relax... this is really not meant to be any kind of attack. its a serious question...not trying to argue anything.. just curious
2007-01-12 15:34:27 · 21 answers · asked by stranger 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
one word......FEAR. FEAR of not knowing what happens when you die. FEAR of going to hell. FEAR of not going to heaven. FEAR is the single greatest tool of bible based faith.
2007-01-12 15:37:33 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I believe in this real thing called "right" and "wrong." I think most of us do ... both believers and non-believers in God. We may not always agree on just what is "right" or just what is "wrong" but the principle is real. I have this idea in my head that I should behave in a certain way. The problem is I do not in fact behave that way. For example: I see someone in need ... someone who needs help and I know that I should help them ... but I don't want to. So where do I get this feeling that I ought to help whether I want to or not? Where did this reality of right and wrong come from if it is not consistently present in human behavior? Even though I don't always do what is "right" ... why do I expect everyone else to do "the right thing?" It's not a fact like gravity or the speed of light but somehow its still there.
Its been said here that you can witness the handiwork of God by observing the universe. This is true but God is not in the facts of the universe anymore than a builder is in the wall of a house.
So now I have this feeling that I should behave in a certain way and it often goes against my instincts and desires to do so and I or no human I know of invented this reality of right and wrong. So I conclude that there is a power ... an intelligence if you will ... behind this reality that seems to be concerned with how we treat each other but has given us the freedom to choose to obey or break this moral law we did not invent.
2007-01-13 00:30:40 · answer #2 · answered by Capernaum12 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the final analysis, science cannot answer the single basic question - how did we get here? We are offered theories, like the Big Bang. But then, where did the Big Bang come from? How did it happen? What was there before the Big Bang? Science will never be able to answer this type of question. The only explanation is that there must be something, call it God, that created the universe and put us in it.
2007-01-12 23:49:16 · answer #3 · answered by jhartmann21 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. there are more historical documents and artifacts proving that Jesus was living, died on the cross, and was resurrected, than there are that Abe Lincoln ever even existed.
2. So many books, written over thousands of years, by so many different authors, and none of them contradict eachother.
3. millions of Unexplainable miracles and healing happen every day
4. No one book has influenced so many people.
5. Its been the number one selling book every year
6. last one, how can you look at creation and think that it all just got here by a speck of matter evolving into living things?
2007-01-12 23:43:38 · answer #4 · answered by Tasha Marie 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because I've been protected against serious harm for no reason.
OK. You light a stick of dynamite and it explodes almost instantly and your hands are intact, your hearing is intact and you have no physical harm to your body, but the stick was in your hands when it exploded.
Do you chaulk that off to LUCK. Science says the odds of that are a trillion to one.
You should have no hand, your ear drums should be seriously injured and your should have wounds to your upper body.
I survived something much like that with nothing. No problems. I play guitar, bass and keyboards.
Now. You can call that LUCK or you can call that INTERVENTION.
I, have to THANK something or someone for that miracle.
Maybe you don't think you need to THANK someone.
I don't have that much conceit.
2007-01-12 23:40:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I believe our religion is based on faith in Jesus Christ, what more can I say. People read the Bible because we believe it to be the truth. If us Christians have no faith in Christ, we are then waisting our time. God has shone Himself in nature so man is without excuse, I believe that. I hope this is useful to you. Kina the youth Sunday school teacher and nurse.
2007-01-12 23:44:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because.
Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!
2007-01-12 23:41:00 · answer #7 · answered by Hatir Ba Loon 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because I saw Him alive and real in my best friend and brother long before I chose Him. I also felt Him calling me a couple of time before I accepted Him.
2007-01-12 23:44:15 · answer #8 · answered by cinderella9202003 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To be realistic in answering your question I know I did not make myself and there has to be a creator and that makes me believe.
2007-01-12 23:41:22 · answer #9 · answered by JoJoBa 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He has given me a love that I can never fathom or understand. I don't deserve it, but because of his infinite grace and mercy, He has poured out His love over me.
2007-01-12 23:41:21 · answer #10 · answered by monica80 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
cuz i think through all the things that have happen and he the only possible explanation hes no holy cow or tree
2007-01-12 23:38:13 · answer #11 · answered by yessir 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋