Theists, do you agree that the only arguement you have for the existence of your deity is...?

Question

the Arguement of Ignorance? This means we can't find the answer to some questions at this point in time (e.g. the creation of the universe) and therefore the only conclusion you come to is that God created the universe?
Just because we don't know some things (like the missing links in Evolution) doesn't mean that God is the answer.
We will find the answers one day, then how will you cope when your last final string of belief in God is cut?

I appreciate all answers, but for those who say I'm wasting my time, I want to make it clear that by asking these questions I am trying to figure out my owns beliefs and I am asking the opinions of others to help me.

Answer 1

You are being a naughty cantankerous Toucan...here..have a peice of chocolate..it'll make you feel better.
Insulting other people's Faith isn't going to make you seem any "bigger" in their eyes and it'll only make you feel better for a bit.
God is and isn't. To you God isn't. To those who beleive He is. Science keeps growing and what are now steadfast Laws of Relativity get overturned (just wait until we can go faster than 189,000 mpsec...heh heh heh) and the faith of God is still there.
Stop being unkind. That's all you're doing.
Here, have another chocolate and be kind to people. That's all you really need to do. Either do or don't but let your fellow Creature have the chance to do the same.

Answer 2

You're in very murky waters there.
See the problem here is that a question like that is born of ignorance and intolerance of others beliefs. Everyone of us is on an spiritual evolutionary journey and if you think you're smarter and better than others then chances are the exact opposite is true. Real Adepts of any spiritual practice have the most extreme tolerance of all other beliefs, as they know there is truth in everything.
There is just as little evidence for the non-existence of a 'god' as there is for the existence. Also anyone who thinks we as humans have got a hope of using a flawed human method of study to work out the ultimate secrets of the mind body and spirit and the universe is probably more deluded than those who believe in an omnipotent creator force.
How arrogant can we as humans be to believe there's not something greater and smarter out there, no matter what you might call it. I personally reckon that if all matter was shot forth from the big bang to create the univers as we know it and nothing really existed before this point in time then we are all a part of the original entity that put forth all it's energy into the big bang. Now what exactly would you call that being/entity?

Answer 3

No...there are other arguments, like one based of the Law of Causality. Everything's got to have a cause, and since 'causing' can't go back for eternity, there has to be something 'uncaused' to start it all. Yeah it's kinda complicated, but think about it...
Also, there is biochemical evidence of design in nature (Darwin's Black Box, by Michael Behe) and the Irreducible complexity theory. Some small things (flagella on certain cells, blood clotting systems, and others) are so complex that if a single part of the system were missing, the whole thing would be useless. It was either designed that way, or it evloved into that thing. But all scientific research has failed to even suggest how it could have evolved, what that part was used for, etc.... So design is the only one that makes sense.
At the risk of a logical fallacy, just because there are unknown things about God doesn't mean evolution is the answer, either.

Answer 4

No, but you miss the point here. Let's say the Big Bang Theory turns out to be true. I believe God worked this out. You believe it was simply an accident. Go back to the beginning of the Theory...where did the power that started the chain reaction come from? Use Einstein's relativity theory...Energy is always there in some form, but it had to be initiated. As far as evolution goes, who made the first single cell of life? The universe is a wonderful balancing act...definitely not an accident. Man cannot duplicate this, but yet he has been placed in charge of it for now. Faith the size of a mustard seed is hard to see...and easily missed sometimes, until it begins to grow and then it is very hard to miss when it matures.
I am uncertain who the "we" is in your question. My faith doesn't hang on whether the Ark is located or how the Israelites got to the promised land. It is based on the expectation of things to come and the wonders I can already see. Christianity is verified historically and scientifically, as well as spiritually. No other religion allows you to see its mistakes, as well as its successes. It doesn't simply verify itself, as so many do. Read CS Lewis, The Problem of Pain. He was a self styled atheist for most of his life and he insisted on answers.

Answer 5

It doesn't mean he isn't the answer either. This is exactly why debating his existence is the biggest waste of time. It's an article of faith, you believe or you don't. That simple.

You're an atheist. That's cool for you. I'm a theist, thats cool for me. I don't care to go around convincing people that a higher power exists because I know any argument in his favor even close to reasonable will be a circular one, just like any arguments against his existence.

I say let everyone believe what he/she wants and ignore them when they try to argue.

Answer 6

Nah. I believed in God long before I thought anything about the creation of the universe, evolution, etc.

So if somehow science proves how the whole thing began, I can still attribute that beginning to God (as I already do).

I'm not so sure it's ignorance to believe in a higher power. Is it any more ignorant not to? It's not like we can prove it either way.

Answer 7

Thank you for the question.

Just recently, my belief of G-D was cut.

I took it pretty well, being I was already a scientific mind. That is not to say that I am not open to the possibility there is a god, I am because I dont have all the answers yet,

People typically need to stick with a comfort level, and this comfort is all they know based on generations of preaching that a god or gods exist, because there were no scientic explanations, thousands of years ago.

All we can do is sympathise with people, and understand that they are only capable of primitive thought, because its what they are accustomed to living, and its the way generations have been raised.
They are not open minded enough to allow techology and human intelligence change their beliefs.

They so desperately need something to hang onto in their existence.

Try to be kind to them, for they know not what they know.

Answer 8

You are sure doing a lot of assuming.I would to God man did have the answer then you would shut up.
What is has already been and when this is gone there will be another.
God has and does reveal to his chosen and they know how to keep the mysteries exactly where he wants them.
When Jesus was being baptized and God said...this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased hear ye him,they thought it thundered.

Answer 9

The final strings have already been cut.

Lack of education is the only thing that allows religion to survive today at all.

It's not whether we scientifically find all the right answers or not. We have already proven what the WRONG answers are. There are simply a lot of people out there that adamantly refuse to educate themselves, and view the debunking evidence that is already out there.

But they won't be able to do it for much longer. Regardless, their children and grandchildren will be better educated than they are, whether they like it or not. Religion will die out in a few generations.

Answer 10

From the Apopleplic's Scrolls 3 caves South of the single with the books of Mary Magdalene and Judas Iscariot. Sillicus a million:9 "Pizza is. hence we will devour it." i wish that solutions your question.