Do you belive in God and what is your proof?

Question

do it your self...

Answer 1

I'm not sure, but here's a shot:

first accept that there is not, and cannot be, any proof that God exists. Just as there can be no proof that I exist, really; everything requires some basic level of belief (axioms) that must simply be accepted. The problem with the existence of God is that whether or not he exists has no bearing on how the world operates, since God is an element which resides *outside* of the system in which we exist. Since he resides *outside* this system, we would be incapable of seeing any effects he has on this system, since he isn't a law of physics, etc.

knowing that the Existence of God is an axiom that one must choose whether to trust or not to trust (very similar to the Axiom of Choice, see Wikipedia for further information on that one), it's impossible to "prove" the existence of God. Axioms cannot be proven. However, one may certainly make the decision to believe or disbelieve in God, and here's my reasoning *for* believing in God:

If there is no God, then everything is meaningless. Everyone will die, with no consciousness afterwards; we all will have a limited time on earth, and after that, we're *gone*. Nothing is permanent, and nothing has any significance whatsoever. Get the idea? Everything is entirely meaningless if there is no God, because without a universal standard, there is no universal meaning.

Having said that, let's assume there is no God. If there is no God, then there it doesn't matter if you believe in Him or not; either way, you're dead, either way, everything's meaningless on a universal level. Believing in him, however, will probably make your short life a little happier, as demonstrated by the many many happy believers (and by that I mean a disproportoinate amount, statistically). So if there is no God, then it doesn't really matter what you believe, but you might as well believe it anyway.

Now let's say there's a God. In the event that there is a God, you are correct in believing so, and if any of the major religions are correct, it is useful for you to believe so, since this will provide some sort of reward in an afterlife. Or an afterlife at all. Further, your life has meaning, and it is important that you believe in God.

So in either scenario, either nothing is important at all, or it is important that you believe in God. If nothing is important at all, then the choice of belief or no belief is irrelevant; however, if anything is important, then the only thing that could possibly be is to believe in God. As the above reasoning demonstrates, belief in God is the only useful belief among the options, because it is the only one that has a positive probability of being both true and important. None of the other scenarios have those qualities; so, since belief is the only choice that can be true and important, the most logical and useful choice is to believe in God.

Sorry if I was a bit redundant, but it's a difficult line of reasoning to explain. I'm quite sure that it's a sound line of reasoning, but I'm not always the best with words. Hope that helps you.

Answer 2

Yes, and there isn't any proof. If anyone truly believes in a superior being, why should he rationalize his belief to non-believers? That's like explaining to the Devil why God is good and he(the Devil) is bad. It's illogical. Besides, no matter what kind of proof you might have, there's always some idiot trying his best to counter it. And that goes for anything from how the world came to be to something as simplistic as homosexuality.

Aria

*The illnovelist*

Answer 3

I believe in God, because logically without a creator there can not be creation,By observing the nature you will find how intelligently god has created humanbeings, animals, plants, birds etcThe internal functioning of these creations is amazing and what science could so far reveal is very minimal.You will also find that there is purpose for every thing in this world.When the baby is born, mother's mammery glands get activated to feed it.In egg, white and yellow substances maynot be for making omlette but the food for the chick till it comes out and can eat its food on its own.Flowers are given colours to facilitate pollination.and may not be to make you feel happy., as an additional inducement, honey is also provided in ceratin flowers to attract the bees.You are given power of taste to your tongue so that you will eat and power to digest the food you have eaten so that you continue to live to complete your purpose of your living .To give you rest,when darkness envelops on setting of the sun , your brain produces melatonin to induce sleep.You do not get sex urge immediately after your birth but has to wait until you attain certain physical maturity.So observe the nature, you will find the existence of the supreme power who intelligently control everything through its laws.Hydrogen combined with oxygen(H2O) always makes water and not fire though both the gases are inflammable. The earth does not change itscourse or speed of its revolution around the sun as it pleases If you can prove something what is proven becomes within the limit of your knowledge,but god is beyond your knowledge and trying to know him with your physical mind is trying to measure the waters of the ocean with the help of a small cup.So how can I prove?You may call the supreme power whatever name you like, but its existence can not be denied by any rational humanbeing..As regards the miseries of the world, human mind has tried to explain, but probabaly the more rational explanation is the law of karma believed by hindus and buddhists.[Sorry, spell check is not functioning]

Answer 4

Many tend to doubt God's existence... but some doubt is healthy. As the great French Philosopher/Mathematician René Descartes said, "If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things." That being said, I do personally believe in God, and though I cannot deliver you concrete proof, I can once again refer to Descartes, "I think, therefore I am." This statement essentially states that the only reason we exist is because we accept that we do. Therefore, if you believe that God exists, then it follows that He/She/It does exist. God is very real to some people and nonexistent to others. The existence or non-existence is proven on what one accepts. There's my answer... I tried to be fairly concise.

Answer 5

Do I believe in God and what is my proof; well all God's are one god known by a thousand different names. I guess there is no proof, you just know it in your heart. But, I can give you some incident's that might make you say whoa, but no hand of God has came out of the heaven's to tap me on the shoulder's.

Answer 6

I believe in God because I have absolutely no proof. Why would people choose to believe only in things they have proof of? Because they are scared to somehow be wrong, or to somehow risk something, to put something on the line?
Some people would say proof is the smile of a child, the beauty of the world, the ability of humans to think and to recognize their own existence, etc.
Then, there will come the people who ask: What about the World Wars? What about world hunger? What about justice or ideals?
But is it really about that? Isn´t it just about believing because you choose to believe, because you desperately want to think there is good as well as evil in everything?
It´s about reaching out your hand into absolute nothingness and still hoping that someone will take your hand because you believe in it.

Answer 7

Stan_dark_Cloud,Yes I believe in god. I don't need any proof because i have seen god. I know the answer for my previous question too. I just posted it to bring good thoughts into others minds.

Answer 8

I cannot say for sure (no-one can) whether there is or is not a 'god'. But we can all be quite certain that if there is, he is either far from 'omnipotent' or he just doesn't care about humans. Or many of them.

Just look at all the church-going couples who have dead babies, sick babies & babies about to die of cancer. What did those couples do to deserve that? What did the babies do that they deserve to die?

Contrast that with how much money Jerry Falwell and the Pope and the guy in charge of Iran make. Then explain to me how, if there is a god, he is a caring god.

Answer 9

The words "believe" and "Proof" almost contradict each other. I believe in Australia, although i have never been there, someone poured me a Fosters once, and the label said "Bottled in Australia". so i can believe in Australia.
But there is no such label on God. That is what we call Faith.

Answer 10

I really don't require proof of the existence of the Almighty. I have faith that God exists.
Now faith is the substance of hope -- the evidence of things not seen!!! I believe credit for this proverb goes to Saul-Paul of Tarsus who was also once a persecutor of Christians.