what are the things that we can't see, touch or smell, yet we still believe?

Question

some people claimed to only belief what they can physically see, touch or smell. Since they think they can't do that with God, they don't believe.

i dunno how many of these people cracked open their skull first to see their brains before they decide that yes, they do indeed have brains!

anyway, my question:
what other things that we cannot see, touch or smell, yet we still believe in? and i'm NOT looking for other parts of our innards!

Answer 1

There's nothing that I believe in for which there is no evidence.

There is evidence of my brain indirectly in seeing other brains. I have also seen my brain on x-rays.

Gravity is a force, and that force can be directly measured.

Air and wind can be directly measured, too. Remember that if you can measure something in any way, that is akin to seeing it.

Emotions are defined by their symptoms, and those symptoms are visible.

And also remember that belief is not an either/or thing. There are levels of belief. Things experienced directly are generally believed more than things for which there is indirect evidence. Also, we tend to believe in things that fit in with other evidence we have more than things that contradict evidence we have.

So far, there is no evidence for any gods existing that comes close to being convincing to me.

Your argument is a fallacy by itself, though. It boils down to the following:
1) There are things that we know exist for which we don't have direct evidence of it existing.
2) God has no direct evidence of it existing.
3) Therefore, God exists.

I hope you can see the fallacy in that argument.

Answer 2

You gave a very poor example with that brain statement. We don't have to see our own brain to know that people have brains. Many many other heads have been opened, since they all had brains in them, we can conclude that ours too has brains in it.
Other things that we cannot see, touch, or smell ?? Easy - - -Gods, angels, devils, fairies, Santa Claus, The Tooth Fairy, Ghosts, Zombies, and all other supernaturals.

Answer 3

Our bodies are totally amazing.

It can make us see, touch or smell things even if we can't ready see it.
For example a sliver of wood, we can certainly feel the pain but not necessarily see the sliver. Our minds, are incredibly observant only by the person who owns it.

When I intend, wish or desire.
Mental events cause physical pain and...... in sensation and perception physical events cause mental ones.

Answer 4

I don't know anyone who only believes in things that they can physically see, touch or smell. We all believe in things that we can't see. For example, radio waves. We can't see them but we know they exist because when we turn the radio on, sound comes out, and the only explanation for that is radio waves.

Answer 5

That's the stupidest argument I've heard. You CAN see touch and smell you brain if you want to! You can observe sub atomic particles with the proper equipment.
All the " things" we believe exist can be observed.

Answer 6

Radio wavelength electromagnetic radiation. There is EM radiation from thousands of radio stations, millions of mobile phones and billions of stars passing through your body this very second, but if it weren't for science you would be completely unaware of it.

Answer 7

BELIEF/BELIEVE is consist only of our 5 senses.What we see;feel; hear;smell and touch are categories of it.
FAITH is an spiritual aspect that comes from SPIRITUAL GOD.

Answer 8

Wind

Answer 9

The space inside an atom, a human being's 'soul' or spirit, love, 'black holes' in space, lots of things.

Answer 10

I don't claim to have to see something to know that it's real. I've never seen the pacific ocean but I know it's there. I've never seen Jupiter's moons but I know they're there. I've never seen my stomach but I know that I have one.

There is a difference in belief and knowledge. Don't misunderstand.