I wish that i had the time to tell you how many timeas i have felt god in my life. if you open yor heart and ask god to help you get closer to him he will .the firdt time you feel his presence in your life you to will know jut how much he truly does exist.trust him and be patient go doesn't always do whaT YOU ask if he does not see it fit in HIS plan ' but know this he will never forsake you
2007-05-10 02:25:48
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answered by lorlor 3
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No and yes!
I love a paradox.
But to explain - no, "God" in the vulgar sense of a blown-up Father figure who writes books and intervenes in people's sex lives is an obvious fabrication of priests, on the one hand, and their victims, the ignorant peasants, on the other. For the "priests," it's an efficient engine of manipulation and oppression for profit; for the "peasants," it's a means of answering their most deeply-seated hopes and fears, but especially the fear of death - and also a way of indulging their baser instincts to bigotry and self-righteousness.
But the "feeling" of God, the "mystic" experience, is undeniable as a phenomenon. Everybody has experienced it - in many (maybe most) instances totally out of the context of "religion." There are, however, strikingly similar accounts of it in the writings of every religion; the only thing that differs is the nomenclature. The conclusion is that everybody is describing the same class of experience; only each in his own learned "language." This accounts for the essential "Truth" of every religion while explaining their apparent discrepancies.
Isn't this a more reasonable and believable answer than if I were simply to quote scripture at you like a brainless lemming, or gush sentimentalist muck like "Yes, Praise God, He exists, believe you me!"
2007-05-10 09:18:29
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answered by jonjon418 6
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No, God doesn't exist, nor do any other gods.
Note that you asked if we've "felt" it in our lives. That's what religions rely on, making you feel. Religion gains and keeps converts through emotional manipulation. It uses generic love bonds within the group (just like many cuilts), pity for martyrs, fear of Hell, hope of Heaven, self-righteousness, enmity towards those outside the group, and strong emotional ties built through childhood indoctrination.
2007-05-10 09:18:18
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answered by nondescript 7
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not really...i mean nothing "miraculous " has happened for me to think...oh gosh this is so unusual...all the things are really normal things that would have happened without any divine help...
but one thing i've noticed is,my friends who DO believe in God,attribute even the smallest thing to God...like if they get a parking place near the entrance of the mall on a rainy day,they thin it's one of God's miracles...lol...i think when you have that belief,then everything in life LOOKS like "miracles" :P
2007-05-10 09:19:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Please read my words carefully:
If you see footmark in the sand, you'll say that someone passed from here...
If you see a piece of dog sh*t on the ground, you'll say that a dog passed from here...
So what about the enormous universe, the sky, stars, planets, earth and all the beauty in it, doesn't it lead to that someone made it?!!!
Some people say that everything is created by itself after the big-bang... I won't ask you about what caused the big-bang, but I'll ask you a simple question:
If you take all the letters of the alphabet, multiples of them, and you threw them randomly on the floor. Do you expect (by a chance of one in infinity) to get a poem like shakespear's??!!
Can't you see how organized our universe is, the planets, the eco-system on earth, look even in your own body... Can you control your heart-beat? Can you control your breath while you're sleeping? Who stopped your eye-lashes from growing after reaching a certain length? Who told the baby turtles to move towards the sea and not to the earth after they come out of their eggs? Who taught the bird how to make nests?
My friend, think with your heart and brain. If you're still lost, think about the following:
Do you know how to play safe?
Non-believer's case:
If there's no God and you do all what you want in life, then nothing will happen to you after life. But if there was God and you were mistaken, then you'll blame yourself FOREVER...
Believer's case:
If there's God and I followed His commands in life, then I'll be in Heaven after life FOREVER. But if there was no God and we're mistaken, then nothing bad will happen to us after life...
Now you know how to play-safe, in case you're not convinced?
2007-05-10 10:09:03
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answered by toon 5
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yes GOD exists and
have felt in past till this time, in each and every
moments i have lived and fell his presence in
rest of my life,
believe you me
2007-05-10 09:24:15
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answered by Karsan 3
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of course God exsist. and of course i felt it in my life. God saved me when i was 8 months old and God gives me miracles and God helps me get through hard times just like he helps everyone. and who do you think created life?heaven?earth?jesus?. huh it was God.
2007-05-10 09:20:47
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answered by Anonymous
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He is unknowable, I don't know if he exists and neither do you, or anyone.
Personally I haven't felt him.
2007-05-10 09:17:33
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answered by tom 5
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My god is Charles Darwin and I have been truly uplifted by his inspirational bible "Origin of Species."
2007-05-10 09:18:56
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answered by Constant Reader 3
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Yes, and yes I have felt him.
2007-05-10 12:52:39
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answered by Old Hickory 6
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