"why should you believe in God?" is a more appropriate question, though. He has proven Himself to you, and He does exist. Just because you say something doesn't exist doesn't make it automatically disappear! So what is it, then? Why don't you believe? Would you rather go through life by yourself, or give it up to Jesus? Would you rather a sulfur-filled crematorium or a castle in Heaven? Would you rather contemplate that wrong move for the rest of eternity or be glad that you made the right choice for the rest of eternity?
Your fate is resting solely in your hands. No one--not even God can force you. It's all up to you. This may be your last chance. Stop procrastinating--you don't know when you might die. And when you die, it's forever finished.
When you don't accept Jesus, you only cheat yourself!
You won't regret it if you accept Jesus as your Savior! God promises that much!
2006-09-16
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2006-09-16
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I accept Him and I am lucky I do! :)
2006-09-16 17:20:45
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answered by pink9364 5
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God does not exist. There is no evidence in a creator what so ever. The only place where God does exist is in the minds of believers. The bible is not proof, that is a book written by humans. Why do need to believe in an afterlife? Why is something that you have no proof on so comforting? Isn't being alive right now so much more comforting? We are lucky to be here and life is so precious. Enjoy your life now.
Religion is a mind virus. Fight it.
2006-09-16 17:22:33
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answered by Anonymous
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go to www.harunyahya.com
he has free ebook downloads which can change a person's mind and would know the truth about islam.
humans should make use of their brains well. if they can think much harder, then they would know that every is created.
did that tv appear in the shop on its own?
did the tree grow without water?
why does god need to appear in a form of man to preach to his people?
isnt he great, almighty and gracious enough?
or he needs that human touch?
can an airplane exist without a creator?
can animals continue to have young ones with a father and mother?
if something needs to be created, there has to be a creator.
humans are mere creations. and we have a limited amount of thinking capacity or else we could have explored the black hole and got a man on pluto years ago.
that's why a creator is so powerful and great that we cant see it because we are just mere creations.
if our creator is just like a regular human being like us, would he have been so almighty?
2006-09-16 17:24:36
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answered by vida 2
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I don't believe in the Christian god(s) for, probably, the same reasons you likely don't believe in the Hindu gods or the Wiccan goddesses.
Doesn't make sense in our alternate worldviews.
People believe different things that satisfy their personal view of the world. As long as those viewpoints support the positive continuation of humanity and the world we live in, I don't think it much matters.
2006-09-16 17:26:38
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answered by KarenK10 2
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It boils down to 2 things for me, how does one reconcile omnipotence, omnibenevolence and omniscience with this world and the life on it. And, why are there so many billions of people living in entire, huge countries whose culture has nothing remotely like the xian god and jesus. Here is a post I did before on the topic:
Because I look at what life was like for human beings for the past 40,000 years (maybe 6,000 for you). People lived for an average of 30-40 years. More than 50% of children died before age one (until about 100 years ago!). I look at thousands of children permanently blinded by parasites they get from playing in creeks in underdeveloped countries.
Then I look at children of modern developed countries, of any religion. I see that they live until their EIGHTIES!! Have all their teeth for a very long time. Have excellent health, etc... And I see that this has nothing to do with religion or god. It is medicine and science. So was it god's plan that hundreds of generations of people would suffer and die in their 40's and suddenly in the 19th and 20th century, everything would get better?
That's nothing other than sadistic.
I also look at all the different gods and interpretations of these gods for the past 4,000-5,000 years. I see how silly it is to point to one religion in the roman era and say "Ah, THIS is the correct one!"
I also posted this in answer to that question:
* The bible has many contradictions
* The bible shows the OT god to be violent and bloodthirsty. He also kills thousands of children.
* For thousands of years, man has had a lifespan of 30-40 years. 100 years ago in the US, 50% of children died before age 1. Modern medicine has greatly reduced this. During eras in western history when the catholic church was in charge and belief in god and church attendance was required, this did not change. So prayer seems not to have been the answer.
* The history of religions and gods seems to show that man has no consistent image or view of what god is or does.
* The bible is open enough to interpretation that if you walked into a church and asked 3 people questions about the bible or god's will, you would get probably 8 different answers.
* People kill each other in god's name every day and he apparently does nothing to stop it.
* 50% of conceptions do not result in birth
* 1 in 8 pregnancies result in twins and one twin is eventually reabsorbed.
* Children are born with no brains, with no limbs, retarded, blind.
* Children go blind from parasites every day, children suffer asthma, and other diseases
Notice I focus on CHILDREN, not adults so please don't tell me that millions of children are dying b/c god wants us to have free will. These children barely have free will yet and toddlers don't have it at all.
2006-09-16 17:33:14
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answered by Anonymous
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Please provide testable, empirical evidence supporting your assertions. If you are unable to do so, then the intellectually honest thing to do would be to clarify that you are making statements of opinion and not fact.
2006-09-16 17:21:36
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answered by Anonymous
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Because Jesus is Jewish
2006-09-16 17:25:15
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