Simple vs. very simple, moderately complex, or very complex is irrelevant. God could make it very simple for us to understand and believe if He wanted to. For example, He could undoubtedly reveal Himself in many ways that would be obvious.
But He doesn't. So focusing on why He doesn't make His presence indisputable should be an important issue.
I maintain He doesn't make it obvious that He exists to create doubt. He reveals enough for us to believe, but what is revealed is limited so that many can also think that He doesn’t exist or, if He does exist, what His purposes are.
We nearly always focus on what evidence or logic is available to enable us to believe rather than why it is this way. We focus on the wrong issue.
A possible answer. God wants created beings with free will. For them to have free will, He mustn't be irrefutable. Otherwise, if we have certainty, any actions we take are not free and of no value.
A related issue is that if there is no God, where did everything come from? The universe can not be infinite in any way because this leads to absurdities and contradictions. So the universe must, by logic, be finite in time and space. Then what would force such a universe into existence? Only an entity, not in time or space.
That something exists is another proof of His existence. But then, what would lead us to His intentions?
For. this last question, the fine-tuning argument would be instrumental. It would indicate that His creation had a purpose because of the preciseness of it. Also the nature of His creation, namely human beings, would be essential to understanding His intentions.
It would also have the secondary effect of refuting those who say science says there is no creator.
Simple vs. very simple, moderately complex, or very complex is irrelevant. God could make it very simple for us to understand and believe if He wanted to. For example, He could undoubtedly reveal Himself in many ways that would be obvious.
But He doesn't. So focusing on why He doesn't make His presence indisputable should be an important issue.
I maintain He doesn't make it obvious that He exists to create doubt. He reveals enough for us to believe, but what is revealed is limited so that many can also think that He doesn’t exist or, if He does exist, what His purposes are.
We nearly always focus on what evidence or logic is available to enable us to believe rather than why it is this way. We focus on the wrong issue.
A possible answer. God wants created beings with free will. For them to have free will, He mustn't be irrefutable. Otherwise, if we have certainty, any actions we take are not free and of no value.
A related issue is that if there is no God, where did everything come from? The universe can not be infinite in any way because this leads to absurdities and contradictions. So the universe must, by logic, be finite in time and space. Then what would force such a universe into existence? Only an entity, not in time or space.
That something exists is another proof of His existence. But then, what would lead us to His intentions?
For. this last question, the fine-tuning argument would be instrumental. It would indicate that His creation had a purpose because of the preciseness of it. Also the nature of His creation, namely human beings, would be essential to understanding His intentions.
It would also have the secondary effect of refuting those who say science says there is no creator.