Nothing to lose?

Question

Ok if we believe in god and proof comes about that he does not exist what have we to lose BUT what if it is all true and it is to late......

Answer 1

You answered your own question. Just believe and and nothing to fear in the end.

Answer 2

You're looking for a "proof" that will never come, at least not in the manner that alot of the world thinks should come. Pascal's wager seems to be causing more confusion than anything else because it totally ignores one very simple word-faith. I know in this time of "If you can't see it, it doesn't exist", many people come to doubt EVERYTHING, but the problem with those same people is that they turn around and say "Aliens from deep space are very possible". Is it that people really don't believe in the existence of God, or is it really and merely just a social-peer pressure thing? Let's face it- alot of people in this time, as in every time before us, were more often than not more concerned with what the "enlightened" crowd thought or believed. No one likes to be on the "outside" of the social circle because of this innate human desire to belong and appear to be knowledgeable of the topic of the day; to be in the "swim of things", so to speak. It's a natural thing, to be sure. But at what personal cost to you? Say you are an atheist and you get persuaded that God does exist. How do you think your atheist buddies are going to receive that news? Will you be invited to the next social outing and be among their ranks? Very doubtful. They'd drop you like a bad habit regardless of what they'd say to you in public to the contrary.
Stop following the herd. There's nothing that says that being a believer means you have to be alone. It's just something, an eventuality, that you might want to consider. But don't let that possibility dissuade you or be the sole reason you decide to ignore what you think might be important to you.

Answer 3

***Is there any way to prove God exists?

The Christian God was very careful to prove Himself when He had the Bible written. It is different from every other book. In it He predicts the future. No other book does this with accuracy. God names names, dates and places so we can check out history and see that He was right. He even gave us the very words someone would say centuries before the fact!

If you were God and you wanted to communicate through a book, you would put things in there only a God could know, such as the future. If you wanted everyone to know that you were going to come in person, you would explain what you were like so you would be recognized. You would put in the city of your birth, where you grew up, what kinds of deeds you would do, your temperament, your purpose, even how you would die.

God did all that in the Old Testament. It was all in book form 400 years before Jesus, the Son of God, came. The New Testament gospels follow Jesus and point out some of the places where He fulfilled the prophecies.

“Daniel 11, written in the 6th century B.C., gives an amazingly thorough account of Alexander’s Grecian kingdom, divided first into four competing factions after his death. It predicts details of the struggle between the Ptolemy and Seleucid empires for a period of 160 years, right down to the advent of the Roman Empire. That is why the skeptics used to claim that the book of Daniel could not have been written before 164 B.C., but now we have proof of a much earlier writing text.

“The prophet Isaiah (44:28) gave the name of a king not yet born and of a kingdom not yet instituted and of an event that would not take place for another 150 years. He predicted that a king named Cyrus would commission the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. Cyrus did come to the throne in Persia, and in the first year of his reign in 538, he issued a decree that the temple in Jerusalem should be rebuilt. (See 2 Chronicles 36:22-Ezra 1:1-3. This prophecy described in the Bible is confirmed by the discovery of a Babylonian inscription.)

“Daniel actually gave the time when Christ would come into the world and die. Daniel (9:24) predicted that Messiah would be cut off (die) 483 Hebrew years after the issuing of the Persian decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. Artaxerxes Longimanus issued that decree on March 5, 444 B.C. (Neh. 2:1-8), granting the Jews permission to rebuild Jerusalem’s city walls. This, too, is confirmed by archeological discoveries. Four hundred eighty-three prophetic years (360 days to a year) and seven days later, Jesus was crucified as predicted, How could a prophet accurately predict the date of Messiah’s death hundreds of years before it took place, unless he was the ‘voice’ of God as he claimed?”

Thanks to the Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran, we know with certainty the above prophecies date before the occurrence of actual prophesied events.

He has proven His existence perfectly and wonderfully. The Christian God is the true God.

Answer 4

Pascal's Wager is old news. It doesn't work, as the wager assumes that a) god somehow rewards those who believe in him, b) it is your personal god doing the rewarding, not Zeus, Thor, or Allah, and c) there is a punishment for not believing in god.

Seems like a lot of assumptions to me, and I imagine you know the real value of assumptions. Besides, most people do believe in a god and religion in which you have to be a member of that religion in order to be rewarded. So, if the Muslims are right, and you're a Christian, what good did your beliefs ever do you? About as much as mine, yes?

Answer 5

There is a GOD and only one GOD.

Isaiah 45:5[kjv]I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

1 Timothy 2:5[kjv]For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Look at the sky the whole creation declares his glory.

Psalm 19:1[kjv]The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

dont keep your feet on two boats u will fall.GOD lives and if you give your life to JESUS u will see the change.

GOD gives us the HOLY SPIRIT as a witness that we are indeed his children.

Romans 8:9[kjv]But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

JESUS loves you.Have u recieved JESUS for the forgiveness of your sins?

John 3:16[kjv] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

so when we believe in JESUS we have eternal life.JESUS lived a sinless life and gave up his life as a sacrifice so we can be sin free. Ask JESUS to come into your heart and forgive ur sins and cleanse ur past with the blood JESUS shed on the cross.

With a simple prayer like above u can be saved.JESUS loves u and wants u to be saved.

Answer 6

Hello Pascal's Wager. Let me change your question to show the flaw of Pascal's Wager.

Ok if we believe in THOR and proof comes about that he does not exist what have we to lose, BUT what if it is all true and it is too late.

So what don't you believe in Thor?

Answer 7

Im pretty sure this is called pascal's wager, and it really isn't a valid reason to believe. If you believe in god because you want " fire insurance" that you are believing for all the wrong reasons, and your faith is unsubstantiated.

Answer 8

do you really think some god is sitting around with nowt better to do than watch silly little humans going about their silly confused lives never the less you are responsible for how you affect other and the world gain wisdom never argue with your intuition by the way God is a Yorkshireman he lived just up road from me when I was a kid any way he said he was god

Answer 9

Its a question if you believe or not. You shouldn't believe something because it MIGHT be true and you're trying to save your butt; it does not count. It all comes down to you and how you feel on the issue.

Answer 10

Saying I believe in God, just because it might be right is not belief. I have to believe - and I don't, therefore - Pascals wager falls