Why do you believe in god, and don't be shallow about it?

Question

Don't just say some standard worthless sentance your Priest told you in Sunsay school. No "Becasue if not your going to hell" and no "Because he is everywhere". Those are not reasons to make a large leap of faith for something you have no proof of.

After I posted this question, I got a lot of answers (The first 15 are before I changed this) most of them either are from wackos or people who blindly believe. I personally say not a single one of these answers is even half decent or provides any proof. And anyone who put "simple logic" as a source just completely loses all credibility for there smart a** and, ironically, completely illogical source

No one wins best answer!

Answer 1

The simple faith (unauthenticated by science) that death is not the end and there is a life to follow thereafter, forms the base of my hypothesizing that God does exist and that he deserves being worshiped/loved.

Answer 2

First I need to say that misaokouga16 gave an awesome answere!! I need not have to explain anything at all! But still as a child of Jesus I thought I should answer your question .

To begin with my realisation of Jesus was not something which took place all of a sudden, at all. It was very gradual, a very slow process.. Till I was 18 or 19, just as you said, Jesus was someone who was just a concept , which was taught by my mom, my family, and my church. I thought I knew Him and loved Him too.. but at one point in my life I was taking a conscious decision that I should not live the sinful wordly life that I had been living till then.. I was making an effort to change, and during that times everything was in a big confsion . I didnt know where to begin at, didnt know how to deal with situations in the Godly way and there were many questions that was troubling me all the time.. but still amidst all this, I was feeling peaceful and started to have this feeling that Im acheiving something. Those years of transformation was changing my concept about Jesus too.. He was becoming an experience for me and no more just a concept or a pre recorded notion..

During those years and even now I can cite countless instances when i felt his protection and guidance. They may not be big supernatural incidences .They are just little daily incidences where He would save me from a troubled situation or something like that..

Even today I hear lots of theories denouncing the existence of God and Jesus, I study them all.. But they dont affect me at all. I dont even have any second thoughts. Its the countless little favours that He had done in my life that makes me cling to Him. I Know if there are 1 Million solid proofs that are brought in front of me saying that God does not exist and if i accepted all of them , still I cannot deny or raise my voice against the love He had shown me during every single day of my life!

Answer 3

Belief or disbelief in God is a presupposition, by that I mean there is no more basic truth that belief in God can rest on. I believe in God, because His existence and creation of the universe best explains its origin. There are too many problems will alternate explanations of the origins, such as evolution. The universe is a cause, there had to have been an affect which is greater and necessary, God fits the bill in both cases. As human beings we are contingent and as a result it is easy to imagine human beings passing off the scene, but not God.

Answer 4

I believe in God because it seems to me that I am more content with my life and surroundings when I hold onto that belief. Mind you this is only My perception. It is no confirmation of God's existence. It is not an attempt to persuade you to believe the same way I do.
Having had a good amount of time to look back on and reflect on what may or may not be cause and effect, It seems reasonable to continue believing and even strengthen my belief in response to my perception of the relationship of my beliefs and the condition of my well being.

More simply stated, It makes me happy!

Answer 5

I guess because it gives meaning to existence, why there is love, hate, deception, pride, etc (i.e. the qualities that distinguish our existences from that of animals). It is all a trial, a test to see if we are good or bad. In another way, I suppose it is a poetic way of looking at life, it lends a theme to the way the world operates giving existence unity, coherence, beauty. That is just my paradigm though, everyone is different some are just scared and don't think their beliefs through, it's more of a culture thing- this is the majority probably.

Answer 6

I think that the reason that most people would say that they believe in god is because they need to have some blanket answer for the questions that are too hard to answer. "Its God's will" personally, I think that the reason that so many people believe in god is that they are greedy, and life here on earth is not enough for them, they want someone to comfort them with thoughts of nectar and ambrosia to come. I think it also helps the downtrodden stay in line. you see if they had no promise of great things in the afterlife for a life of suffering here on earth, I think that things would be quite different. I don't know if that's what you wanted, but its food for thought.

Answer 7

Hey, cool radical question to put out there, you got guts...how did I know that??? For me I had a brutal childhood in alot of ways, divorce,abuse.....you get it. so when I was 4 or maybe 6, and I was crying and hiding behind the couch Jesus spoke to me, and held my hand and said he was my savior.. and I thought of pretty music and clouds and felt much much better...I don't remeber being saved then, but then I was jewish so there was a big ???later I went to church with my friends when I was about 6 or 7 and he spoke to me again not in audible words like a hallucination, but in my spirit, and I accepted the invitation to walk to the stage and say the prayer Jesus come into my heart, I beleive you are my Messiah-God- this is how I remeber it the words may not all be correct but the last sentence is dead on...........................he says we all will have a personal invite, no matter where you are and not only one invite until the final hour.We will all have the choice maybe even up until our final moments or as some call it the eleventh-11 hour, meaning that once it's midnight the boat has already left and those souls will be left behind to endure trials, tortures and alot of hardship, and they will still have a chance, because maybe they missed the first ten boats and the twenty signs and waited for the final hour thinking OH those were my last invitations there will be nomore, and find themselves not ready when jesus returns or before they die. And are left to endure tribulation-Judgement, or possibly they will beleive during this and their 11 th hour is during tribulation!!!!.....I hope that all people accept the invitation before tribulation, but the bible says there will be some of each kind left, unsaved, undead, and so on..(..in revelations...the bible)
You will know when your 11th hour is. but I really don't want to be here during tribulation!!..as every person does remember when they choose life or death.I chose him early and I am sure that did make it much easier / but like a double edged sword later when my life was so messed up I thought gee am I saved this doesn't feel any better. That's why we need others in our life to help sometimes and we definately need him +++.Being saved is an awake decision , not only a feeling, and if you read about the followers of christ when he was on earth, many of them had all kinds of issues, so I'm in good company with red eyes..lol
because I was young, but that does not meen I did not have alot of doubt in me that I was not saved that somehow even though my heart truly beleived my mind was filled with a battlefeild known as my life......................when I was 16 or 17, I heard a scripture of the bible, and the preacher said that it is by grace not by are work...A gift he gave because he loved and understood us..and sent his only son that the price of death would be paid and we would pass through the valley of the shadow of death jesus-god-messiah our lord will be at the end and so we will die and death will stay with us for a moment*****...we will but die for a moment in time, Like when god turns his face as his son died on the cross. When your ready to accept christ into your heart the invite will be clear.. the rest of the world and others who are not at the point that you are ,,may truly be afraid for themselves or unable to follow you and do the same..When the reality in you is awakened, and yoo'll never beleive lived separate from his personal presence for so long. I know people who make it in life years and years on ????, and wait because they are not sure of the first invitation and may not get another because their numbers up. or the next one won't come for years ...God knows my life would have been much less joy without his presence his gospel, mercy and grace,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Good luck on your quest I am sure you'll ace it and I hope you read this letter ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,well I won't apologize I gave you an original and true as I know how to be- explanation. You'll do fine because knowing the interior decorating plan is half the journey............................sunny-daze-melissa A.K.A. jesus freek to my friends

Answer 8

In a way I don't, except that of a slim possibility.

Without such, individuals would be awestruck by everything known and unknown. For we are powerless and helpless when trying to explain to ourselves what totality of nature is.

With mild success of applications, we are forever locked in the battle of lusting for more knowledge and not able to comprehend vastness of the infinite universe and its infinitesimal of details.

Concept of deity to me is an intangible construct by society for society.

Such concept is a projection of our common desire to imitate the process of creation and hence control it. For human is such a species which thrive only with control of environment it dwells.

It is also great comfort to be under the care of an ideal and perfect guardian anywhere, anytime despite our limited mortality -- even though such comfort may be nothing more than empty hopes.

Peace of mind is a wonderful thing to have.

Answer 9

I always believed in God and will for always no matter what I am or what I do. There is a strong faith in me that will never go anywhere. I have been saved very closely lets say "narrow shaves" about six different occasions. There is somebody who does want me alive and that somebody is GOD.

Answer 10

I think you dont really know if you believe in Him or not because your asking that question. But Im proud to say I believe in Him with all my heart Im sorry you cant say the same obviously.