Yeah, but how do you know for sure?

Question

This question is very open ended and for everyone (except Agnostics probably);

Yeah but how do you know for sure? Purposefully asked to put you on the defensive caues that gets more hits and people who answer.

So respectuflly, How do you know for sure? (In the religion section so . . . . . . . how do you know for sure about your religious belief)

cause sorry

Answer 1

René Descartes "I think there for I exist"

One who could prove that he existed, but could only prove it to himself

or

Only the thinker could prove that he exists for to think can only be proven by the one who did the thinking!

So you know you exist, but that is all you will ever know!

Answer 2

After being on this forum for a couple of weeks, it opened up a whole new world to agnosticism/atheism that I had not really been exposed to before.

So, while I was discussing some of the issues with my husband and really scrutinizing our beliefs, he said, "I can't tell anyone that Christ did or did not exist. I can not debate anything about evolution or any other higher intellectual matters. But, one thing I do know, that something real affected my life to where I walked away from an 8-year cocaine nightmare like I had never used a day in my life. And after 20 years I still can not deny what I experienced. That's all I do know for sure."

Answer 3

I know for sure... Because I follow the Bible and I don't have a "religion" as a direct result .

LOL...

Thanks for the responce sweetie... I'm not trying to convert you. I like you just the way you are. If your heart is for God, it just is and He will get you one day with or without my influence. If not... That is always and will always be your choice.

I think you are clever and funny and have no prob with you what so ever but I hate to see intelligence wasted on the idiots. Religious or non religious either way.

"Don't cast your pearls before swine."

Like I always say. "No sense in being an as*shole if you can't prove it." and they do, at great length. I think it would be a shame to waste such an intellect as yours on such jibber jabber... That's all!

{{{{{{{{{{{JIM!}}}}}}}}}}

Just tell them all. "Jesus loves you, but everyone else thinks you're an as*shole."

*Smiles with an evil grin. I'm not all that bright admittedly, so I can get away with this kind of crap. LOL

Answer 4

When I left home and faced the realities of the world,
I put my thoughts of God in cold storage for awhile,
because I couldn’t reconcile what I believed,
deep inside, with what was going on around me.
But that early period, when God was
as real as the wind that blew from the sea
through the pine trees in the garden;
left me with inner peace, which, as I grew older, swelled –
until, perforce, I had to open my mind to God again.
Jane Goodall

but sounds like you'd like this one better...(which i also love)

The sky is deep, the sky is dark
The light of stars is so damn stark.
When I look up, I fill with fear
If all we have is what lies here.
This lonely world, this troubled place
Then cold dead stars and empty space.
Well, I see no reason to persevere
No reason to laugh or shed a tear.
No reason to sleep or ever to wake
No promises to keep, and none to make.
And so at night I still raise my eyes
To study the clear but mysterious skies
That arch above us as cold as stone.
Are you there, God? Are we alone?
The Book of Counted Sorrows

Answer 5

I don't know for sure .. i would never claim that my religion is the only truth
what i do know is that spirit has been validated to me personally
spirit existence has been tested rigorously by science over decades
there is proof of spirit and an afterlife
and the work done in this field only backs my own beliefs and work as a spiritualist medium

Answer 6

Study "Flatland allegory" ... Many mathematicians have loved it... It has a relevance to things introverts sometimes cannot point to ... We have length, height, and breadth ... But our five senses collate one millionth of the electromagnetic spectrum that we are immersed in .. Therefore the majority of our immediate material universe is occurring in and through us entirely beyond the ken of our perceptions ...
Physics has determined this as our best scientific current understanding of things ... Yet can I point to a perception that an introvert might sense beyond that spectrum? .. no .. does that mean that their certitude must be fallacy, and wrong ? .. no
Wish to study other mathematicians further studies into what flatland implies about other potential dimensionalities? .. If so, I'll suggest an inteesting tome if you like .. Written by a degreed mathematician ..

A light in the heart is an interesting thing to behold with eyes , that are not eyes.. with senses that are not known ...

Answer 7

Faith, a persons Religious beliefs are based on Faith which the Bible defines as( Hebrews 1:11)Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidenceof things not seen. Hebrews 1:3 says Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of GOD , so that things which are seen are not made of things which do appear

Answer 8

As an atheist, I cry at the top of my lungs that god is a myth and all who believe in him/her/it are living in a fantasy world.

However, when the question is examined with true logic, it is unsolvable. You can't know for sure. Ever.

I believe that my point of view is right, because I see things in a certain way due to the circumstances of my life. Others obviously see things differently.

If you want to get truly philosophical, you can't really trust anything you have ever experienced, because you could be receiving false input from your senses (think the Matrix). All I really know for sure is that I exist, in some form, solely because I can contemplate my own existence.

Answer 9

Do you mean why we chose the religion we belong to Or why we believe in God?

I believe in God because I see the harmony and orderliness of the creation itself. Also, because I see the wisdom in what is written in the Bible, how, by applying it, I can live a better life (even as imperfect as I am, it is still better). Even though 40 men were used to write the Bible, I can see the harmonious thread that runs through it.

Why did I choose my religion? Even though I was taught what I know from infancy, I chose it, not because my parents said it was the right one, but because I studied it and meditated on it, to see how it related to the Bible. I also observed other religions that my friends belonged to, their teachings and how they, in turn, related to the Bible. From that I deduced that the one I chose follows the Bible the closest. For example, even as a teenager, I was able to show scriptures as to why I do not believe that Jesus is God, but is his son. And there are so many other examples, and other reasons as well.

Answer 10

Asked like a true skeptic.

In short, I don't know for sure. I have my feelings and ideas, but I have no proof that my beliefs about spiritual matters are true. This life is a journey full of uncertainty and we all have to do the best we can with what we have.

Answer 11

Sometimes it takes five or more beers to find an answer to some word phrase thats not even a question. The next day you forget both, answer and question.
I will take this one with me next time I go out for beer. So: answer pending