Question: If believing in God is not logical, than what is the logical belief?

Question

Ok i would presume many people dont believe in God because they feel things just dont add up or make sense....but i just want to understand what makes people feel other things do make sense. Take for example the big bang theory....well what created the bang? If we evolved from monkeys, where did the monkeys come from? Evolutionary theory: Something had to ignite or create the first particle or atom or cell that ever evolved....so how did it come to be? I mean please tell me what other beliefs are out there and what the foundation of logic is there...i am interested to know

Answer 1

"Where did the monkeys come from?"
You need to look back farther along the evolutionary tree to find out. Simple answer: they came from multicelled organisms which came from single celled organisms that came from proteins that formed under favorable conditions to propagate amino acids along polypeptide chains.

"Well what created the Big Bang?"
If you can believe that God has existed forever then you can believe that matter has created forever and skip the middle man. That is Occam's Razor for you.

And don't forget that all space-time was created in the Big Bang (and therefore time started there) so there was technically nothing "before" it to start it up.

Answer 2

Under quantum mechanics, something can come from nothing, making the Big Bang plausible without a supernatural cause. And humans did not evolve from monkeys; rather, they share a common ancestor with monkeys. Monkeys in turn come from slightly different organisms, in a chain stretching back.

The real problem with God, however, is that he doesn't resolve any of these issues. God is a nonexplanation, and can't help avoid any of the problems you cite, for the simple reason that one must ask, if the universe needs a creator, then why doesn't God need one too? If God doesn't need a creator, then there is no reason why the universe would need one either. So God is not impossible, but redundant; and in lieu of evidence for God, it is reasonable not to simply assume that God exists. And that's where agnostic atheism comes in.

The fact that we don't know everything doesn't make it rational to appeal to some magical, inexplicable being like God. There was a time when people didn't understand the cause of thunder, yet it wasn't rational, then, to simply assume that the gods caused it; it would have been more sensible simply to wait until they could test different hypotheses for the origin of thunder. For the same reason, it is better to not believe in God while one waits to see if any test can be found to show that God exists. To do the reverse would be misplacing the burden of proof and demanding the impossible--that atheists prove a negative.

Answer 3

First, beliefs are not logical because they are based upon faith; to be logical a premise must be provable. The Big Bang theory, as proposed by scientists, is expressed by mathematical equations and by concepts which are generally incomprehensible to lay persons, but essentially its gist is that the cosmos was ejected from a naked singularity, a "black hole", which was so dense and so minute that it became unstable enough to emit an infant universe. What occurred thereafter would require much more space (no pun intended) than is available here to explain; suffice it to say that the concept makes eminent sense should you study it. If you follow the tale of the origin of the universe to the "origin of the species", you will discover how sensible evolution can be as a concept. And, for the nth time, humans did not evolve from monkeys!! We had a common ancestor which was neither human nor a monkey. Dominant mutations which can pass from generation to generation determine evolution's course. Everything that exists anywhere in the cosmos evolved from that initial eruption of hydrogen atoms from the naked singularity. And if one is a liberal theist, the Big Bang/evolution theories do not exclude the possibility of their being the means of intelligent design by a deity if such is your comfort...

Answer 4

First of all, why do does something have to create something?
Secondly what if things were always here.
Why keep asking well what came before this and that and this and that, what if nothing came before, things just always were. Our pea brain human brain can't think like that huh. We have a hard time firguring out what eternity means and still cant except it.
What if everything always was? Who created the big bang? Well who creates an earthquake?
You people always need an answer to something. Ever heard of the Beatles? Yes! Then LET IT BE

Why not just be interested to not know? You might know more!

oh yeah and this whole thing on the monkeys, you really need to read about evolution kid, before you shoot a statement about monkeys, dont follow the ignorant, learn about it, know both your bible and evolution book. DO YOUR HOMEWORK!

Answer 5

Logic tells us that if god created the big bang, then you MUST ask the next question, where did god come from? It is an unending series of questions then. Instead of god, it is much more logical to say that the universe has always been here. In some form or another. It's called an "infinite regress"

Science is where the logic is.

Answer 6

The fact is that no one knows. Not knowing is not a good enough excuse to create a god to fill in the gaps of your knowledge. Instead of crediting your imaginary friend with verything you don't understand, why don't you make an effort to discover the answers? Oh, that's right. To Christians, the search for knowledge is the original sin. And it's far easier to just say "goddidit" when you're not sure about something. Not so much thinking then.

Answer 7

When establishing belief systems, it is important to keep in mind what is important to you and what makes you feel good. There are many different religions out there and I believe that the focus of each one is to give a believer a sense of comfort and support in a chaotic world. In my mind there is no wrong or right when it comes to believing in a higher power because no one has to this date proved the existence or non-existence of a higher power. It is when people or groups of people start to argue about the fundamentals of religion that hate and fear and intimidation rises up. Therefore it is important to find something that you believe in but not to impose it on another or to make fun of another for not believing in what you believe in.

You can look at Western religions - Catholic, Christian, Judaism etc. and their roots to get a good understanding of what the traditions stand for and how they believe that life started. You can also look at some of the Eastern religions - Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism etc. for the same thing. You will find that each of the big religions is further subdivided into smaller groups.

For me, religion and faith are something that should feel natural to you, not something to be pushed upon you by other members of the group - that is where things get 'cultish' and there is nothing good about being in a cult - that is where you give up your identity and individuality for a common belief that is distorted from reality.

All in all - you should try out going to some different services or meditating and see what is right for you. Alternately you can further educate yourself with religious history from several beliefs and with evolution. There is a current belief that the primordial soup of life thought to have spawned life here on earth is also coming together in distant planets. A supreme being, a scientific soup or a combination of both? Who knows for sure. No one. When it all comes down to it - they are all just the beliefs of the individual who came up with the concepts trickled down to other individuals who propagated the belief somehow. Find something that makes you feel complete and good and you will find your logic.

I hope that this helps you - good luck!

Answer 8

You expect us to have all the answers? We are getting closer to knowing these things but give us a little more time. We haven't had 2000 years to prove our side of the story.

But you have.

And where does that leave you? Leaning on the same book, with no new evidence to prove your point.

Yet, every point that Christians make to break our point of view is based on the holes in our theory. And as we get more evidence and plug those holes you just pick on others.

This happened with Newton when he created the theory of gravity .The church ridiculed him for it, as not godly. No one today questions his logic. They just accept it as fact.

So what is logical, believing in God on Faith? or believing in the current theories? Remember, at the end of the argument you will still have your faith, but our theory becomes fact.

Answer 9

Believing in God is quite logical to me. God created the universe and humanity and wants to be worshipped. I worship him and serve him and he gives me eternal life. (which I didnt deserve to begin with)

You are quite correct because the people using that argument have accepted the false notion that to become a believer you have to reject reason and logic and that simply isnt the case.

Answer 10

Some people were just not given the gift of common sense, or in the case of mormons, they have been brained washed since day one!