what should i believe?

Question

im catholic and these atheist are sort of changing my mind i sort of believe in god but all of these words atheist are telling me are sort of shortening my belief of god i mean there is no physical evidence,but then again there is nothing to lose with believing in god but the bible was written by inspired writers not god there are many points that kind of make me lose my belief a little in god so how can i believe in god more with all these intresting points atheists have?

i know what you mean by the insurance thing and no i don`t believe like that im not trying to believe like that when i first started to believe in jesus it was just to have faith it was not about insurance and it never was

Answer 1

pray for the Holy SPirit. He will reveal all truth.

Answer 2

If you make the decision to believe in God and you die tonight, you go to heaven and everything goes right forever. If you decide to be an athiest and you die tonight, you go to hell and get burned up forEVER and it never ever stops. Which sounds better?

You're right: What are you going to lose by being a Christian? NOTHING. So why not be on the safe side?

What does "inspired" mean? It means "God breathed" so doesn't that mean that the men who wrote the bible wrote God's words?

How do you know George Washington lived? You weren't there, you didn't see him. How do you know Abraham Lincoln was assasinated? You didn't see it. You know because people have written about it. The people who wrote the bible were there, just like people who wrote about Lincoln were there. So why believe the books about Lincoln and not the book about God?

The bible was written by 40 different writers over a period of 1500 years and it all fits together.

There's a book that can help you with some things like this. It's called "Believe It... Without a Doubt: A Study of Evidences" by David Banning. I really liked that book. You can find it at various religious bookstores.

Answer 3

I am not an atheist, but I can not and will not believe that the bible is any kind of truth. It makes zero sense at all the description of God in that book.
Whether you call it big bang, or creation or whatever, God is a blanket term for existence, the concept that time goes infinitely in any direction and that life provides infinite questions with few answers in comparison. You can believe this, an everliving, omnipotent, God would not need the services of the middle eastern people to transcribe any message, this is where I don't understand the conviction of the believers, God is all of existence, if you need something from God it will come to you, as the cells on our body each have microscopic parts that take direction from the brain. That God asked people to write a book to tell future people what God wants seems as silly to me as the brain telling a few cells on one collarbone to write one book that has definitive and specific laws, very limited in scope and nature, that each and every cell on the body must follow exactly no matter what job it has and no matter what change in circumstance. Until the end of time.

Answer 4

Don't give in. Keep the Faith

Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" (Heb. 11:1). It is synonymous with trust. It is a divine gift (Rom. 12:3) and comes by hearing the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). It is the means by which the grace of God is accounted to the believer who trusts in the work of Jesus on the cross (Eph. 2:8). Without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6). It is by faith that we live our lives, "The righteous shall live by faith" (Hab. 2:4; Rom. 1:17).

Prayer a privilege and an obligation of the Christian where we communicate with God. It is how we convey our confession (1 John 1:9), requests (1 Tim. 2:1-3), intercessions (James 5:15), thanksgiving (Phil. 4:6), etc., to our holy God. We are commanded to pray (1 Thess. 5:17).

Some personal requirements of prayer are a pure heart (Psalm 66:18), belief in Christ (John 14:13), and that the prayer be according to God's will (1 John 5:13). We can pray standing (Neh. 9:5), kneeling (Ezra 9:5), sitting (1 Chron. 17:16-27), bowing (Exodus 34:8), and with lifted hands (1 Tim. 2:8).

"Christian" comes from the Greek word christianos which is derived from the word christos, or Christ, which means "anointed one." A Christian, then, is someone who is a follower of Christ. The first use of the word "Christian" in the Bible is found in Acts 11:26, "And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." It is found only twice more in Acts 26:28 and 1 Pet. 4:16. However, it is important to note that it is the true Christ that makes someone a Christian, not the Mormon one (brother of the devil), or the JW one (Michael the Archangel), the New Age Jesus (a man in tune with the divine Christ Consciousness), etc. The true Christ is God in flesh (John 1:1,14; 20:28; Col. 2:9; Phil. 2:5-8; Heb. 1:8): Jesus.

Answer 5

"how can i believe in god more with all these intresting points atheists have?"

I'm not really sure what you mean. If you want to believe in God, just believe. If you look at the entire situation logically, in my opinion, you'll conclude that either God doesn't exist or that he might but really there's no sure way of knowing. But that's just my opinion and you don't have to agree with me. Just ask yourself some questions: Does the concept of God make sense to you? Does the Bible make sense to you? If it does, then by all means, believe in God. But that's a decision that you have to make for yourself.

Answer 6

Congratulations! You sound like you're stepping out into a much bigger, richer world.

I had an experience similar to Lily, except I was all on my own - no outside influence - and I ultimately escaped from the ignorance & superstition and embraced the real material world. It's a much better, more interesting, and inspiring place, even without any gods, than the religious folk would have you believe.

Answer 7

I have been there. I was raised Lutheran, but as I started seeking "the truth" and listening to non-Christians, I got to wondering if anything I had been told was true. It was a hard time in my life. I prayed a lot for many months, and God showed me that Jesus was the Truth. I won't tell you that you should believe what I believe - you need to figure out what you believe on your own. But I do want to encourage you to pray and to patiently wait for an answer. Jeremiah 29:13 says, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." And I suppose that if you pray and seek and find nothing, you also have an answer.

Answer 8

Remember a beautiful painting presupposes a great painter, a magnificent structure presupposes a great architect ... a perfect creation presupposes a perfect Creator. Great scientists like Einstein and Hawkings attest to this.

Science and religion agree - they are from one Source of Knowledge. That they appear to disagree is either due to religionists holding fast to superstitious teachings or because science has yet to discover a hidden mystery. In time, everything will be made clear as the noon day sun.

Your knowledge of God is innate. Use your questions and discussions with atheists to find absolute truths. They will ultimately lead you to God.

www.bahai.org

Answer 9

You may be able to live comfortably with some ambiguity and doubt without giving up your faith and your religion.
Remember to look at the important things your religion teaches, that we treat each other as we would treat God. Take your time and do not be in a rush to make a decision that does not need to be made. Both and not either or.

Answer 10

Well, for what its worth-I am not a catholic, and I don't believe the atheist. I don't even need any help-my faith in God is solid. I am not just hoping that God is real-I know He is real. Once you "know" it, you never doubt again.
Have you ever heard the term 'born again'? Check it out-you will not be disappointed.

Answer 11

Why do you think you can control your beliefs?

I wouldn't worry so much about trying to categorize yourself as either this or that. There's nothing wrong with you, at least that I can see.

Investigate, ask questions, and never be ashamed of what you feel is right. Odds are, it'll change somewhere down the line anyway.

Good luck!