I'm running low on faith. Can anyone tell me logically why they believe in God's presense?
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2007-04-13 07:55:20 · 15 answers · asked by Bebe 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am a Deist, which is a belief in a creator based upon reason and nature. Some things we just cannot explain through science (although some day I believe we probably will) and it's a "feeling" (some like to call it faith, I don't need a name for it... gut works for me) that gives us a measure of inner peace.
Deism is not unlike my traditional religion of the Longhouse, which goes back thousands of years (long before Christianity) and quite frankly, I find no problem with the two going hand in hand.
I believe in science. But I believe in the creator as well. I believe in science because it's fact. I believe in the creator because of the things that science cannot explain, and the teachings of my ancestors.
Peace,
Beki
2007-04-13 08:01:59 · answer #1 · answered by Tat2dNrse 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are looking for an explanation of faith based on logic, read Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. It tells how he went from being an atheist to the logical conclusion that God must exist.
2007-04-13 08:04:20 · answer #2 · answered by gerafalop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-I wanted to believe in God for a very long time. After that I still looked for some form of supernatural comfort. None was found.
-I live now with the cold comfort that there is no truth with a capital "T" on it, just the little ones we can observer and verify. I'm left as my own master and keeper. It isn't for everyone, but it has helped me have a good life.
-I recommend following the evidence and drawing your own well informed decisions.
2007-04-13 08:14:05 · answer #3 · answered by Herodotus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So far as I am aware (theist speaking) there are no fool-proof logical arguments for God's existence. That said, there are no entirely sound arguments against God either. So reason doesn't get us all that far on this question.
That's where faith comes in: it does not supplant reason, but it supplements it. Faith can answer the question of God's existence where logic falls through. I suggest you try starting from there.
2007-04-13 08:01:10 · answer #4 · answered by completelysurroundedbyimbeciles 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What got me was watching an autopsy. After the person conducting the autopsy explained the function of the pituitary gland, I knew NO man couldn create something soooo small (the size of a pea, roughly) and powerful. It helps control thyroid functions, blood pressure, growth, metabolism, breast milk production and some aspects of childbirth.
2007-04-13 08:16:48 · answer #5 · answered by سيف الله بطل جهاد 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do no longer think of so, that's been tried by philosophers and that they provide the effect of being to agree for the main section that by fact that existence isn't a predicate and subsequently would not materially exchange a theory, you could no longer circulate from a sequence of attributes you think a god to ought to the honestly existence of that god; plus however in case you met God, it may take an act of religion to allow it develop into God, by fact the only particular information is the Cartesian cogito (i think of, consequently i'm).
2016-12-29 07:37:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason being that, no man or philosophy could explain what 's man purpose of existence, or what is your purpose of existence.
Everything has to exist for a purpose, things do not come together by chance. without purpose, then existence is not possible.
God shows us the purpose, to lie a righteous life, so we can progress, and return to him. That why the earth is created, so God can help his children grow.
2007-04-13 09:11:56 · answer #7 · answered by Wahnote 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it important that you believe? Personally, truth and understanding are all I'm after. If you don't believe in a god, the sun will still rise, babies will still be amazing.
I have not found god but I do look and reason is one of my tools.
2007-04-15 08:33:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not "Reason" alone, at least. The classic and traditional Anglican formula, originally "coined" by Blessed Richard Hooker, one the the great Caroline Divines of Anglicanism, said that "Scripture, Tradition...AND Reason" were the cornerstones of our Faith. the Faith Once Delivered.
You can read most, if not all, of Bl. Richard Hooker's "Lawes of Ecclesiastical Polity" on-line.
2007-04-13 08:01:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Depends on which version of god you are looking for. ; )
The universe and the divine are logical. Try Buddhism to understand it more. A great book is "How to Know God" by Chopra too. I highly recommend it.
2007-04-13 08:02:54 · answer #10 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋