judgement or a hidden agenda (political or otherwise).
That is why any knowledge can be argued with reason and supported by a particular set of logic. And that is why any conclusion about any knowledge is only as good as the supporting logic of the mass majority in favor of the theory.
But as new information emerges, old knowledge crumbles: and thus knowledge continually changes.
So how do we know that we know what we know today?
How do we know that we know what we don't know today?
And how much unknown is out there that we don't know that we don't know?
Everything we wish to know is only limited by the moment we decide that we know something. Because the moment we decide that we know something we stop questioning. When we stop questioning we stop searching for new knowledge that might contradict what we decided to know.
So the answer is yes: one can know God. The moment one decides to know God and stop questioning its existence and the teachings of the Bible.
~ By Anita Gardonyi
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