Putting all religion aside, does it just seem more logical that there is some sort of god?

Question

Do you feel this way? Why or why not?

Answer 1

I like your question

I think that we have questions that we are unable to answer. Usually, if a question cannot be answered by what we find to be natural, it gets answered by the supernatural.

It seems nearly every question has some sort of answer, and if we do not know the answer, "God did it" is the easiest choice. Its not only the easiest, but as of now, we cannot find a better one.

Answer 2

no, it doesn't feel more logic that there is some sort of god. if anything god and the big bang are about tied until one can be proved or disproved. after all, either way you're still looking at a "nothing comes from nothing" scenario, and however far back you go, you're left with what caused the big bang or where did god come from.
however, i disagree with intelligent design as a theory for one very simple reason. people tend to say that the whole network of life as we know it is too complex to have just happened, that there must have been some intelligent design behind it. i think that complexity is the best indicator that it did, in fact, just happen, over time, as the evolutionists say. if someone had sat down to design the world, i believe we wouldn't have many of the tiny little things that make all the difference. like the aurora borealis (which is caused by a "flaw" in the earth's atmosphere). the fact is, a deliberate design tends to avoid or eliminate problems instead of creating a way to get around them. that is more characteristic of the creature that finds itself in a new place and has no choice but to be creative.

Answer 3

It is hard to put religion aside (I'm Christian). But, I am a Chemist, and I have been in grad school, so I am not an idiot. I have looked at experiements that support the idea of random beginnings, and the way I see it, I cannot see any other option that makes sense than some sort of divine occurance. I have read the original publications of experiemts, not the watered down text-book explanations that leave out key concepts, like, some experimets used as "fact" actually weren't even used to support evolution in the first place. And that even some of the experiments that are mentioned in text books leave out the conclusions that negate a possibility of natural occurance. For instance, it is more likely that you will be hit by lightning every day of an 80 year life, 10 times a day than a single cell forming in a solution with all the parts needed for that cell. Want more, yoiu can contact me

Answer 4

First, it's logically impossible for time to have been created, since that implies a time when time did not exist. It's logically impossible for space to have been created since that implies there was a place to put it before it existed.

The idea of creation within spacetime violates what we observe regarding conservation of energy - nothing is ever created or destroyed, matter and energy simply change form.

Then there's the matter of the history of god itself. We know conclusively that the modern idea of god evolved from ancient solar and astrotheology. The term 'heaven' literally meant 'sky'. The first creator-god was the sun, and the pantheon of gods evolved from ancient astronomy where the passage of the sun through the star formations was used to predict the seasons for agriculture before calendars were invented.

Finally, the term "god" is almost never defined in any meaningfull way. Meaningless things don't exist by definition.

So, no, it isn't the least bit logical that gods might exist.

Answer 5

Yes. The question for me comes down to; Is the universe the result of accident or intent? I just don't see how it could be the former because it would involve at the very least, the spontaneous creation of space/time/energy from absolute nothing. That is to say I believe a consicousness/spirit came before the material universe and created it.

spamandham,

You first point is bs. Something can't be created because it never existed beforehand? Absurd! Your second point is also bs. What is wrong with putting space "on top of" nothing? Can you propose a better medium for space? Have you conducted experiments in this field to support your assertion that it is impossible?

Could you clarify your second paragraph please? It looks like you are contradicting yourself and saying that something external/independent to spacetime was necessary to kickstart the process.

Answer 6

Yes, it seems logical to me. Scientifically speaking, the chances of life appearing on this earth, let alone advancing to the very refined state in which it now exists are too slim for it to have occurred by chance. Besides, take a look at the world in general. It is too complex and ordered for there not to be a god somewhere involved.

Answer 7

Yes leaving aside idiotic claimes of christians and likes, there is god

The universe itself show an intelligence working...the chaos creation cant have logical rules to be followed. The beautiful working of the bodies of living beings, the best arrangement of energies in the universe itself is a proof that there is an intelligent mind behind this creation and manifestation.

This intelligence spread behind the universe and controlling its action may be called God

the so called religious people are spreading hatered in the name of god and none of them know abt god.

Answer 8

No. The theories of the Big Bang, abiogenesis and evolution collectively explain how the universe and life on Earth came to be as it is. All the evidence that is known and exists fits into the threories, nothing is unexplained.

Think of it this way:
A person is on trial for robbery. Does the prosecutor need to provide motive, evidence and opportunity, or does he need to provide motive, evidence, opportunity, and the little green men who helped him?

Just as a prosecutor does not need to prove the existence of little green men helping the robber - unless there is overwhelming evidence that little green men exist - so it is with religion and existence. Why do you or others talk about things that have no basis in fact and no evidence to prove them when their exist theories that adequately explain everything that is known?

Answer 9

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, states...

Religion: "A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship." (this is the second of 2 primary definitions)


Presumming logic is a form of reasoning, are we using inductive reasoning to state that a god exists and that religion does not prove a god's existence? Or are we saying that using deductive reasoning, religion is common concept/ practise and that a god is just a result of that?


Minus religion, reasonably a god exists? I don't think that religion can exist without a god, by definition. But that a god could exist without religion, definitely. However, a god, not "the God", cannot exist without religion as the definition of a god is something that is worshipped by those of a religion.

Even so, it is my belief that "the God", the one Deity, exists without religion. That He does not need us to believe in Him for Him to exist, that if anything, we need Him to acknowledge our existence for us to even contemplate such questions.

Answer 10

If there were no religion at all or no higher power,I know without a doubt that I wouldn't exist therefore someone had to create me not some rock,seed or from some animal etc...It is logical that God does exist!

Answer 11

Not to me but I can only speak for myself. Those who believe should not let others try to take that from them but they should also be respectful of people who don't feel the same way. As a side note people turn to the belief in god for many reasons but it doesn't seem logical for logic to be one of them.