What proof did YOU require to believe in God and Jesus?
2006-12-24 19:20:12 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-12-25 18:42:39 · update #1
Well, you can't really prove the existence of God; you can only look at both sides of the story and draw a conclusion.
It's like this: You might read something in a textbook. You don't look up the references for every statement and cross-check everything before you believe it. Some things you just take as granted; some things you can connect to your previous knowledge and figure out that they are true. If something seems doubtful or spurious, then you can go and look at other sources to see what they say.
This is much the way it happened for me; I did not necessarily require proof of every statement and every sentence in the Bible; some things you could say are common sense (or, not-so-common), other things you could intuitively see that it would work or that it is true. With other things it is that gut-feel that something is right that can be the clincher.
For the other things where doubt or questions may be present, you can always ask other people or look at other sources to see what they say about the thing in question (especially if something is obscure or difficult to understand). So it is less about finding "proof" per se than it is about finding answers that are satisfying.
I think the important thing is to be intellectually honest, and not just look at one side of the story or fall for "confirmation bias", just looking for the data that supports your point of view. It says in the Bible, "The first to present his case sounds right, then someone else comes along and searches the matter."
2006-12-24 19:50:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe in God and Jesus based on faith, not proof. However, I don't believe that blind faith is a good thing either. One should search, research, question (doubt is too strong a word), and decide what feels right. For me, doing this has strengthened my faith. So, I won't say that I require any proof other than my personal experience of having a relationship with Jesus. But, I also like to know why I believe what I believe and why I don't believe what I don't believe.
2006-12-24 19:50:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To say that belief in God and Jesus does not needed to be doubt ed and proved means bonelessness.That is what most religious leaders will tell you so you would stop questioning them.
But to find the truth, is like a murder case, you have to research.
Faith is not a mystery, as the bible describes it, "Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld." -Hebrews 11:1
For me, the bible is enough to prove both God's existence and Jesus' loving sacrifice. I won't elaborate, I just have a strong conviction on it.
2006-12-24 19:32:01 · answer #3 · answered by Tomoyo K 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christ pronounced the suitable opposite, definitely. maximum human beings do no longer think of it over. they in basic terms blindly persist with different fallible human beings. they do no longer definitely examine the Bible for themselves. "do no longer respond to fools, lest you seem silly." in basic terms, because of the fact a lot of human beings examine the incorrect Bible, or they do no longer examine it in any respect and believe a fallible human to tell them what the Bible says. The 1611 approved King James version is the main precise. It in basic terms has 2 harmless translation blunders. One on the topic of Trinity. Trinity replaced right into a theory created through Tertullian, by twist of fate translated into the 1611 KJV Bible from margin notes in the Latin Vulgate, no longer area of the unique Greek Scriptures. So, anybody has believed an blunders. Made up through Tertullian. examine the Gospels. Jesus claimed his message replaced into no longer his. He claimed that he's the Son of the father. He continuously directed anybody's interest to God. in case you suspect in Trinity, in case you suspect Jesus and God are ONE person, you're calling Christ a LIAR.
2016-12-15 07:39:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The proof is all around us. And faith is in your heart.
(Hebrews 11:1) Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld.
2006-12-24 19:25:06 · answer #5 · answered by Liz R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I required no proof.
My faith in a higher being that appears to help me make my day to day decisions only strengthens my faith.
2006-12-24 19:28:44 · answer #6 · answered by Wabbit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To seek proof is to doubt. I never sought proof, I never doubted, and Jesus is just like you and me... but he knew this, we don't... this is why he was so special.
2006-12-24 19:23:36 · answer #7 · answered by unseen_force_22 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I was trying to fight God, bad things happend to me. When I gave into Him and realized that I couldn't win, good things happend to me. I tried, but I was humbled, I couldn't deny Him.
Peace and Love.
2006-12-24 19:30:03 · answer #8 · answered by puma 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the bible is the proof, and the amazing story of birth that is known by the whole world.
2006-12-24 19:29:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I never needed proof, I never doubted him ever.
2006-12-24 19:28:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋