How hard is it for you to continue your belief in God?

Question

How do you maintain belief in God inspite the fact that there is evidence supporting many of the Bible's stories are not correct. If that were not bad enough, the logic behind God is severely flawed when one applies reason to the claims of this entity. While the stories that have been shown to hold some truth do not support any claims of there being a God.

Do you try to rationalize your beliefs around science, or do you dismiss the scientific community completely? Or is there some other manner in which you continue to support your beliefs?

Answer 1

There are no errors in the Bible and no proof that there are any errors.

Answer 2

Two comments; O.K. make that three:

1. What evidence is there that many of the Bible's stories are not correct? But I have lots of evidence that most of them ARE true. For the others, I reserve judgment.

2. The logic behind God is severely flawed when one applies reason? O.K. Tell me that the following is NOT flawed when one applies reason;

According to evolution, the fittest survive. In order to do that, gradual changes take place in succeeding generations. A fish that develops a lung (or legs), can survive better in water until it has the capability to live on land. Or a mouse-like creature that develops partial wings (on its way to becoming a bat) can survive better on the land until it has the ability to fly.

3. You have the mistaken notion that Christians are against science. But Christians are the ones who fight to sustain the world ecological system because they believe the God gave them Earth to take care of. Christians build hospitals and are doctors. Christians found the underground lake of fresh water under the Kahalari desert and supply the Bushmen with solar panels and electric pumps to access the water. Christians run agriculatural programs all over the world to aleviate starvation. And so on. All of those are scientific.

Now, when you talk about macroevolution, you are leaving the domain of science and entering that of philosophy. In future, if you mean macroevolution, say so.

Answer 3

How do I continue my belief in God you ask? Hahaha, that's a funny question coming from an atheist... My question is how do continue your belief in no God? Hahaha...

Anyway, to answer your funny question, I'll give you an analogy.

Two brothers don't know who there dad is. One brother goes to the local records, finds where his dad lives, and goes to meet him. This brother talks with the dad and the dad explains how everything happened, including how this brother grew up without a father. The dad also explains how he sent his other son, a completely amazing person, to try and save both brothers from eternal destruction. The brother who found his dad is ecstatic and goes back to the other brother and tells him what he found. (To keep them straight, let's call the brother who found his dad C and the other one A.) C tries to tell A about the local records he found, but A doesn't believe him. He points out that nothing proves that the records are actually true and that C is just an idiot who will fall for anything. C tries to convince A that he actually FOUND their father, but A is adamantly positive that C is an idiot. The A asks C how he can continue his belief in the local records and this cray belief in their dad and this other brother who apparently saved both of them from eternal destruction! C laughs and tries to point out how wrong A is, but A still won't listen.

Sorry that was so long, but now imagine that the dad and the other brother are divine. The local records are the Bible. A=atheist and C=Christian. That's how I continue my belief in God. Hahaha...

Merry Christmas or Happy whatever you celebrate. God bless.

Hahaha...

Answer 4

I 've always figured the stories in the Bible were the best people of the time could do to explain the questions and mysteries of life. I don't think they were always meant to be actual fact recordings.

As far as science, if God is truly the creator of all, then He created science too. For example, the theory of evolution doesn't replace God with science. The theory may be true, but who created the whole process? Once you think you've discovered the answer to or proof of something, there's always something beyond it, the true beginning of anything can only and will always be God.

Finally, how's this for logic? If God created the theory of evolution and natural selection which dictate only the strong will survive and the weak shall be cast aside, then how does that work with His Golden Rule, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you? No one would prefer that others cast them aside or do away with them, would they? Maybe that's why they say "It's easier for a camel to get through an eye of a needle, then for a man to get into Heaven." Maybe we're supposed to deny the temptation to cast other aside?

Other than that, I hope this helps . :)

Answer 5

You say that there is evidence supporting the stories are NOT correct,but then you say that some of the stories hold some truth? So which is more wrong or right? Believe because some are true? Or, don't believe because some are false? One other mistake you may make is the use of reason. Just think about whether there is the slightest chance that God exist.

Answer 6

When I look at a 2 day old baby, or a 100 year old veteran who once was a 2 day old baby, or see the stars on a clear summer night (and when I stare I see more stars appearing in the spaces), or think about the way the human body works together with all of its parts, or think about how it takes 2 members of a species to reproduce (not all species of course, but many), I find it unreasonable to deny the existence of God. Every creature that walks or swims or flies all developed over years and years and years from a gobble-dee-**** in space into the diversity of life we have now? The way the human body, when faced with organ failure, compensates and adapts to continue functioning . . . This cannot be random. It defies all of my logic to think this all occured without God.
Some call me illogical for believing in a God I cannot see. I call it illogical to see everything He has done and deny that He did it.

Answer 7

Zechariah 13:4

Answer 8

To date archeology has not disproved a single historical event listed in the scriptures. Rather it has time and again supported the accuracy of the Bible account.
Among things found just within the last fifty years:
The Seal used by Joseph when he was the co-ruler of Egypt
The name of Abraham and his sale of a herd of camels to the Samarians in the Samarian Tablets
The name of Joshua and his leadership of the Jewish people in Egyptian court records
The name of David, and a list of tributes paid to the Assyrians by five of his descends that exactly matches the accounts listed in 1 and 1 Chronicles
The seal of Burach, the scribe who copied Jeremiah's writings for him.
The body of Caiaphas the high priest who condemned Jesus
The bones of James, the brother of Jesus
Paul writes in 2 Timothy of leaving one of his helpers, Ephrus, in Corinth, where Ephrus was the director of public roads. His name as been found on the bottom of the stones that form a road through Corinth build at the mid first century, the time of Paul.
A pillar found about 8 years ago in Persia, build into the wall of a temple build around 900BC. Records the name and prophecies of Balaam the son of Beor.
A statue recently uncovered in Samaria dedicated to the Simon Magus, the magician who tries to bribe Peter in Acts 8.
The Dead Sea Scrolls, which includes a copy of Isaiah written in Paleo-Hebrew script - a language last used around 450BC. Word for word identical to the text of Isaiah used today for Bible translations. (Isaiah lived around 500BC).
Shall I continue....
And these are just finds that science has made in the last 30 years.

As science has time and again validated the history and teachings of the Bible, I have no issues with science.

Answer 9

It's not hard at all. I wonder if by asking such a question is there an underlying doubt about your non faith or a subconscious need to "tease the Christians" in order to make yourself feel...well...intellectually superior?

I suppose the real question should be how can someone question the faith of someone who believes in God and yet themselves professes a faith in say evolution which in itself is a theory explaining that which currently cannot be proven.

You can't question someone's faith when you require it of yourself.

It isn't.........logical.

Answer 10

My belief is not based on ONLY the Bible or some religious texts.
so I have no problems maintaining my faith