Besides the bible, is there any physical proof that God or Jesus exists?

Answer 1

There are seven basic proofs God exists. Properly, they belong in a separate book all by themselves, but I will cover them briefly here.
(1) That there is a great CREATION is obvious. The very fact of the existence of THINGS; the universe, the solar system, the earth and all myriad forms of life upon it, demands a CREATOR!
(2) The existence of great, immutable, powerful LAWS (and I speak of the "laws" governing the physical universe; the laws of science and chemistry; laws governing the action of water in its three states; the cleavage and fracturing properties of minerals; gravity, inertia, isostasy, etc., etc.). The existence of these great laws demands a lawgiver!
(3) The intricacy of complex design; whether the feathers on the wing of a bird; the eye of a fly; the breathing apparatus of a dolphin; billions of intricately-designed snowflakes; your own muscular, skeletal, digestive and circulatory systems-etc., etc., requires a great DESIGNER!
(4) LIFE exists. Life in myriad forms. You and I both know that life only comes from preexisting life! This is called the "law of biogenesis." Life demands a great LIFE GIVER!
(5) Life only comes from preexisting life of the same kind! Thus, there is procreation, and the sustaining of life on our planet; the constant recycling of falling trees, rotting vegetation; the bacteria which break it down to become food for the insects which are food for dozens of other creatures, which are in turn food for larger creatures, which are in turn food for man; the cyclical character of our symbiotic environment which, like a gigantic machine was once "wound up," and is gradually running down, requires a sustaining force. Inherent within this proof are the laws governing the "conservation" of energy" and the laws of thermodynamics. It is obvious our universe has a great sustaining force-a GREAT SUSTAINER!
(6) Fulfilled prophecies, of which there are dozens, with dozens more yet to be fulfilled, constitute a great proof of Almighty God. Even simple high school or beginning college-level Bible handbooks such as Halley's, or the Angus Bible Handbook contain fascinating proofs from the spade of archeologists corroborating the prophecies of men who foretold the collapse of great empires and the emergence of others centuries and centuries beyond their own lifetime. Now, we are able to look back at such men as Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and others, and see what they foretold actually HAPPENED exactly as they foretold it!
Many of the biblical prophecies are in process of being fulfilled. The serious student of biblical archeology knows that it is axiomatic that, wherever archeology reveals information about ancient civilizations, it always corroborates the biblical record, never refutes it!
(7) The final proof-one which dyed-in-the-wool disbelievers will doubtlessly scoff at-is answered prayer! Of course. God does not answer the prayers of skeptics and disbelievers. However, those individuals who have experienced the answer to PRAYER; those who have been healed of their sicknesses and diseases, who have actually seen miracles performed, are no longer doubting, but believing. Answered prayer is definitely a proof that there is a God who can hear. and answer!

Answer 2

Using a statement to justify itself is a logical fallacy known as "circular reasoning". That's why you cannot use any of the "holy texts" to prove anything. It would be like the Onion headline, "After a long internal investigation, CIA concludes that there is no such thing as CIA". See the problem? You need evidence that is external to the religion itself. For example, Christianity would be a bit more plausible if we had any evidence that Jesus had ever existed, and more, that he had indeed performed some miracles that are described in the NT. Also, you are incorrect in saying that there is no physical proof that God does not exist. Every empirically verifiable claim made in religious texts about God that turns out to be incorrect is a bit of proof against his existence. A good example from Christianity is the flood story, since there is absolutely no evidence of global flood, the ark, or that all the animals spread all over the planet from one point several thousands of years ago (which would be the case if they were carried on the ark). There is, actually much evidence against the idea: traces of many local floods at different times in Earth's history, well-described lineages of different animal genera millions of years old, and, of course, the simple fact that the flood story was stolen wholesale from Sumerian myths. And so it goes: evidence against a particular conception of God accumulates, and evidence for the existence of ANY God whatsoever is not forthcoming...

Answer 3

I couldn't tell you what, but I think there's physical evidence that Jesus the man existed. Historians generally accept that he existed.

Edit: To Ernest:

The first three of those are pretty much the same thing. And yes the existence of the universe requires that something have created it (unless the universe is god, aka the first cause), but there's no proof that that entity is conscious (and even less so does it say that the Christian interpretation of god is correct). The universe's existence has laws, but those laws aren't necessarily created by a conscious entity, and if they're not, there's no reason why the birds of a feather couldn't inheritly result from these laws of reality. As for the great sustainer, that's the sun; the earth inevitably radiates heat outwards, losing energy, but the sun gives it back. Eventually the sun'll stop giving us energy (though that'll be after us being consumed by it in its red giant phase), so the sun's losing energy in order to give us energy. Let me see what were your other responses... ahh well.

Answer 4

No Tucker, There is no more proof that they exist than that anything else exists. Your five senses perceive that things exist but do they? You have been programmed to believe they exist because your 5 senses say they exist. Yet in very vivid dreams, your five senses are telling you those things exist as well. You believe they do exist until you wake up and realize you were dreaming. You believe things exist when you're awake because you believe you're awake. Are you? How do you know? How do you know that all of life is not just a longer, more elaborate dream like on 'The Matrix'? You don't. Everything for everybody boils down to faith. For those who choose to not believe in God and in their Savior, Jesus Christ, It will be a rude and unhappy awakening for them. I wish it could be otherwise so does God.

Answer 5

There are more secular historical documents about Jesus than any other subject. The same type of documentation one would use to prove the existence of Alexander the Great or Julius Caesar or Plato. If you can believe that these people did exist -then you can not deny Jesus was a real person.

Answer 6

God, I'm not sure about since it's extremely difficult to prove the existence of external dieties, but Jesus, as far as I know was a real person who lived and died.

Answer 7

Yes. Even Jesus is in the history books, silly! We know He lived.

Answer 8

Yea, you being alive is physical proof, everything around you is physical proof.

Answer 9

There are a multitude of things that prove their existance all you have to do is look around you and understand what you are seeing...........

Answer 10

stormbabe said: "Yes. Even Jesus is in the history books, silly! We know He lived. "

stormbabe ... what history books are you referring to? please site the title or author or ...anything