Why should you believe in something without evidence?

Answer 1

Christians do it every day.

Answer 2

HEY look over here!!!

well i suppose u think that why we should believe God without evidence.

and the evidence u looking for is : did we see Him before?

well let me ask u a simple question.

DO u have a brain?

if u say yes, prove it. have u seen it before?? oh u havent so u shouldnt believe that u have a brain =P

u believe u have a brain coz u have faith! u read books and scientists tell u that, ur parents tell u that. unless u dun trust them

same thing here. u know that God is real because u have faith!
u read the Word of God, pastors tell u, church leaders tell u, friends around u tell u.

well, unless u really dun have a brain, u cant understand... Lol!

Answer 3

I don't always require evidence as an atheist.

In many instances, what I accept is part of a larger context of understanding.
However, it wouldn't matter much if proved wrong either.

My main most spiritual practice is 100% rooted in evidence I experience via my body.
Whatever others say and do may be a lie, but the body doesn't lie.

Answer 4

You shouldn't.

But you have to be generous in your empiricism. Not all knowledge is knowledge through the rational intellect. A great deal of our knowledge comes through affective, somatic, emotional, or intuitive avenues: particularly, much of the knowledge we have of the inner lives of other people. Such knowledge is of course not as susceptible to cognitive specificity, but that doesn't necessarily invalidate it. Certainly we have to be somewhat reticent about asserting our certainty regarding such knowledge, but we can (in fact, we inescapably do) conduct our lives on the basis of such knowledge.

Obviously you're criticizing "faith" as if it were an inherently unreliable form of knowledge. But this isn't the case. We operate with faith constantly -- not in the sense of belief unverified by experience, but in the sense of belief unverified by the kind of cognitive specificity and experimental verification characteristic of scientific knowledge. It's unavoidable that our lives are largely based on this "faith." After all, even if you're a scientist, you most likely know quite little about scientific disciplines other than your own, and it is "faith" which permits you to accept the work of scientists in those other fields. On a more basic level, as Hume showed, even such basic categories as effective causality cannot, strictly speaking, be demonstrated.

So I say: go ahead and believe, with whatever sort of evidence is relevant to the phenomenon in question. But if you're outside the realm of scientific experiment (or theoretical mathematics), don't assert your knowledge as certain or insist that others accept it.

Answer 5

You should not, evidence to a believer can be a peace that is given to you by God, for some that does not suffice, I can understand your query, but understand believers cannot give you faith, that is something that God gives you, and it is something that may never come to you

Answer 6

Because it's what humans do. It's up to you whether you want to believe in something or not. Mostly, humans just want to put their hope and faith into something. It's like saying... it's like saying... "Why should we live life when it's going to end anyways" or, "Why bother going to skool when we don't use at least half the knowledge we gain". We just do, because we're homosaphiens.

Answer 7

If you are referring to the Lord he states that you are surrounded by so great a cloud of witness as the very creation testifies of his existence. The Lord holds all men accountable and he has stated in his word "only the fool has said in his heart there is no God"

Answer 8

You should believe everything you are told especially if it’s about Jesus because it’s not like we give money to preachers. It’s not like the more people they sign up the more they get paid. They honestly just want us to be with Jesus. They have no reason to lie to us.

Answer 9

because they have been brainwashed to believe. humans don't need evidence to believe. evidence is needed to know.

Answer 10

You shouldn't. If you didn't want evidence, then you could fall prey to all sorts of scams and conartists.

Answer 11

Because you can't prove what happen in the beginning, you wouldn't there. Science can't explain everything. For example, we still can't find the cure for cancer.