As in, 100% conclusive certainty?
2007-02-20 09:46:18 · 35 answers · asked by Doug 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How is anyone certain God DOES exist?
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I have a relationship with him.
2007-02-20 09:51:20 · update #1
I believe that the concept of God is contradictory, and there isn't any logical reason for it.
I know it
In conclusion, "God doesn't exist, god would either exist or don't exist." (100%) I'm kind of a strong atheist
2007-02-20 09:50:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The main source to prove God's existence is a book. A book that was written by man, a book that is fiction.
Any other arguments to prove the validity of this deity are based upon said book.
I can say that I am 100% certain that this deity or any others do not exist. If this were a Maury show, then I would say that I was 1,000,000% certain, but you only get percentages that high when viewing paternity tests.
2007-02-20 09:55:01 · answer #2 · answered by taa 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's the point. There is no 100% conclusive certainty of either the existance or lack of existance of any gods. There is also no 100% conclusive certainty that the tooth fairy doesn't exist. However, since there is no actual hard evidence of the tooth fairy existing, we just conclude that the greatest certainty is that the tooth fairy does not exist. The same applies to gods.
2007-02-20 09:50:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes I am just as certain he does not exist as I am that a pink Unicorn does not exist. That is good enough for me. Why do you keep insisting that we should be certain that God does not exist. It is you Christians that has a problem with weather your fantasy God exist. Go on living with your fantasy in constant fear that your fantasy boogie man Satan will jump out and take a bite out of your butt.
2007-02-20 09:56:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, there is no way to be 100% positive in anything, including that I am existing as nothing more than someone elses dream... however, there is absolutely no proof that a god does exist, and much proof and logic that one does not... so when I sit and reason, I come to the logical conclusion that one does not.
I always laugh inside when someone says they are 100% sure that he exists because they can feel him. The human mind is quite remarkable, when a need arises (such as the need for purpose) the mind is more than able to manufacture a solution. (Split personalities are just one example of that) The simple fact is that the mind is only beginning to be explored, but from what I have studied, the mind is capable of filling gaps and creating untold levels of reality, if only in ones perception, so what you feel... I feel is reality... to you... and only in YOUR mind.
2007-02-20 09:50:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
YES, 100% certain that god does not exist.
2007-02-20 09:53:23 · answer #6 · answered by lilith 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Even science is not 100% certain on anything.
*edit* Being 100% certain means something is proven (or thought to be). Proof is a term used in deductive logic, whereas science works on inductive logic.
Science doesn't prove or disprove things, it simply accumulates evidence for things. This also includes supernatural beliefs. Take the word "fact" for instance. A fact is not 100% certainty - it only means "confirmed to such a degree that it would be
perverse to withhold provisional consent".
2007-02-20 09:49:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
"God" does exist because...well, Im not very religious and I don't go to church often....but the times that I went I have felt peaceful and calm. "God" does not exist. At least not in the way we all think he exists. There is no "he" because "God" is not a person, but rather a thing. "God" is all the positive energy of this universe, humans have only personified this positive energy because it makes it easier for them to grasp it.
2007-02-20 09:57:31 · answer #8 · answered by angelus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no way to prove or disprove God's existence or non-existence.
I doubt there will be for a very long time, and I doubt it will be humans who figure it out. We are too primitive and the question is too great.
But considering all the inaccuracies and contradictions in the Bible, I am placing my bet in His non-existence.
2007-02-20 10:32:51 · answer #9 · answered by God Fears Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For Chris K:
"The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man’s image; so that there can be no church whose central teachings are based on it. Hence it is precisely among the heretics of every age that we find men who were filled with the highest kind of religious feeling and were in many cases regarded by their contemporaries as atheists, sometimes also as saints. Looked at in this light, men like Democritus, Francis of Assisi, and Spinoza are closely akin to one another."
Einstein's own words
2007-02-20 10:01:53 · answer #10 · answered by froggypjs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋