Somehow I want to believe in God, but logic denies this, what am I...atheist or a believer?

Question

Somewhere in my heart I have faith, but somewhere in my mind I have all doubts in existance of God. But I surely wish that there should be a God.
I have never had any spiritual experiences in my life to blindly beleive in God, so I doubt.

Answer 1

If somewhere in your heart you have faith, then sometimes you are a believer. If you think logic denies this, maybe you have to study things a bit more, because if you look at creation then it is logical to know that there must have been a Supreme Being that created us all. Nothing can exist without someone creating it. If you surely wish there is a God, then here is good news for you there is a God, even Satan knows there is a God and Lucifer is very intelligent. I suggest you seek God with a sincere heart and ask Him to make Himself known to you. Ask him something. Anything. Money, friends, food, happiness, anything. He said ask and it shall be given to you. Maybe not right away. Ask Him to make Himself felt. Ask Him for a sign of His existence. Look at the moon, stars, trees, sea, etc. They are all talking to us about God's grandeur and power. Miracles happen to people everyday. God keeps us alive, Our every breath is a miracle. If we are normal without birth defects, that is a big gift from God. If we are beautiful, smart, intelligent, talented - these are all gifts of God. If we have parents, children, brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles, friends who love us these are all gifts of God. They make us happy. They are the foretaste of heaven and good things to come if we are good. If someone loves us that is a spiritual experience because God is love, so if anyone loves us that is an experience of God. God died for us so we can go to heaven and if will give us all the graces we need to save us. I hope one day God reveals Himself to you. When He does, make sure you are listening to what He has to say. It takes a bit of sensitivity and being attuned to His signs and miracles. If you ask Him, I know He will introduce Himself to you one of these days. Maybe ask a Christian friend to help you. Better yet, maybe a Catholic friend or anyone who is in the habit of talking to Him often. He will show you the way to find God everyday in the little details of everyday life. God is everywhere, so its not too hard to find Him. Keep reaching out to Him. You will not be sorry. You have nothing to lose and eternal happiness to gain. Good luck and God bless you always and keep you safe.

Answer 2

First of all you should define GOD for yourself and ask yourself what we or you actually know about God.
So called spiritual experiences might well be nothing than just a mind game or another mind experience. Real spiritual experiences are very, very rare. Be sure that if experience includes mind, time, space, etc... they are not real spiritual experiences.
Nevertheless you have to start somewhere. So start with real status you are in. You would like too know who GOD is, if He exists, etc.... You know that you do not have a clue if god exists or he do not exist. This is your reality, accept is as it is. All the rest are mare concepts.
Be aware that many things that are not god have been declared as such.
When you will make a clear decision about this the so called creation will bring you many answers. Never creation can give you the answer that are out of mind, space and time.
What good it will came out of this. Well you will know a lot more about this world, you will know for many things that are not what you have believed that they are. You will see this world for what it is. When you will lose interest in this world automatically you will find yourself with god.
Please note that this is my experience that it might be for some reason, unknown for me, wrong.
Nice trip.....

Answer 3

And that is a good thing. Doubt is the grain of sand inside the oyster of our minds. It nags and chafes at us until we seek the truth, whatever that may be, and eventually produce a pearl of wisdom.
You believe in something and that technically makes you a believer, but don't confuse that with necessarily being religious, or connected to any religion.
As for having spiritual experiences, well you need only keep an open mind and they will happen if they are meant to. I'm not in any position to say.

Answer 4

I pose this statement to you…..

Most of the atheist and non-believers out there seem to fall back upon the scientific community to support their philosophy. They want proof that there is a God etc… When in fact they themselves must believe in life after death. Reason being is the soul is energy and in science it is a fact that energy never dissipates, it only is transferred. The SOUL is energy. Medical science is now finding that when they transplant an arm (For example) the recipient wants to do what the previous owner did. Some people have even taken up hobbies not knowing that the previous owner did the hobby prior. Some people have even had cravings for certain foods that they never use to…

If I state this question to you…

Take the ELECTRICITY in an outlet. Unless you plug something into that outlet you have NO PROOF that there is ELECTRICITY in that outlet. You have to have FAITH that there is electricity inside that outlet. YES Electricity is in that outlet even though there is NO return, ground, etc… But you know what… You CAN NOT PROVE that there IS electricity in that outlet unless you plug something into it. You can not even tell me if it is 110, 115, 125, 220, 240 volts.

Can you think of anything ELSE that you have to have FAITH to utilize science in your life? Yes, many things, even Gravity is a force of unseen nature. But you know it’s there…

Have FAITH

Answer 5

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. You can use this to explain a unseen god or a missing link so your logic isn't actually the problem. The theory to explain what your thinking is called Cognitive Dissonance. Your philosophy and actions are not in sync so you feel confused. Try picking and practicing actions which make you feel good about yourself, but aren't necessarily religious. A nice long walk always sets me straight.

Answer 6

you are a believer because you doubt. to believe is to ask the right questions, and seek truth. Do not close your eyes and believe. open your eyes and be fair and true. logic does not deny the precense of God, He exists as much as your soul that you cant see does. He exists because the atom exists, the millions of species of creatures exit. He exists proved by the variety and complixity of his creations. He exists because everything else dies and we can not see death. And He understands how hard it is for the created to apprehend the reality of an entity that is not created. So do not be hard on yourself.

Answer 7

You are quite right. Doubt and faith cannot coexist in one soul. But it is completely wrong to conduct our whole life in doubt. We must learn to see at least a clear direction for our physical, intellectual and spiritual progress. Progress will nurture faith.
No religions say that human beings must believe blindly. The Messengers of the One True God condemn seriously the evil of imitation and constanly admonish independent investigation of truth.
In the search for truth, we must use all our physical senses, reason, intuition and divine guidance. None of these means are fully reliable. If logic is perfect, then all scientists must fully agree on truth. If divine inspiration is perfect, then all religious people must be united too. Intuition is something more unreliable like our senses. But, all four are necessary for us to search into various aspects of the physical and spiritual relaities. Dust and love are both important realities that none of us know their essence and use them for the benefits of our lives. Imitation causes us to deny or accept dust and love based on the argumernts of some intelligent but fallible teachers.
The Messengers of the One True God know the essence of love and of dust, and they teach these things in their Holy Books, but we human beings reject Them based on all sorts of prejudices and fall into vainless disputes.
If you really interest in seeking for the truth, I suggest that you start looking into this Website and seek more links to the Holy Books:
http://www.bahai.org

Answer 8

You are a believer because if you are not I will never doubt about these things, you will immediately say that you don’t believe in God. Logic can definitely deceive you. All you have to do is do something that would make you closer to God, that will make your faith stronger.

Answer 9

I believe that if someone is going to believe in a god, it should be on faith. Then at least it shows that they understand what logic is and know that God cannot be logically examined.

Answer 10

Start by studying formal logic, predicate claculus, modal logical, etc. Then feel free to decide what your logic allows or does not allow. There are many Christian philosophers who have made the study of logic their life's work.