Must Harry the Human believe in God?

This is a simplification of what I see as a central argument around whether you’re nuts or not to believe in God. I’ve tried to take strictly logical/mathematical language and make it more readable, whilst hopefully keeping the core concepts.

Short version: If God exists, then humans must believe in him or they are lying. That is absurd so God does not exist.

Long version: Harry is any Human (could be Harold or Harriet).

  1. If God is infinitely great, then God is infinitely loving
  2. If God is infinitely loving, then for all Harry’s for all time:
    1. If Harry can relate to God at the time
    2. then Harry has the power to relate to God
    3. then Harry will relate to God
    4. Unless Harry is a liar at that time
  3. For all Harry’s for all time, Harry has the power to relate to God only if Harry believes in God at the time
  4. 1 & 2 & 3 combined says if God is infinitely great, for all Harry’s for all time, Harry believes in God at the time or Harry is lying

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