Great argument. You do us atheists proud.
2006-08-25 15:03:49
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answered by Phil 5
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Do you mean that you do not believe that there is a Creator, or is it that you have seen so much hypocrisy in the churches that you have no faith in what they teach?
For the most part, is there sound reasons for believing in God? The Bible answers at Romans 1:20: “His invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made.”
Scientists have identified over 100 chemical elements. Their atomic structure displays an intricate mathematical interrelationship of the elements. The periodic table points to obvious design. Such amazing design could not possibly be accidental, a product of chance.
To Illustrate: When we see a camera, a radio, or a computer, we readily acknowledge that it must have been produced by an intelligent designer. Would it be reasonable, then, to say that far more complex things—the eye, the ear, and the human brain—did not originate with an intelligent Designer?
Is God a real person? & Did God have a beginning?
Ps. 90:2: “Before the mountains themselves were born, or you proceeded to bring forth as with labor pains the earth and the productive land, even from time indefinite to time indefinite you are God.”
Is that reasonable? Our minds cannot fully comprehend it. But that is not a sound reason for rejecting it. Consider examples: (1)Â Time. No one can point to a certain moment as the beginning of time. And it is a fact that, even though our lives end, time does not. We do not reject the idea of time because there are aspects of it that we do not fully comprehend. Rather, we regulate our lives by it. (2)Â Space. Astronomers find no beginning or end to space. The farther they probe into the universe, the more there is. They do not reject what the evidence shows; many refer to space as being infinite. The same principle applies to the existence of God.
Other examples: (1) Astronomers tell us that the heat of the sun at its core is 27,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit (15,000,000° C.). Do we reject that idea because we cannot fully comprehend such intense heat? (2) They tell us that the size of our Milky Way is so great that a beam of light traveling at over 186,000 miles per second (300,000 km/sec) would require 100,000 years to cross it. Do our minds really comprehend such a distance? Yet we accept it because scientific evidence supports it.
Which is more reasonable—that the universe is the product of a living, intelligent Creator? or that it must have arisen simply by chance from a nonliving source without intelligent direction? Some persons adopt the latter viewpoint because to believe otherwise would mean that they would have to acknowledge the existence of a Creator whose qualities they cannot fully comprehend. But it is well known that scientists do not fully comprehend the functioning of the genes that are within living cells and that determine how these cells will grow. Nor do they fully understand the functioning of the human brain. Yet, who would deny that these exist? Should we really expect to understand everything about a Person who is so great that he could bring into existence the universe, with all its intricate design and stupendous size?
2006-08-25 22:37:17
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answer #2
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answered by jvitne 4
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hah? ... anyway, if there was no God, how could a person think Him up? are you so special that you have the ability to come up with such deep ideas on your own, by your own inspiration? now THAT sounds egotistical.
science is merely man's attempt to explain what God has done. it is the discovery of truths that exist, whether man figures it out or not. oh! and man likes to take the credit for these things, as if he invented them!
most of the great scientists throughout history have acknowledged that they can not deny the existence of a God. the further they got into science, the more they believed. are you smarter than them? don't think so.
2006-08-25 22:20:47
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answered by Anonymous
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I think you have to let believers believe and move on. Especially if youwant to be left alone in your belief that there is no GOD. However, I would like to point out that everything you can hold in your hand to work with, the car you drive, the furniture you sit on, was all once no more than a thought inside man's head. Science itself, was once a mere thought. What if a hundred or so years from now, science finds a way to prove that GOD exists? What would you feel like then?
2006-08-25 22:07:32
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answer #4
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answered by mortgagegirl101 6
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First of all, I can barely tell what you are saying. Please space or stop wasting my time. Second of all. You give no real reasons, other than you just don't believe.
Why do you have such a problem with believers? Is it physically, mentally or emotionally hurting you? Do you lay awake at night saying, "the.......theists......are......going to get me!!" I don't think you do, so just quit. I have faith, and that faith is backed by science. I'm pretty sure by the way you type that you have either never taken a typing class, or you are not as intelligent as you think you are. I'm betting I could beat you in a science quiz.
Anyone think that this answer is worth ten points? Put the question to voting.
2006-08-25 22:17:31
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answered by Greg 4
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You say 'in fact' - well that is a sweeping statement!
I believe in God and the evidence I could give you is that YOU are the evidence. You are unique in every way. There is no one quite like you on this planet, no one acts exactly like you, for you have your own personality and design. Your body is a mechanical feat of engineering that even modern scientists cannot make.
You have distinctiveness, you have presence, and you have individuality, you have time and place - meaning when you are gone there will never be anyone like you ever again. Tell me, was that by complete randomness or were you created by God for purpose to prove that He exists and that you exist for Him?
Can you accept that as random or design created for a purpose by a God who loves you, or by static elements that gives no purpose, no hope, nothing to why you are unique!
2006-08-25 22:16:05
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answered by Anonymous
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Absurd and proud of it!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least by your definition. Though I find your reasoning quite absurd.
One more thing: Let's see, science is so on the mark that they've now decided to change the definition of what a planet is, and that now leaves Pluto out in the cold. Wonder what else they'll change their collective minds about?
2006-08-25 22:09:05
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answered by Saved 3
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You can have your science, physics and all the other things the "experts" are peddling, but you leave me and my religion out of this. There is a God, and you better accept the fact and accept His Son as your savior, or you will spend eternity in hell with all those learned people.
2006-08-25 22:14:24
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answer #8
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answered by stullerrl 5
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Why are you on this religious/spiritual forum????......why do you think GOD doesn't exist when in fact He Does????....so to answer your question: Prove It!...and while you're at it try convincing hundreds of thousand believers that their prayers wasn't answered by GOD, Miracles, Special Supernatural Blessings that could only come from the GOD they love & serve!.......go ahead...CONVENCE THEM!........ps. I saw you in the (Bible) (Psalms 14:1)......The brain of an atheists!......
2006-08-25 22:14:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Hmmm, why do you think God doesn't exist, when in fact he is as real as your brain?
We may not be able to prove God is real, but...can you prove he doesn't?
I'm not willing to risk an eternity in Hell, just because I can't prove he's real, especially when I feel him in my life every single day!!
2006-08-25 22:05:43
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answer #10
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answered by redeye.treefrog 3
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If God (what ever God) does not exist who put living things here ........ stars ...planets....water...the rainforest...trees...birds....bugs....some greater being had to start it all even evolution where did the ape/man come from again planets...trees....the air we breath.....and the water we drink
2006-08-25 22:15:37
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answered by Anonymous
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