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2007-02-06 00:40:18 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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I do believe in God, because of what I like to call a preponderance of circumstantial evidence. There is also no proof that there is not a God, so I guess it is what evidence you chose to accept and believe.

2007-02-06 00:45:25 · answer #1 · answered by mark g 6 · 1 0

Well my personal exploration of the texts led me to believe that gods, all gods including and especially the Judeo-Christian god, were created (imagined) by people as an explaination for the ups and downs of life. If there was a plague, god was angry. If they won a war, god was happy with them. It is reflected throughout the first books of the Old Testament. After some time you can see the progression of the book to where the concept was more accepted and internalized. God stopped controlling the external forces so much and was more of an internal being. God made you feel good about yourself. He was now the god of the internal struggle. This coincided with a time where there was less war. During Jesus' time God changed again and you can see how by reading the New Testament. Then again he, and even Jesus change during the Revelation of John and become the war-god again, which just happens to coincide with a time when Christians were being persecuted.

God reflects the trials of his followers, therefore, God is ruled by his followers, therefore, gods don't exist.

2007-02-06 08:48:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I see no evidence that any all-powerful god exists.

I've never seen someone part a sea, or a bush burn without being consumed by the flame, or someone that I knew to be dead walking around.

I *CAN* imagine that an early, superstitious society would imagine a supernatural cause behind events that they couldn't explain any other way, like lightning, plagues, poor hunts, droughts, etc. And I can see some unscrupulous tribal leader using those beliefs to try to influence the rest of the tribe - maybe saying, "I'm the one that talks to the rain god, so do what I say or your crops will wither and die". From there, it's easy to imagine human nature taking its course, until a few of these early religions tend to dominate.

2007-02-06 08:51:34 · answer #3 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 0 0

There is no proof and God realizes this, that's why there is a heaven. It's like a reward for putting your faith in God. I know that there is a God because the things that he has done for me. As soon as you get saved, the changes start instantly. You just feel different. That's enough for me to believe in him and of him.

2007-02-06 08:55:38 · answer #4 · answered by iwuvmyhubby 2 · 0 0

The Biblical god claims to be transcendent, anything beyond this Universe is pure speculation, a supreme being isn't necessary in nature since everything is mutually arising. Nobody likes being lied to

2007-02-06 08:56:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Logic

2007-02-06 21:15:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There is no evidence that there is one. It isn't rational or reasonable to believe in things without any evidence to back it up. You would be stuck with hundreds of thousands of gods and everything else that human imagination could come up with.

Not believing in god, is the same as not believing in Odin, Zeus, Ra, Hera, The Great Spirit, Osiris, The Flying Spaghetti Monster and all the others. I would be no less surprised of evidence of Odin was found than I would be if evidence of your god was.

2007-02-06 08:43:42 · answer #7 · answered by Alex 6 · 3 1

Logic defies a god.

Personnally though, I questioned my beliefs when my daughter was diagnosed with downs syndrome, a 2 chambered heart and a cyst the size of a golf ball in her brain...

What kind of sick diety would allow this? If he does exist, I wish nothing but the worst for him. If he "Loved" his creations, he should get his *** down here and straighten things out. This whole faith crap is really just too much and a waste of resources. If one of my children built me a shrine while allowing my other children to starve and die, I'd be mighty pissed.

2007-02-06 08:49:06 · answer #8 · answered by John L 2 · 1 1

If people wouldn't go on so much about the whole matter, I might be more inclined to give it some thought. But, as it is, I am just completely turned off.

There is little logical in religion.

2007-02-06 08:48:13 · answer #9 · answered by Geaux-Geaux Girl 3 · 0 0

God is supernatural - he is creator of the spiritual realm, where in the world does logic fit into that??

2007-02-06 09:19:40 · answer #10 · answered by Yahoozula 2 · 0 0

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