I can see why people did in earlier years like the middle ages. But there is so much proff denying god. God is an invention of mankind and there is no proof. There is proff there is not a god.
Termanal diseases
The war in Iraq
Suicide
Sorrow
Pain
Death
Corruption.
If there was a god none of this would exist.
2007-05-23 13:15:11 · 24 answers · asked by toastalchemist 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Who says none of these things would exist? You seem to be defining God. If God does exist, and he is all powerful and knowing, than maybe these are things that don't concern him. Who are you (or anyobody else) to define what God does or values?
Why would there be no death if there is a God? Maybe death is a part of his natural cycle of life?
Why no sorrow? Maybe sorrow teaches us to seek happiness.
Or maybe God created us and has left us to our own devices in a natural world?
The point is, the things you have listed prove nothing about the existence of God, unless of course you have the ability to define what God wants while the rest of us don't.
2007-05-23 13:23:21 · answer #1 · answered by The Ponderer 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
This does not prove there is no God,
There are healthy people also, who live over 100,
There is Peace and freedom outside of cities of war,
There are more people who love life and enjoy it and try to protect life than those who choose to take their own lives,
There are pleasures and happy things that happen throughout the world,
There are joyful families who have fun together and make good memories together,
There's laughter.
There's love,
There's new lives being born every single day,
There's healings that take place,
There's overcomers and people who 'beat' the odds, who lived a full life after being told they would die,
There' strong people,
There's successful people,
There's plenty of people who are thankful
There are countless more people who are alive today because there IS a God, Because even when bad things happened, like fires & tornados and such, or even a bad car accident, when they should've been killed,and yet there's plenty who are still alive today, that will argue with you.
You make it sound like that is all there is in the world, There is not only darkness in this world, there is also light, there is not only bad people, there are also good people too, There isn't only bad things that happen, there are just as many good things that happen too. Every day.
It may rain for a time, but the sun always comes out. Winter and cold is only for a season, but it is always followed by the Spring flowers and warm sunshine.
You can't use these things to say there isn't a God, when there are just as many things, if not more, that say there is.
The truth is, satan is the god of this world and the one to blame for those things on your list, not God. Why do you think it is that some people are so wicked? Have you ever really thought about what it is that makes people so heartless and cruel? And yet there can be other people out there, that are so loving and so kind, genuinely good people, the complete opposite.
2007-05-23 14:30:08 · answer #2 · answered by cas1025 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not a matter of thinking. It is a matter of applying intellect to the question.
Every person uses his or her intellect in a different way.
I as a rational being say that things don't happen by themselves. That a higher power is at work whose mind we feeble humans cannot fathom (as yet). Then there are others like Richard Dawkins, who says that God is an imaginary being and that religious affiliation separates us.
What no Atheist could explain to me as yet is this:
What is wrong with following the teachings of Jesus who commanded us to forgive our enemies and love our neighbour. It makes sense if you think about it. Your children and grandchildren are bound to marry some neighbour sometime. How can you reconcile a hatred for those who might become your family?
2007-05-23 13:31:07 · answer #3 · answered by flugelberry 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You do realize that a lot of the things you have highlighted above are induced by humans, right? God gave us the ability to choose....and the ability to love. Don't blame God because humans fail to love as they should. Don't blame God because people make the wrong choices. don't blame God because people decide to kill themselves, or be corrupt, or cause others to suffer pain and sorrow. this is a human problem. And of course, God would love to help to alleviate all of this.........if only we humans are willing to change.....and willing to love as he showed us to. There is no scientific proof denying the existence of God, neither is there scientific proof supporting God's existence. While science broadly relies on observation and experiment to seek truth, theology draws its insights from divine revelation and faith. Faith accepts things for which there is no evidence in the scientific sense. This means that logically there can be no intellectual conflict between scientific and theological accounts, since they are mutually exclusive realms of thought.
~PhoeniX~
2007-05-23 13:30:18 · answer #4 · answered by Spurious 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why would people not? Proof of human troubles is not proof of the lack of God. It is simply the proof of free will. You can neither prove nor disprove the existence of God.
Those who do believe at least try to do something about all the problems you mentioned. What are you doing about it?
2007-05-23 13:28:14 · answer #5 · answered by vcanfield 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All of these do not prove that God doesn't exist. They do prove that the world does not arrange itself to suit you.
Some of them also prove that humanity is really good at messing up the world we live in (war, corruption, etc.) -- this has nothing whatever to do with the existence of God. I understand that these are upsetting to you emotionally, but it's faulty logic to try to use them as a disproof of God's existence.
There is, in fact, rather a lot of proof that God or a Supreme Being does exist. I suggest that you examine some of the information here:
http://www.doesgodexist.org/
http://www.reasons.org/, especially this page:
http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/index.shtml
2007-05-23 13:28:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I believe mostly they don't believe in the biblical god, but rather a higher power. They just go through the motions and say they are Christians/Catholics/Baptist but never really follow the rules. Others don't really care and never bothered to really think about religion so they just follow the popular crowd without a problem.
For all of the others, they are just blind and too afraid to question their beliefs in fear of death or banishment.
2007-05-23 13:22:14 · answer #7 · answered by trinitybombshella 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
If each and everyone of us, read and understand his commandments, And follow the rules precisely? none of these could have been happened, Don't just blame God, actually we humans are not in right track, What goes from here? the same will come from there!!!!
2007-05-23 13:25:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why wouldn't it? I never have understood why we all want this perfect world to happen. What would you learn? What would there be to discover? What sort of people would be with no challenge! Yes I get angry at the world, yes I hate that there are so many people, yet so few help. But at the same time, it makes us who we are. With out pain and disease, we would lose our humanity. There would be nothing to feel.
2007-05-23 13:18:56 · answer #9 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
depends on the kind of "god" you believe in. Christians say that those things exist because of the devil and free will. My personal belief is that people do bad things because of free will but overall because there souls are in chaos. only when all souls are harmonized will these bad things stop happening.
2007-05-23 13:25:46 · answer #10 · answered by MoonWater 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋