By “conclusive,” I mean “beyond a reasonable doubt.” By “coercive or self-evident,” I mean, well, “self-evident,” as in something no reasonable person would deny, such as “the whole of an object is greater than any of its parts.”

For example, in a murder trial, I may be able to prove conclusively that the guilty party was Col. Mustard in the kitchen with the candlestick, but this would not be self-evident because the alternative is conceivable. It’s not something that must be true.

When I say “any means of arriving at the truth of something,” no, I don’t mean absolutely anything, – I apologize for my lack of clarity.

I think what you more meant to get at, perhaps, is ask whether God’s existence and the truth of Christianity can be proven? More importantly, if we trust Christ’s teachings, do we expect that these things can be proven?

I would agree with you that yes, if Christianity is true, then God’s existence is something that should be reasonably proveable. Now, I don’t think Christ, in his preaching, required that God’s existence must be completely proveable. Look around you and ask, is anything completely and absolutely provable? I would say no. However, I do think that Christianity requires God to be reasonably provable: in other words, a person who will reasonably consider the evidence and come to an honest judgement about God’s existence would conclude that yes, most likely, and beyond all reasonable doubt, God exists and Christianity is true. So, if it isn’t the case that we can reasonably prove God’s existence, Christianity does have a major problem.

What do you mean when you say that proof of God is “conclusive, but not coercive or self-evident”?

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