Why shoul I think god exists?

Question

Why should anybody believe that god exists?
is god true?
explain shour answers.

Answer 1

It's not about getting physical proof. You either have faith, or you don't. And you should get as much information on both sides of the argument and make up your own mind. Don't let anyone make it up for you. Good luck!!

Answer 2

I am sure by now that by now you have read a lot of answers to this question and you already have your mind made up that you aren't going to believe anything that you are told so why ask?
I will give you an answer and pray that God will change your heart.
Creation. It was created out of nothing as well as the first man. The Bible says that all creation testifies of God and because of this no man will be without excuse.
Now, if you really want to know the truth of the matter ask God to reveal the truth to you.
How am I sure you exist? I read the words you have typed but I have never seen you. It is because I have faith to believe that your words did not get here by chance.

Answer 3

God is a figment of poor human imagination.You can't really prove he does exist and vice versa.It is all up to you.We humans can not accept the fact the same would happen to us when we die as it does to a dead "dog" or a "lizard".Our body will be broken into its chemical ingredients and we will participate yet again into the great life cycle on Earth.It is not a sorry fact.It is all natural.It is not a thing to mourn.Accepting this basic and apparent fact doesn't make life less valuable.Religion is a product of our consciousness whic can not reconcile with the fact that we have been thrown into this big and wonderful cosmos and we are subject to chance and indeterminacy.It is a complicated way of deceiving ourselves.So-called proofs of the existence of god are only linguistic devices.Religion is an archaism. The best approach to this problem is agnosticism.I was reared as a Muslim and it took many years to shed all these unnecessary casuistries which they cunningly call as theology.

Answer 4

Faith is the evidence of things not seen. In other words trying to prove God's existence is an exercize in futility. You either believe because of faith, your personal experience, and from what you have read (Information you have received). Unless God manifests Himself to you in person as He did to Moses and others. I guess that would pretty much cement the proof of His existence. Some say listen for a still, small voice that will lead you to the Truth.

Answer 5

I guess you are just fishing,because you spelled God with a small g. God remembers these things. I believe in God because of how perfectly the earth circles the Sun. Just the right distance. Just the right amount of oxygen. But,this is not nearly as convincing as the prophesies of the Bible. Hundreds of years before Jesus came down to pay for our sins,it was told how,when,and even how much he would be betrayed for. There are hundreds of prophesies that have been fulfilled,and some yet to come.One that comes to mind is : In the last days people will think to kill you thinking they do God a service. Does this sound familiar? Read the Bible,and discover for yourself.

Answer 6

There is no imperical evidence to suggest that "God" exists. People will respond to this with the old "read the bible" line. Why? The bible was written by men, and therefore means nothing. So to answer your question, I don't have a clue what you should think. I am not an Atheist, but an Agnostic.

Answer 7

Of course, faith is a deeply personal issue, and most likely, the things you experience for yourself and the way you feel inside should be your real guide in this issue, not what anyone says in Yahoo! Answers.

That being said, I can share a light-hearted perspective.

I have this idea that I call, "humorous adversity: support for the existence of a guiding consciousness behind the universe." I have collected a few examples of this in my own life and have started to hear similar experience from others as well.

For three and a half years, I dated this girl named Vicky. Within two months of breaking up with her, I started dating (very seriously) a girl named Nicki. Now, you would never know it if she didn't tell you, as she had learned to cover it up quite well, but due to many severe ear infections when she was young, Nicki had slight hearing loss across her entire range of hearing. So, there I am with a girlfriend that's hard of hearing and whose name rhymes with my ex-girlfriend's. Maybe you can see where this is going... Every time Nicki and I ended up in a fight, no matter whose name I used, in her head she'd always hear me call her Vicky (which I never did... almost). As if it weren't already bad enough that we were fighting, to top it all off, after I'd say her name in exasperation, I'd hear, "DID YOU JUST CALL MY VICKY!?" And somewhere, deep down, as bad as the whole thing seemed, some part of me saw the humor behind it. And as hard as I tried not to, sometimes I actually laughed out loud...

So, here's the deal: That just seemed like too good of a set up to be some cosmic accident. I mean, I'm not saying it wasn't... but it was very VERY coincidental, that is, the perfect coincidence of so many specific variables seemed more than just a little improbable. It seemed like I was the butt of a pretty good joke, you know?

And there you have it. In my world, I would say this supports the existence of a higher consciousness... and it has a pretty good sense of humor.

Remind me to tell you about my friend who's dad wanted to go to BYU but didn't want to go to church, so he made a deal with the bishop to send his sons (one of which was my friend, of course) in his stead. Meanwhile, he spent all of his Sundays fishing and skiing...

I am not Mormon, nor am I affiliated with any specific church, and I am not advocating any specific church. While I feel the pursuit and expolration of matters of faith may be very health for an individual, I must acknowledge the statistical research that correlates non-secular trends in govenments with increasing crime, poverty and drug-use rates.

So... good for the individual and bad for the society? I won't draw any conclusions like that here; you'll have to do the reading and formulate your own opinions on these matters...

Answer 8

U should believe in something greater than yourself, because it helps form your moral compass, helps u become a better and more of a pleasant person to be around, it helps u accept yourself as being inferior along with all of your bad habits, and keeps u from stressing yourself about how pathetic or how ugly u are. Its anti suicidal, its uplifting, mostly positive. And it brings u to a level of understanding about yourself, u may not completely understand yourself or why u do the things u do, but u do ask yourself why? dont u? Well even more so with a God. And most importantly it gives u hope in a heaven and life everlasting. Thats the fun of it. Try it, u will transform.

Answer 9

A very good question...

The only fulfilling thing is to live for the love of others, and be content with all things of ourselves. We can never be more than ourselves without others, and the gladness with us. We hurt ourselves when we offend others. If we havn't done the very best possible thing, then we haven't any reason for self congradulations.

I havn't met one person that can prove to me God exists. So why would I think God does indeed exist? I wanted to know enough to investigate what I knew, and what that would imply. I used to be agnostic, but when I thoroughly examined what I knew was my own compelling I looked for what might be true that could fulfill it....

If all my longings can't be transcended, or fulfilled, at once then it's better not to have any suffering and not exist. Having a good reason to live in pure intelect that isn't merely temporary, knowing always it will, and therefore essentially is, at an end already, is nothing but suffering continuously. Only people who ignore the end of results as they enjoy life can live without all their unremmitting longings fulfilled. Relief from this is desired for everyone, but denialist can't be relieved while in denial.

So I pursued the topic of God as a possibility, and ultimately realized thru deliberate self questioning, and removal of prejudices, that God does exist. Any deviation from a focus on the subject causes the whole matter to become a big question mark again.

No matter how adament a person may be, if they're not acting as though God fulfilled all their life and have no more desires for others to be this way or that, aside from what benefits purely for the other's sake, then they are at best recalcitrant of their own knowledge of God, or perhaps they lied to themselves to begin with. The latter being more common, and why there are no persons I've met [physically] alive that can give anything more than mere arguements.

Proof requires ardent longing, until then, in this world, it appears non-important. Most proponents of God do so from ego, but only a few do it for wishing to share the fulfillment of all desires beyond reason.

So there is no why until it's compelling, and if you're not compelled then why is meaningless, except to prove your sense of it being meaningless, to yourself.

If you ever are conciously not who you most desire to be, then seek becoming that. Not out of selfishness, or temporary reward, but because it's fulfilling to feel yourself being the person you must be to fully respect your own actions. That is the path to truth, all else are detours.

Not existing atually simplifies the life for oneself, but when others become the primary concern, it's not possible to live for one's self without feeling the pain of others and feeling small because of it.
I am not afraid of not existing, I'd prefer it when I've hurt others most of my life, I've merely found it impossible.

Answer 10

it is truly your choice and yours alone to believe in God. There are things that have happened that can not be explained both good and bad. There are also things that can be explained by believing in him just as their are things that can be by not. I personally feel that acknowledging him makes it easier for me to go day by day. Feeling that there is someone who cares for me no matter what i do. Personally i don't see how people live not believing in him. Yeah sometimes bad things happen to good people and you wonder why. Have you ever stopped to think that things happen so we can learn. God is a belief in something greater than us. Like i said it helps me knowing that someone is looking out for me and only wants the best for me.

Answer 11

You cannot prove that God, or a god, or any gods exist. Belief is a matter of faith.

As my old mum used to say "God helps those who help themselves". In other words, believe if you want to, but don't trust your god to get you out of trouble.