Is God real?

Question

i dont know if god is real or not. is there one person in the sky that mad the whole world? And how did we get so many different races if everybody came from adam and eve? wouldnt we all look simular then?

Answer 1

The following evidence comes from THE GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD vol. 2 & 19. St. Thomas Aquinas said:

ARTICLE 2. Whether It Can Be Demonstrated That God Exists?
I Answer that, Demonstration can be made in two ways. One is through the cause, and... The other is through the effect... When an effect is better known to us than its cause, from the effect we proceed to the knowledge of the cause. And from every effect the existence of its proper cause can be demonstrated, so long as its effects are better known to us, because since every effect depends upon its cause, if the effect exists, the cause must pre-exist. Hence the existence of God, in so far as it is not self-evident to us, can be demonstrated from those of His effects which are known to us.

ARTICLE 3. Whether God Exists?
I answer that, The existence of God can be proved in five ways.

The first and more manifest way is the argument from motion.... [Newton’s second law of motion] whatever is moved must be moved by another. If that by which it is moved be itself moved, then this also must be moved by another, and that by another again. But this cannot go on to infinity, because then there would be no first mover, and, consequently, no other mover, seeing that subsequent movers move only because as they are moved by the first mover... Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a first mover which is moved by no other. And this everyone understands to be God.

The second way is from the notion of efficient cause.... There is no case known (nor indeed, is it possible) in which a thing is found to be the efficient cause of itself, because in that case it would be prior to itself, which is impossible.... Now to take away the cause is to take away the effect.... Therefore it is necessary to admit a first efficient cause, to which everyone gives the name of God.

The third way is taken from possibility and necessity... [or] to be or not to be. ...If everything is possible not to be, then at one time there could have been nothing in existence. Now if this were true, even now there would be nothing in existence, because that which does not exist only begins to exist by something already existing. [FACT: Matter can not be destroyed nor created; at most it changes form i.e. solid, liquid, gas. Physical Law: the first law of Thermodynamics.] Therefore, if at one time nothing was in existence, it would have been impossible for anything to have begun to exist; and thus even now nothing would be in existence -- which is clearly false. Therefore, not all beings are merely possible, but there must exist something the existence of which is necessary.... Therefore we must admit the existence of some being having of itself its own necessity, and not receiving it from another, but rather causing in others their necessity. This all men speak of as God.

The fourth way is taken from the gradation to be found in things. Among beings there are some more and some less good, true, noble, and the like. But “more” and “less” are predicated of different things [like a match in comparison to the sun]... Therefore there must also be something which is to all beings the cause of their being [a Supreme Being], goodness, and every other perfection. And this we call God.

The fifth way is taken from the governance of things. We see that things which lack knowledge, such as natural bodies, act for an end... Hence it is plain that they achieve their end not by chance, but by design. Now whatever lacks knowledge cannot move towards an end, unless it be directed by some being endowed with knowledge and intelligence, as the arrow is directed by the archer. Therefore some intelligent being exists by whom all natural things are ordered to their end; and this being we call God.

DEMONSTRATING EXISTENCE OF THE HOLY TRINITY:

The HOLY TRINITY is defined as:
A term used since A.D. 200 to denote the central doctrine of the Christian religion. God, who is one and unique in his infinite substance or nature, is three really distinct persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The one and only God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Yet God the Father is not God the Son, but generates the Son eternally, as the Son is eternally begotten. The Holy Spirit is neither the Father nor the Son, but a distinct person having his divine nature from the Father and Son by eternal procession. The three divine persons are co-equal, co-eternal, and consubstantial and deserve co-equal glory and adoration.

We need to know how we are created in God's image to grasp the concept of the Holy Trinity and I think your question is a good one.

To understand this better, chart it out or use a diagram of two triangles of equal proportions like the Star of David. This allows an easier understanding of the relationship between the Essence and Existence of a thing. The following words should be distinguished in the following categories: Physical, Mental, and Spiritual. These three words encompass everything in the Universe and make up the CREATIVE PROCESS to help describe the Creator, creatures, and creation.

God is spirit. He cannot be seen. If you were to examine all the creatures, the CREATOR has made a pattern emerges: angels and demons are intellectual creatures without a body; plants and animals do not have an intellect but a body and mortal soul. IT IS ONLY LIVING, HUMAN, BEINGS, that have a MIND, BODY, and SOUL. Only human beings have all three. Now, living, human, being is the existence of man. Those words describe the essence of man's mind, body, and soul. The Body is living, the Mind makes us human and distinguishing us from animals, and our Soul makes us the being that we become (good or evil).

Now, even Muslims will agree Allah is omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing), and omnipresent (ever present). These words describe the existence of God. So, what is the essence of God? I will hold off answering this question till the end.

Now, if you think about the existence of a person they have a triple existence: physical (body), mental (mind), and spiritual (eternal soul). In fact, whenever we create something it has all three of these parts. When we cook we have a recipe (in our mind), we gather all the raw ingredients, and we cook (don't burn it, ha ha) what it is we are making. Cooking has the physical, mental, and spiritual parts. Same with engineering or technology it has three parts: the blueprints (to convey an idea), the raw materials (physical), and the workmanship (spiritual). If something goes wrong investigators will look for a design flaw, material flaw, or faulty workmanship. THIS DEMONSTRATES CREATION HAS THREE PARTS LIKE THE CREATOR.

Now, in the Bible it says Jesus is the visible likeness of the invisible God. (Colossians 1:15) The ESSENCE OF GOD IS: Father (mental), Son (physical), Holy Ghost (spiritual). ONE TRUE GOD IN THREE JUST LIKE A PERSON. THREE PARTS ONE PERSON. When you are sick you send for a doctor; when you are mentally troubled, a psychiatrist; when spiritually seeking you seek out a holy person.

Answer 2

Well, I can tell you that God knows you're real. And, no, He's not mad at anybody. He was. People were breaking His laws - and therefore breaking His heart - right and left. But all the law could do was conclude that no one was righteous. And so He gave us His Son, Jesus, who took the wrath of God on Himself for everyone of us. It was because of sin that the wrath of God was on us, but Jesus nailed that sin - along with the laws that condemned us - to the cross. Now it's no longer the thing that can keep us separated from God. Now we can know Him by Jesus Christ.

And the more we get to know Him the more we find out how tenderly and compassionately He loves us.

And regarding the diffences in ethnicity, we all have eyes in the same place, ears in the same place, hearts in the same place. You cut us and we all bleed the same color. Our internal organs all look and function the same. Everything's the same on every person's body. Everyone has a soul. Everyone has a heart - and I don't mean just the organ in the body. And even within the different ethnic physiological traits, there is uniqueness from individual-to-individual. It just goes to show how amazing God is to have made us all so similar yet so different and how He absolutely embraces diversity. Diversity originated with Him.

Answer 3

God's as real as any other supernatural being that resides outside of time and space itself! I myself can't imagine 'residing' outside of time and space itself but maybe I just don't have a very vivid imagination. I watched all the Twilight Zones and Outer Limits too. I even read quite a bit of the Book of Enoch.
As far as the races are concerned, once again I find it hard to believe that Ham, for example, was Black as the Ace of Spades with a flat nose and big lips. I think you'd really have to be simple minded to believe that Noah had sons that looked like all the different races.
011101 suggests that the blacks, whites and asians came from Cain, Abel and Seth. Somehow their sperm was united in Noah??? This is what happens when you think that your answers are guided by the Holy Spirit, anything can be 'true'.

Answer 4

Yes, GOD Created Everything.
At the Tower of Babel, GOD Changed the DNA and the Languages.
GOD can do Things like that.

Answer 5

God is real. He did create us & this miraculous world. And our races differ because of two things, one location location location! And two because He loves wondrous variety. It makes sense to me He needed/wanted us to look different the same way He created a zebra & a horse. An eagle or a parrot. A (stupid) mosquito or a bee. We all look very similar when we are born or in the womb. Colors are based on where on the globe your ancestors had been. But your faith is the window to understanding this- u seem to be on the outside lookin in. As you seem to be asking for proof ~ this I cannot give u. He believes in you even if u don't believe in Him. God bless. :o]

Answer 6

Our bodies basically turn different colors when born, or use to another climate, and or God wanted us like that because he is very colorful, and likes differences.

Trust me God is real, I do know this is true, my life is always on the line, if it wasn't true I would of been dead ten time over, he has protected me from many harms.

Answer 7

You must be very young. There's only one person that can ever really answer that. You. No one else will be able to tell you yes or no because everyone else will have a different answer than anyone else on the planet.

No one knows if god is real or not. Oh, people can believe he is or isn't real but no one really knows. No matter what they say.

Answer 8

God is more "real" than you and I. He is the very ground of all reality. He is the definition of real.
God does not live "in the sky."
The question about how we developed, even if you accept evolution, still leave you with the problem of us all looking alike. But I have seen two seemingly white parents give birth to a brown child. We have all sorts of genes.

Answer 9

God is real

the Bible can answer all these questions

and it was the building of the tower of Babel that God confounded language
In Genesis 11

Answer 10

Read the bible. . . . God is real, Races came from cain, able and seth. Thats created your blacks, whites, and and asians. The it split again with abraham, he had 2 sons, 1 arabic, 1 jew. . . . it's all there if you really want an answer.