what proof do athiests need to believe in God?

Question

in the bible some say that if a person comes back from the dead, but jesus replied

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/luke/16/31#31 they wont believe

Answer 1

The Bible says that the entire world is proof that God exists. But people are so used to it they don't think of it as something amazing that didn't just happen by mistake. Yet, when some incredible thing happens, people start to believe. They don't realise that the miracles are all around them because they are blinded by all these other beliefs.

Answer 2

They need what I had. I was healed from a condition that was set for surgery. That, and I saw something one time. Those 2 things are why I believe. Although the bible says that blessed is he who has NOT seen and yet believes.

I guess they need to have their own kind of proof!! I don't know why they come here to argue though!! That's what I can't figure out!! Why don't they just go about their business?? Why do they even care what we believe??

Answer 3

The bible is not proof. First off, you state god wrote the bible, so therefor the bible is proof of god. This is an easily dismissed argument. It is circular and does nothing. Proof would be evidence of god through observable and REPEATABLE evidence. You might argue here, "Well, this happened at this time, and it cannot be explained by science, so god must exist." No, again we have a fallacy. This is only an adequate response, since an answer other than god is highly likely, yet it is not apparent. Okay, go read your bible now, and apply it everyday life. Hope that works out for ya.

Answer 4

thats the thing, they will never believe because God goes against their trusted science. There is no hope in getting a true atheist to believe in God. If he appeared with Jesus and angels behind him, they will STILL discredit him and believe it's "magic" or fake. They refuse to believe, they even said it here. read some of the answers. Its not about giving them proof, they dont want God. PERIOD! Yet they will spend their precious time debunking Christians about thier God and Hell, something they say cannot possibly exist. For something that is certain to be make believe, why so much argument and interest in it?

Answer 5

That's not proof.
If it is then the Lord of the Rings is a historical account of Frodo and the rest.
See where I'm going with this?
You cannot use a book of fiction to prove itself. That's just plain stupitity.
And since there are NO historical records that talk about any of the miracles or even of jesus (the romans kept very good records) we must assume that the bible is what it is; a book of bronze-age jewish mythology and nothing more.

Answer 6

If a being showed up and said, "Hey, I'm god..." I'd probably first say, "Okay. Make my true self real." A deity would know enough to know exactly what I meant by it.

If he did it, I wouldn't really care if he was a deity or not, I'd no longer need him. With those kinda powers at my disposal, I'd probably head off to universes more hospitible to my predispositions.

If he insisted though, I'd probably just ask him to violate well known and founded principles of physics on a massive scale, end war disease and famine, snap his fingers and restore the environment, and otherwise just basically make it clear to every human being that he was back and he was fixing things.

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Their Guardian Angel:

Inflationary Era formed the universe as we know it, and emotions are a consequence of evolution.

So yes, I do have answers. Next question?

Answer 7

Have them ask themselves, who or what created existence and Why do we have emotion.

When they realize that their is no known answer. All you are left with is that something unknown to us must be responsible.
That was good enough for me. I don't believe in man's concept of god and religion. But something created existence. That something I call "the creator."

Answer 8

*Please "Patiently" read, to understand {you may not agree, but might understand).

And Agnostics require the proof, not Atheists {nothing convinces an atheist).

PATIENTLY READ THIS PLEASE.

*THANK YOU

Do Buddhists believe that a God created everything and manipulates human lives? No, we do not. There are several reasons for this. Modern Sociologists, Scientists, and Psychologists, believe that religious ideas and especially the Creator-God idea have their origin in fear. The God-Concept is fear based.
*Siddhartha Gautama {The Buddha) says:

"Gripped by fear men go to the sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines/churches ! ~ Dhammapada 188"

Continue to Patiently read.

*Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of a God that gives him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief in a God gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will hear them explain that they believe in a particular God because they prayed in time of need and their prayer was answered. All this supports the Buddha's teaching that the God-idea is a response to fear and frustration. Siddartha Gautama taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with irrational belief or faith but with rational understanding.

*"The Second reason the Buddhists do 'not' believe in a Creator-God is because there does not seem to be any evidence to support this idea. 'There are numerous religions, all claiming that they alone have God's words preserved in their holy book, that they alone understand God's nature, that their God exists and that the Gods of other religions do not. Some claim that God is masculine, some that she is feminine and others that it is neuter. They are all satisfied that there is ample evidence to prove the existence of their God but they mock or laugh in disbelief at the evidence other religions use to prove the existence of another God.' For centuries, men have prayed to God for protection from war, from natural calamities and disease. Yet till today, these prayers remain unanswered. This is not surprising. Even less surprising is that so many different religions having spent so many centuries trying to prove the existence of their God there remains no real, substantial or irrefutable evidence."

*The third reason the Buddhists do not believe in a Creator-God is that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a God is necessary in order to explain the origin on the universe. But this is not so. Science has very convincingly explained how the universe came into being without having to introduce the God-idea. Some claim that belief in God is necessary to have a happy, meaningful life. Again we can see that this is not so. There are billions of atheists and free-thinkers, not to mention 889,000 million Buddhists, who live useful, happy and meaningful lives without belief in a God. Some claim that belief in God's power is necessary because humans, being weak, do not have the strength to help themselves. Once again, the evidence indicates the opposite. One Very often hears of many people who have overcome great disabilities and handicaps, enormous odds and difficulties, through their own inner resources, through their own efforts and without belief in a God. Some claim that God is necessary in order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the theological concept of salvation and there is no reason nor any other reasonable basis to accept such a concept, unless a person believes that the human race are evil sinners. And Buddhists do not believe humanity is evil. Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged us to find solutions to our problems through logic, reasoning, and insight.

**Patiently read the conclusion. Thanks.**

But so many people believe in some form of a Creator, it must be true.

Not so. *There was a time when everyone believed that the world was flat, but they were all wrong. The number of people who believe in an idea is no measure of the truth or falsehood of that idea. "The only way we can tell whether an idea is true or not is by looking at the facts and examining the evidence. If people continue to believe in God, they do so through faith alone, and faith is simply holding on to a belief when reason, logic and evidence says otherwise."

Answer 9

It wouldn't be difficult!

If God performed the miracle of healing an amputee, I would believe.

Answer 10

Athiests are not looking for proof . Agnostics are.