Does God have to exist?

Answer 1

God will be there even if you dismiss Him. He is there much before human beings were thought of. He will continue there even after everything is over. That is why He is called the God.

Answer 2

I believe so, because the whole universe is a vast, interlocking chain of things that come into existence. Each of these things must therefore have a cause. My parents caused me, my grandparents caused them, et cetera. Further, I would not be here without billions of causes, from the Big Bang through the cooling of the galaxies and the evolution of the protein molecule to the marriages of my ancestors. The universe is a vast and complex chain of causes. But does the universe as a whole have a cause? Is there a first cause, an uncaused cause, a transcendent cause of the whole chain of causes? If not, then there is an infinite regress of causes, with no first link in the great cosmic chain. If so, then there is an eternal, necessary, independent, self-explanatory being with nothing above it, before it, or supporting it. It would have to explain itself as well as everything else, for if it needed something else as its explanation, its reason, its cause, then it would not be the first and uncaused cause. Such a being would have to be God, of course. If we can prove there is such a first cause, we will have proved there is a God. Why must there be a first cause? Because if there isn't, then the whole universe is unexplained, and we have violated our Principle of Sufficient Reason for everything. If there is no first cause, each particular thing in the universe is explained in the short run, or proximately, by some other thing, but nothing is explained in the long run, or ultimately, and the universe as a whole is not explained. Everyone and everything says in turn, "Don't look to me for the final explanation. I'm just an instrument. Something else caused me." If that's all there is, then we have an endless passing of the buck. God is the one who says, "The buck stops here." If there is no first cause, then the universe is like a great chain with many links; each link is held up by the link above it, but the whole chain is held up by nothing. If there is no first cause, then the universe is like a railroad train moving without an engine. Each car's motion is explained proximately by the motion of the car in front of it: the caboose moves because the boxcar pulls it, the boxcar moves because the cattle car pulls it, et cetera. But there is no engine to pull the first car and the whole train. That would be impossible, of course. But that is what the universe is like if there is no first cause: impossible.

Answer 3

Regardless the fact that we can believe or not (sometimes I believe) it's a fact in the culture that people is likely to put an surplus meaning in life by considering that there's something "beyond" of this life. That's why the idea of "God" exists i thinks. If there'd be an all-mighty God, why does not He appears and shows His power. It's mostly a way of nowadays culture to escape from the non-sense of some people's life.

Anyway, you can believe or not, and that will be as worthless as the opinion of each single person.

Answer 4

If there was no God. You would not have ask that question. Think about it....


Just for the record: There is a God and I love him and give him all the praise and glory for everything.

Answer 5

no but it comforts some people to believe that there is. in times of stress there is something for them to turn to, even if praying gets them no answer it can help people make up their minds and clear their conscience. up to you to decide if you need that.

personally i believe there is no god

Answer 6

He exists no matter what we think. He's always been here and will forever be.

Answer 7

yes because if he did not exist we would not be here nor this earth,
universe, nothing!!

Answer 8

The answer is no. Funky hit the nail on the head.

Answer 9

no. gods don't have to exist. Furthermore gods don't exist.

Answer 10

Yes. How do you think we all got here? It couldn't have been an accident.