Why should we believe in God?

Answer 1

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?

Answer 2

St. Thomas Aquinas, in the thirteenth century, formulated the famous "five ways" by which God's existence can be demonstrated philosophically:

1. The "unmoved mover" argument. We know that there is motion in the world; whatever is in motion is moved by another thing; this other thing also must be moved by something; to avoid an infinite regression, we must posit a "first mover," which is God.
2. The "nothing is caused by itself" argument. For example, a table is brought into being by a carpenter, who is caused by his parents. Again, we cannot go on to infinity, so there must be a first cause, which is God.
3. The cosmological argument. All physical things, even mountains, boulders, and rivers, come into being and go out of existence, no matter how long they last. Therefore, since time is infinite, there must be some time at which none of these things existed. But if there were nothing at that point in time, how could there be anything at all now, since nothing cannot cause anything? Thus, there must always have been at least one necessary thing that is eternal, which is God.
4. Objects in the world have differing degrees of qualities such as goodness. But speaking of more or less goodness makes sense only by comparison with what is the maximum goodness, which is God.
5. The teleological argument (argument from design). Things in the world move toward goals, just as the arrow does not move toward its goal except by the archer's directing it. Thus, there must be an intelligent designer who directs all things to their goals, and this is God.

And finally, from me, there is the simple belief of listening to God in your heart.

TxR

Answer 3

Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of man who has either not yet won through to himself, or has already lost himself again. But man is no abstract being squatting outside the world. Man is the world of man—state, society. This state and this society produce religion, which is an inverted consciousness of the world, because they are an inverted world. Religion is the general theory of this world, its encyclopedic compendium, its logic in popular form, its spiritual point d'honneur, its enthusiasm, its moral sanction, its solemn complement, and its universal basis of consolation and justification. It is the fantastic realization of the human essence since the human essence has not acquired any true reality. The struggle against religion is, therefore, indirectly the struggle against that world whose spiritual aroma is religion.

Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.

Answer 4

That's a very personal question. It's got to do with how a person sees the world. I personally believe in something above and beyond my own consciousness simply because I think it would be incredibly vain of man to believe he is the be-all-end-all of everything when you start to look at how huge and mysterious the Universe is.

Answer 5

Most of us, no reason at all, so we don't. But there are people out there who need to be kept fearful of some punishment for misbehaving, so we have them believe in it to make life bearable for the rest of us. It's like telling kids about Santa and his naughty and nice lists, just a white lie to keep order among the uneducated masses.

Answer 6

Belief in a good, loving God strengthens ones internal object relations. (Look up the 'object relations' theory in psychology to see what that means.) In other words, it strengthens ones sense of being loved, of the reality of 'good', of self-worth. These 'internal objects' comfort us in times of stress and help us to feel empathy and compassion for others. This is all good for ones mental health. That's why I choose to believe in God.

Answer 7

Many people need to believe in something or someone to answer those issues that have no rational explanation.
It`s OK with me, as long as they don`t become fundamentalists, feeling all powerful and owners of "The Truth".

Answer 8

When no one else stands beside you in the darkness of your night, He will. When you are cold and hungry, His love will provide. When you loose all that you have gained through your own straight you will learn to depend on his promise to provide.and that is just a start, hope you find this to be true for you. In Him all things are possible.

Answer 9

You will feel so much safer when you believe there is a "daddy in the sky looking out for you". Right?

Answer 10

Because, God is the one and only god. the other gods are a bunch of myths.