can someone plz tell me why they believe in god?

Question

when there is no proof?

Answer 1

Some of the answers remind me of the movie "The God Must Be Crazy." a native in the Kalahari Desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle. I found this to be very amusing, but I also began to see parallels between his thought process, and that of the modern day Theist. Both are using CAVEMAN LOGIC to explain their world. I fail to see the difference between “hmm, bottle fall from sky, must be gods” and “hmm, trees, butterflies and sunsets prove the existence of god.”

In both of these cases, someone is simply replacing one unknown for another unknown, but proving nothing!

Not only can God not be proven, but I will also go so far as to say that God can be disproved. It is impossible for something to be all knowing and all good. If you are aware that something bad is going to happen, and you allow it to happen anyway, then you cannot be all good. If God created everything, then he also created evil. It is also impossible to be all-powerful; can God create a rock that even he himself cannot move?

Answer 2

God existed earlier time and area began. God is an uncreated Supernatural ( something which violates or is going previous organic forces) Being. God has no commencing up and no end. If something created God, God could be an idol. almost each and every physique has at it sluggish or yet another has had doubt approximately God's life and how for occasion that life. maximum books on apologetics (explaining and protecting the religion, no longer apologizing for believing) handle this question intimately. right here, i will provide a synopsis of a pair of the demonstrations. The layout Argument. As we glance around us, we see the order and spectacular thing approximately nature that surrounds us. ought to this order and sweetness be the outcomes of a few smart layout and unsleeping purpose, or in hassle-free terms a random happening? If it have been a random happening, why do all daisies look a similar, why do each and every physique have 2 eyes, why do issues consistently crumple whilst we drop them fairly than each and every from time to time falling up or sideways? This smart layout and unsleeping purpose is what we call God. The Kalam Argument. Kalam is an Arabic notice meaning "speech," even nevertheless it has come to characterize a definite sort of philosophical reasoning. The argument, which has charm to the two Christians and Muslims, is this: a million.in spite of starts to exist has a reason for its getting into being. 2.The universe began to exist. 3.subsequently, the universe has a reason for its getting into being. We call this reason God.

Answer 3

Because they don't agree that the most parsimonious explanations are the best (that is, those that reqire the least unproven assumptions). For instance one of the other people who answered said that all the blessings in your life are proof, as well as the fact that you are breathing.

However it is not necessary for God to exist in order for you to be alive and have good things in your life. There are perfectly natural explanations--but the God-believer must tag on the assumption that God has something to do with it. So they hold that as proof of God's existance.

Answer 4

I more or less agree with Heinz M, but would like to expand on that.

While I'm not currently a believer, I'm a sympathizer. I was at one time a believer and would like to describe a little what the thought process was like for me.

There is this strange thing called "faith". It's very hard to explain why someone should be attracted to this idea, but there is something deeply attractive about "mystery", and the concept of "faith" really taps into that. There is also something attractive about acknowledging that human reason may not be able to grasp something which is vastly greater, yet through faith it can still be "understood". And it really feels great to know that the most important person in the universe (God) knows you personally and loves you. Isn't that the ultimate medicine?

For me however, it was more about objectivity and evidence, which ultimately proved to be the undoing of my faith.

I was raised in a Christian "community" (some would say "cult") as a child, and was constantly surrounded by adults telling me various miracle stories and things that "proved" not only the existence of God, but the truth of Christianity. I cannot possibly express to you in only a few paragraphs the profound effect this had on me. It would be virtually impossible for any child raised in this environment to not come away, initially, as a Christian.

So, I believed because there appeared to be physical events (miracles) as well as philosophical theories (apologetics) that counted as good evidence towards belief. It was entirely rational, in my opinion.

However, by the time I'd reached the teenage years, I'd become an infamous agnostic, and was passed around amongst the leaders of our organization and the Catholic church, as they attempted to save me from losing my faith. Eventually I lost it, and many parents in the "community" banned their children from spending time with me.

What went wrong? Well, I won't go into the details of how I lost my faith, but for about a month afterwards I sunk into a deep depression at the thought of my "self" completely vanishing upon bodily death.

It took time to let go of "faith". Faith is this weird magic bullet, and it's very hard to explain to people who've never had it WHY it's so appealing or what it feels like. Yes, it's also a philosophic loophole, which grants you the freedom of being illogical and contradictory while maintaining a "consistent" argument by invoking mystery and faith as the band-aids that hold it together.

Of course, we all have faith to some degree. You believe that China exists even if you've never been there, partly because you have reason to trust those who tell you it's true. Religious faith is similar, but it's much more exaggerated, and one is much more consciously aware of it.

Faith for me also involved actively accepting that what appears truly impossible to me is still possible to God. It's sort of like an exaggerated "skepticism", but instead of merely acknowledging that you don't know anything, you accept what appears to be impossible as somehow true. Relinquishing control over your beliefs--in a way as an act of humility.

The simplest way I can think of to describe what my experience of faith was like, to somebody who is a more "scientific" type: It's much like experiencing the "mysterious" in nature (a la Albert Einstein).

While it may not be a "logical" thing, there is something "beautiful" about faith. That is, it's a certain aesthetic; it gives you a way of seeing the world that has a certain "look" that can be beautiful in it's own way (only in the eye of the beholder perhaps). One can fall in love with seeing things a certain way in life.

Answer 5

The definition of the word "faith" is to accept something as the truth or reality without proof. I've looked long and hard through many religions in search of "God". For me the world is such a miraculous and marvelous place and all of us who reside here have capacities and abilities that are truly a wonder. The formation of a human being from the egg to an adult is a moving and phenomenal process. To look upon the ocean and see the power of the moon in the tides and to feel the warmth of a sun that is in truth a nuclear furnace 93 million miles away is enough to make me wonder. The fossil records and all the sciences that man has come to make and use to understand the world is an amazement. To see and hold my newborn child as she came from her mother's womb was in itself enough to make me wonder. For all the wonderful things that this world and this universe have to offer and the fact that man needs reason and purpose... cause and effect... science and religion to explain his mortal existence and his need to continue beyond his lifespan either in memory or in spirit is to give meaning and importance to himself so that all that he is or ever might have been and all the world is or might have been and all that the universe is or might become... is not for nothing and is not devoid of purpose. For all of our lives we seek purpose and to find in others the value of ourselves as we cannot judge truly our own worth without the measure of another. Whether or not there truly is or is not a God and regardless of His or Her face or the truth of any religion... I choose to believe in God for myself and hope that in all of the wonders that my eyes have witnessed there is a purpose in them that transcends this world so that I too may live on beyond it having purpose and meaning as well. I hope we all do.

Answer 6

Just my opinion, I feel that humans need a god, if they don't believe in the traditional Gods, then they tend to become God themselves. This causes them to feel pressure to be all things to all people, or at least feel responsible for things often beyond their control. If you worship an external god, then you are forced to be humble, and in humility we can be more willing to accept our shortcomings and the shortcomings of others, and lead a more beautiful life in peace, love, and harmony.

Answer 7

They don't know.
They were conditioned into that by their parents who also know no better..
And since they 'believe' and do it with 'faith', they not only have no proof, but like to profess that believing it without evidence is a special quality they possess. And that goes for ALL religions.
Actually I feel sorry for them, that having been born into the wrong family they have been trained not to use their brains, and to be proud about that. It's their parents that should be shot...

Answer 8

Then explain the binding forces of the universe and each atomic structure in it. Even science can only put a theory of the string effect to it for now.
In time we will find answers in science that will show the handywork of a creature.
My inner peace and foresight are proof enough for me, thank you.

Answer 9

belief in God is not as simple as most people make it out to be. first of all, one needs to seperate religion from God. Religion is a man-made field that tries to understand a complex being through non-scientific terms and bring Him/Her/It down to our primitive level of understanding in order to provide us with that security we need to experience in life. Many people mainly believe in the god their respective churches tell them to believe in because they cant think for themselves and would like to believe that there is a force out there that controls their lives and will look after them in the afterlife. It all comes down to mans' fear of death and lack of control. Once a person can understand that religions all around the world no nothing about what that true Greater Force is, can one begin to understand for him/herself what God may be. Personally, I believe in a greater force, God, because even though there is no physical proof as of yet, there is a great deal of indirect proof. Firstly, the perfect and almost flawless functioning of the universe (laws of physics, etc), secondly,the fact that man will oneday have to decide whether he will follow the path of good and self-preservation or evil and destruction (who gives us this choice and why?), etc. Belief is just that, a belief. One needs no proof to believe it. Mankind has a long way to go before we can prove many things, that doesn't mean we shouldn't believe anything. We're still very primitive in our scientific quests to finding out who we are and where we belong. Don't try to bring God down to our level in order to understand his existence. One can't fit an ocean into a glass so don't bother trying to fit a complex issue like God into your brain. The trick is to think and examine life according to what you observe ad how you view reality, then you are free to believe whatever you please. 'The unexamined life is not worth living' - Socrates.

Answer 10

unless you have experience to give an answer is most difficult. Can you explain the color blue to a blind man and have it perceived without sight? The first answer you received was from one who thought himself wise. the second from a philosopher. this one from one that believes because experience has often verified God's existence.