2006-10-08 06:57:42 · 11 answers · asked by Mere Mortal 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The living God (Jesus Christ) does not require believers for his existence, so therefore, no.
2006-10-08 07:00:31 · answer #1 · answered by Southern Apostolic 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, people believe in God, therefore there is a God. But this God only exists because people believe in Him. If everyone stopped believing, He would cease to exist, as He never 'existed' anywhere but in the minds of the believers.
2006-10-08 14:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by Courage 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally think so. I think bits of 'em stick around, though--the recent surge in reconstructionist religions may be stirring some of the old ones up. (Old gods, I mean. Not the Old Ones.)
Have you read Neil Gaiman's American Gods? It's a novel that works on a very similar idea...
2006-10-08 14:06:32 · answer #3 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please read my words carefully:
If you see footmark in the sand, you'll say that someone passed from here...
If you see a piece of dog sh*t on the ground, you'll say that a dog passed from here...
So what about the enormous universe, the sky, stars, planets, earth and all the beauty in it, doesn't it lead to that someone made it?!!!
Some people say that everything is created by itself after the big-bang... I won't ask you about what caused the big-bang, but I'll ask you a simple question:
If you take all the letters of the alphabet, multiples of them, and you threw them randomly on the floor. Do you expect (by a chance of one in infinity) to get a poem like shakespear's??!!
Can't you see how organized our universe is, the planets, the eco-system on earth, look even in your own body... Can you control your heart-beat? Can you control your breath while you're sleeping? Who stopped your eye-lashes from growing after reaching a certain length? Who told the baby turtles to move towards the sea and not to the earth after they come out of their eggs? Who taught the bird how to make nests?
My friend, think with your heart and brain. If you're still lost, think about the following:
Do you know how to play safe?
Your point:
If there's no God and you do all what you want in life, then nothing will happen to you after life. But if there was God and you were mistaken, then you'll blame yourself FOREVER...
Believer's point:
If there's God and I followed His commands in life, then I'll be in Heaven after life FOREVER. But if there was no God and we're mistaken, then nothing bad will happen to us after life...
Now you know how to play-safe, in case you're not convinced?
2006-10-10 06:54:43 · answer #4 · answered by toon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Show me a God and I will show you someone in the background exploiting the ignorant over it.
2006-10-08 14:00:19 · answer #5 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, how bout no. How do you unbelieve the original creator of all-including you. By the way, D&D is imaginary, and theres no point to comparing it to reality.
2006-10-08 14:01:31 · answer #6 · answered by reconnermom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus and God the Father will still be around long after you are gone , Pal....believe me
2006-10-08 14:02:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Happens in Discworld, too; poor Om.
Makes sense to me, since belief "creates" them to begin with.
2006-10-08 14:09:08 · answer #8 · answered by Chickyn in a Handbasket 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Spirit is within all of Creation; it will always BE.
2006-10-08 14:06:37 · answer #9 · answered by aldiaz2wheare 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what's happened in extinct religions.
2006-10-08 13:58:48 · answer #10 · answered by S K 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋