Do the bulk of the answers to my last question prove...?

Question

that in order to have evidence for the existence in God, one must 1st believe? This is contrary to anything and everything rational.
Imagine if I said. In order to see evidence for fairies, you must first believe in fairies, then every time it rains you will know it was a fairy.
I think I would be classified as insane for that.

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Answer 1

you r preaching to the choir....these people are moslty too uneducated to understand...

Answer 2

Religion is not a contest. It's not a question for forensic debate.

I'm not sticking up for either end of the arguement. The fact is, debate doesn't convince anyone when it comes to religious matters. Some things can't be proven.

"Lawyer thinking" doesn't solve everything in life.

Look at sickyboy's comments for an example. The ego it takes to fill up a whole page on the site should tell you that some people will not take in any new information.

Answer 3

Vampires are somewhat extra gentle to photograph voltaic on the floor and so lots extra with the eyes. I wasn't grew to become into one, i grew to become into born as one. My tooth are incredibly sharper than an undemanding human, which sucks fowl I bite my tongue. I do sleep, each and every living ingredient has to. at the start nevertheless no longer all vampires drink blood, some do yet some feed off of the potential of individuals and/or nature. I do drink blood nevertheless, animal blood by way of fact i will on no account detect a donor, somebody who will provide a vampire blood for in spite of their reason is. I have not have been given any particular powers that a human does no longer have. I actual have advised some friends, and that they did have faith me.

Answer 4

It is a mystery isn't it? How can we believe in something we can't see? I find it amazing that people who do not believe in a GOD, or gods, spend so much time trying to convince those who do believe they are wrong.

We all go through times of doubt, and everyone know the contradictions. Science and religion have always been at odds. Just makes no sense. I get angry because the place that started all this monotheistic GOD stuff seems to want to kill everyone. I get sad when I see AIDS, and Starvation, and the poor. Still, there is something with-in me that tells me GOD is real.

Answer 5

Question: Is there any evidence for the existence of God?

Answer: Debates have raged for centuries over the scientific proof for the existence of God. The same "evidence" has been used by some to claim that God exists and by others that he does not. I would like to offer a different type of evidence. Let's call it natural evidence.

Let me illustrate the argument. My wife and I had the privilege of visiting Florence, Italy with its great art museums. While gazing upon Michelangelo's David, suppose someone in the gallery of viewers said, "Wow, it's amazing what wind and water erosion can accomplish over millions of years!" The crowd would consider such a statement ridiculous, and reply that the work of art was produced by an artist, Michelangelo.

Now continue to imagine the preposterous scene if the man challenged their claim, and insisted that their belief in Michelangelo was simply a myth. History books could be produced giving the biographical information about the artist, but our doubter could easily question the reliability of the written testimony.

The issue here is really a simple one. The illustration just given is not only fiction, but we can hardly imagine such a scene. The evidence is this—the existence of the art demands the existence of an artist.

Now we must ask, "If the mere marble form of David could not have come into being apart from an intelligent creator, then how much more does the real, living David demand a Creator?" This real human being with eyes more complex than any optical instrument created by man must have as its source a Creator superior to itself.

Can we imagine a watch apart from a watchmaker? Can we, with any degree of intellectual honesty, look at an automobile and imagine that it came into being by mere chance? No, creation requires a Creator. The Bible mentions this "natural evidence" in several places.

In Psalm 19 we read, "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge." This Bible passage teaches us that the creation is revealing the reality of the Creator.

Another passage in the Bible makes a similar declaration. In the letter of Paul to the Christians in Rome he writes, "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse." This is a very interesting verse. First, it claims, like Psalm 19, that the creation displays certain attributes of the maker. But it goes beyond this with the last phrase—"they are without excuse."

Just as a man would be deemed foolish to believe that a sculpture as intricate and detailed as Michelangelo's David could come into being by chance, so God holds man accountable to look into the sky and the wonders of creation and say, "There must be a maker." This natural evidence does not tell us who the maker is or how we can come to know him, but it does force upon us the reality that there is a Creator behind this creation, and leaves us "without excuse" for neglecting our pursuit of a clearer understanding of this glorious Creator.

Answer 6

I don't think that is what people are saying.....you don't believe, so there is a ton of archaeological and theological evidence out there to be studied and then conclusions can be drawn off of an educated point of view.
I think most people's point is that once you actually study and see the overwhelming evidence then you will not so boldly profess that there is not a God!

Answer 7

I completely agree with you, but what I think it is in order for there to be a god there must be people for to believe in him or HER. but this doesn't mean that if you there will ever be prof that there is or isn't a god, there may always be just science and belief, we wont truly know until we die

Answer 8

You would have to do an actual scientific study with random samples of thousands of people to be on your way to "proving" anything. Using a majority of answers from Yahoo! Answers doesn't prove a thing. :)

Answer 9

This proves nothing, you fiend of cabbage lovers, Chavez!

Answer 10

it means that it is interpretable. they are there but it's matters only if you choose to believe it or not.