Are there any logic and rational arguements that would support a belief in the Judeo-Christian God?

Answer 1

I think it's pretty obvious that if there were any, we'd know about them already, and they certainly wouldn't come from someone here on Yahoo Answers.

This does not mean that there won't ever be such an argument, but it's pretty obvious that there isn't one right now.

Answer 2

Yes, I believe I may be able to give you one. I believe God is holy. This means that God cannot be surrounded by sin or sinners. Now ask yourself are we sinners? I belive we are and it doesnt matter what degree of sin it is we are still sinners. We may tell a little lie, look at a dirty picture, cheat on our taxes, or go right out and murder someone. The last one is worse then the rest of course but they are all sins. Well if we're all sinners then we can't be with God when we die, right? This is where Jesus comes in. He was sacrificed for our sins. All we must do is belive in him and do what he says and our sins will be paid for by him. God made it this simple. The question is do you want to take this free gift or enjoy the sins you make instead in this life that will be over in a blink of an eye. I hope you choose eternity with God.

Answer 3

1) The recorded history of the Roman empire
2) The witnesses of miracles
3) The Dead Sea Scrolls and confirmation with today's scriptures
4) The countless answered prayers around the world
5) The Divine Intervention in hopeless situations
6) The archeological findings that confirm battles and cities noted in the Bible
7) The worldwide sense of morality
8) The smile of a newborn baby
9) The duckbill platypus
10) The 1980 USA Hockey Team

Answer 4

I can tell you about my Uncle Albert and what he found out. He said that light and it's speed are the constant of the Universe. It always measures the same. Jesus said that He is the light and changes not. Uncle Albert said that as you get closer to the speed of light that you age less and that if you obtain the speed of light that you will never die. And oh yes, there are many more, they say that the big bang started from a mass smaller than a proton. That's all the planets, stars, moon and sun packed into something that is smaller, many millions of times than a pin head.

Answer 5

Stop with the Judeo-Christian business! Judaism has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity!

Jews do not need Christianity to explain their existence or their origin. But Christians cannot explain their existence without Judaism.

Answer 6

Since I know that you like to read:

An essay entitled "Descartes' Proof for the Existence of God"
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/descartes-god.html

and more extensive commentary:
"Rene Descartes" from Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/d/descarte.htm

Of course I would suggest that you go to the original source - Descartes' writings, more specifically his Meditations (particularly his third Meditation "Of God: That He Exists").

Available at: http://www.wright.edu/cola/descartes/

Meditation Three: http://www.wright.edu/cola/descartes/meditation3.html

But Descartes' argument is often discounted on the grounds he was trained by the Jesuits and was a devout Catholic. But he insisted that reason and faith be separated. While many believed that he might be sainted, his writings were instead placed on the List of Forbidden Books by the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 7

I think a God who can plan a chess move exactly 70 generations ahead, with every 7th, and 10th move being critical, is very strong evidence of the power of that God, and his predestination. Call it the Garden Gambit. Or,

It was written in hindsight, and edited quite nicely.

blackbird has spoken, like the first bird...caw...

Answer 8

Religion is an abstract concept. Trying to us logic is like trying to tighten a bolt with an ice-cream cone!

Answer 9

ask Jesus into your life and be born again by the power of the Gospel (an actual real life event in your real life) if you do this in a prayer sincerely God will answer you! you have to truely seek then God will answer!

Answer 10

C'mon Jim....your smarter than this question.

You know that there have been rational arguements made by Aquinas, Pascal and the like......

I know your not this stupid.

Answer 11

There are numerous proofs for the existence of God. Here are some that are taken from the web page, "Over Three Hundred Proofs of God’s Existence":

COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
(1) If I say something must have a cause, it has a cause.
(2) I say the universe must have a cause.
(3) Therefore, the universe has a cause.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (I)
(1) I define God to be X.
(2) Since I can conceive of X, X must exist.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II)
(1) I can conceive of a perfect God.
(2) One of the qualities of perfection is existence.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

MODAL ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
(1) God is either necessary or unnecessary.
(2) God is not unnecessary, therefore God must be necessary.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (I)
(1) Check out the world/universe/giraffe. Isn't it complex?
(2) Only God could have made them so complex.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM BEAUTY, aka TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II)
(1) Isn't that baby/sunset/flower/tree beautiful?
(2) Only God could have made them so beautiful.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES
(1) My aunt had cancer.
(2) The doctors gave her all these horrible treatments.
(3) My aunt prayed to God and now she doesn't have cancer.
(4) Therefore, God exists.

MORAL ARGUMENT (I)
(1) Person X, a well-known Atheist, was morally inferior to the rest of us.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

MORAL ARGUMENT (II)
(1) In my younger days I was a cursing, drinking, smoking, gambling, child-molesting, thieving, murdering, bed-wetting bastard.
(2) That all changed once I became religious.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM CREATION, aka ARGUMENT FROM PERSONAL INCREDULITY (I)
(1) If evolution is false, then creationism is true, and therefore God exists.
(2) Evolution can't be true, since I lack the mental capacity to understand it; moreover, to accept its truth would cause me to be uncomfortable.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM FEAR
(1) If there is no God then we're all going to die.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE
(1) [arbitrary passage from OT]
(2) [arbitrary passage from NT]
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM INTELLIGENCE
(1) Look, there's really no point in me trying to explain the whole thing to you stupid Atheists — it's too complicated for you to understand. God exists whether you like it or not.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM UNINTELLIGENCE
(1) Okay, I don't pretend to be as intelligent as you guys — you're obviously very well read. But I read the Bible, and nothing you say can convince me that God does not exist. I feel him in my heart, and you can feel him too, if you'll just ask him into your life. "For God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son into the world, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish from the earth." John 3:16.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM BELIEF
(1) If God exists, then I should believe in Him.
(2) I believe in God.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM INTIMIDATION
(1) See this bonfire?
(2) Therefore, God exists.

PARENTAL ARGUMENT
(1) My mommy and daddy told me that God exists.
(2) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM NUMBERS
(1) Millions and millions of people believe in God.
(2) They can't all be wrong, can they?
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM ABSURDITY
(1) Maranathra!
(2) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM ECONOMY
(1) God exists, you bastards!
(2) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM INTERNET AUTHORITY
(1) There is a website that successfully argues for the existence of God.
(2) Here is the URL.
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM INCOMPREHENSIBILITY
(1) Flabble glurk zoom boink blubba snurgleschnortz ping!
(2) No one has ever refuted (1).
(3) Therefore, God exists.

ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN EVANGELISM
(1) Telling people that God exists makes me filthy rich.
(2) Therefore, God exists.