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Sure, but someone can just as easily say there is no proof at all. These are just words.
We are talking about the definition of God a priori.
My definition here is the “prime-mover” the One who created reality. So the “proof” is everywhere because your laptop hard drive wouldn’t exist without God.
I assert that without a definition of the reason or prime mover of reality- there is no point to the truth pursued by every seeker from Plato to ourselves today. (Relativist, Marxist etc)
I see the “proof” of God everywhere, and the teachings of Jesus Christ help me to find peace and structure in my own practical day to day reality.
Why should it be that this one realm, spirituality, requires that I trust it is there rather than experience the actual mechanics of it?
In my understanding, “spirituality” is a term for every day practical reality which in modern times is referred to as our subconscious, willpower, emotions, and psychology.
Do these things require faith?
I think if you re-read the Words of Christ in gospels, you will see that he spends very little time “convincing” people to “believe in spirituality” -he says to have faith in HIM and his path for us to navigate and exist with purpose in reality.
Sure, but someone can just as easily say there is no proof at all. These are just words. I don't find them particularly convincing.
What I do find troublesome is that most things in my life (eg relationships, laptops, potted plants, cooking, Bitcoin, etc) do not require a leap of faith. Why should it be that this one realm, spirituality, requires that I trust it is there rather than experience the actual mechanics of it?
I can open the back of my laptop and pull out the hard drive and of won't work. I can bake a cake with too much salt and it tastes bad. I can pull up a plant and look at the roots. But in faith I must always believe.