Do you believe in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit? Why? Why not? I'm curious...
2007-02-19 23:48:44 · 27 answers · asked by ellecat 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God is with out a shadow of a doubt real! Dubious claims? I think not. If it's evidence that you are looking for then open your eyes and look around you. Who do think created this earth that we live on? ;) I know that for some people it's hard to believe in something that they cannot see, and that it's hard to believe in a Great and Mighty God when this world is so full of evil. But that is exactly what the enemy wants (satan). I really pray that your eyes would be opened, beacause i definatley would not want to live this life believing that there is no God and then to realise at the end how wrong i was. When you die there is no going back. If you want evidence ask God to show you.......... I know He will. Try it.... I dare you.....
2007-02-20 00:27:58 · update #1
Jesus said that the only way to salvation was to repent and be baptised in the Name of the Father (God), The Son (Jesus), And the Holy Spirit (the spirit of God).
2007-02-20 22:56:10 · update #2
Yes. The Bible is proof of God's existence, along with all the things He has created in this world. I could also add experience,
but that is a far cry from the first two I have named.
2007-02-19 23:56:41 · answer #1 · answered by Jed 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
God IS real, and is the only one who could have created a universe as vast and diverse as our own. We are learning more and more about its cmplexity. I find no conflict between scientific exploration of the universe, past, present, future, and the 'timeline' of creation.
God can be 3 Persons, so why not? 1 aspect creates and manages partly thru the laws, 1 comes to us with a message of salvation from our own sinfulness, dies to take the burden from us, then returns to show death is no longer our only fate before returning to heaven. The last is a companion to our souls. It tells us when we're doing God's will, gives us the strength to go on even when so many paths are easier and more profitable by worldly standards.
Remember that until Judaism and Christianity came along, most civilizations glorified conquest, raping and pillaging of their enemies or victims, and created gods with similar tendencies. The European crusaders, taught poorly about Christ, reverted to pagan methods to 'free' the Holy Land from the Arab occupation.I'm not sure where Mohammed fits in this timeline, but it seems apparent that the jihad is a reversion to pagan practices of glorifying the massacring of huge populations of 'infidels', with a ticket to an erotic paradise if you die killing nonMuslims. The Bible never glorified killing, since it violates God's Law.
2007-02-20 08:42:16 · answer #2 · answered by ERIC G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is true not real. Reals refers to property while true is the truth about it. God the father is the Father in Heaven, God the Son is Jesus who was sent by God for the sinners, the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God that hears our prayers and good wishes
2007-02-20 07:58:01 · answer #3 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started to serious believe in God when I came across the Teachings of Maitreya (Mission of Maitreya). Until then I had examined different religions and to a point they all valid and good except that each religion claimed that they had the whole truth and that others didn't. Also each of them had problems that made me think that they might have misunderstood their own religion.
It wasn't until I read Maitreyas Teachings that I understood what I had sensed when studying the other religions.
All religions are from God and do not teach separation but unification. However, man made dogmas have entered all religions so far thus changing the original intend of the Prophets.
Maitreya's Teachings just make sense to me. God/truth unifies - man made dogmas separate. We're all brothers and sisters. Read the new Revelation and make up your own mind about it.
2007-02-20 08:00:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES!!!!!
I thought everyone on this forum knew who does and who doesn't believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and who considers it his/her mission in life to destroy the belief of all Christians.
We are just likely to pray them into the faith if they continue in their folly.
Why do I believe?
When I came to my own end, realizing that I could not be what I wanted to be without outside help, I gave my entire being to Jesus to do with as he will, and I became what it was impossible to become without him.
What did I want to be?
Two things, purposeful in life, and at peace.
Many considered me to be successful before, but there was a lack of purpose, and no peace, and my focus was only a drop in the bucket compared to what it is today.
grace2u
2007-02-20 08:00:18 · answer #5 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I believe there is something, but it may not be as you think of it. I feel that those 3 you listed are as real as you want them to be.
In my mind, they are all one and the same, and that there are many gods, and yet only one.
On the other side, everything we all know could be a dream that someone else is having, and one day that person will wake up and all we know wil cease to be.
wow that kinda got off subject, so to answer your questions directly, No I do not believe in them, at least not in the way churches say you should. I do not see them as an all knowing, all powerfull trinity who decides what happens to you after this life.
2007-02-20 08:00:40 · answer #6 · answered by Joe 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes! I believe in God and in the Holy Trinity! In my day to day life, God has helped me a lot. If you just try to be an impeccable person like Mary, the mother of Jesus, you can really feel the presence of God(although basically He is always around). Maybe you don't know but your question is already a sin against God.
2007-02-20 07:55:46 · answer #7 · answered by jadE 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, I do. I believe it because from the moment I opened my heart to Jesus, every aspect of my life has changed, including my own attitudes. It is a blessing.
As a second cause, I also believe because of the witness of so many other people, including those who wrote what is in the Bible.
2007-02-20 07:53:39 · answer #8 · answered by cmw 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The real question is,Do you believe in God?
Do you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord & Savior?
You really shouldn't be too concerned about what others believe and why but this question that you have asked you should have asked that question of yourself.
note : I don't resent this question and I'm not lashing out at you but I simply wanted you to ponder those questions to yourself and there is no need to answer because it isn't important that I know but it is important to God of what your answers may be.
2007-02-20 08:02:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Jesus was real, whether he is the Messiah is still debated.
The Holy Spirit... hmmm
God... well gods a theory, science can not prove, nor deny at this point in time, once science has all the answers, then I can answer that one.
I am a studier of religion and spirituality, and take no side, I just study theories, and if I can, try to understand them through practice.
2007-02-20 07:53:39 · answer #10 · answered by Occult NZ 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋