Can someone describe why they believe in God?

Question

I want real answers. Not "the bible told me so" or "my parents brainwashed me" or "I needed someone to bring me to salvation."

I'm curious. Real, intelligent answers from intelligent people.

Answer 1

Keep in mind that I don't intend this to be a formal proof, just a statement of what I believe (based on what I think is supported by the preponderance of the evidence). When I look out into the world, I cannot believe that my consciousness is merely an illusion caused by the byproduct of physical chemical reactions. I believe that I exist and that I came into being. Therefore, there must be some source for such things as my consciousness, intellect, moral sense, free will, etc. It seems more likely that I received them from a source that also has these things rather than they sprang from naturalistic elements that do not.

Answer 2

First, I have not been persuaded by the evolutional theory. I have never seen a species change into another species or add another useful organ, etc., nor do we have documented evidence of such change.

Second, even if the theory of evolution and big bang are true, scientists still have to account for where all of the energy and matter came from that created our present world. As of yet, there still is not good answer other than that it has always been. It still does not answer how in the tarnation it is here in the first place.

Third, I personally believe in a spiritual dimension to the human person. I believe this can be demonstrated from near-death experiences where a person is physcially dead and yet has an-out-of-body experience. Later, the doctors are able to rejuvenate their body, but during the whole time their bodies are physically dead (no brain waves, heart beat, etc.) However, certain people who have gone through the "near death experiences" remember what the doctors and nurses were saying and even remember seeing themselves at the scene. I think this only helps to bolster the notion that there is a part of the human that is not merely physical and is spiritual in nature. The question then arises as to how in the world did something immaterial evolve from something material. It cannot. Thus, God must have created the spiritual component to the human nature.

Fourth, Michael Behe in his book "Darwin's Black Box" noted that even Darwin was not able to explore microbiology. He therefore assumed that what happened on the macro level over time could also happen at the micro level. Behe has demonstrated that the micro level is even more complex at the micro level. In fact, he postulates that the cell contains structures that resemble "simple machines" that can not be explained through gradual evolution. Either all of the simple machine is present or there is no simple machine present at all.

Fifth, one must account for the expansiveness of the universe and for the infinitesimal aspects of matter. We still do not know all of the particles that make up the protons and neutrons. It seems that the world is infinite in its expanse and this infiniteness extends to the smallest particles which are still divisible beyond our current abilites to see.

Answer 3

It was personal before it was intelligent. I've had answered prayers. I have a 24 year old brother who wasn't supposed to live past 3 and doctors from around the world didn't have a clue what was wrong with him. That was the most special among other answered prayers. He makes me a better person when I have no desire to change. It feels right to me. I have also felt presences that were evil and to me you can't believe in evil and not believe in God. At some point, I came out of my wrappings and realized that people questioned God on an intellectual level and that I had no answer for that. Well, I've read a few books and began to realize that if a person looks with an open mind the Bible has been proved right and literal in several points. That was enough for me. I'm not going to wait for the whole book to be proved true before I believe. I don't need to and by then it may be too late.

Answer 4

I looked around at the world. I saw the sunset. I saw the animals. I saw the perfect balance of nature. I saw Niagara Falls. I saw people. I learned about the insides of us. I learned about phagocytes, the brain, the heart. Cardiac cells that each beat individually at a certain rate. When they are put together they beat as one. It is amazing. It is not the work of a mutation. It is not the result of a mistake. It was the work of an intelligent being, obviously so much superior to us. I read the Bible. I learned of a loving God who died so that we could have the chance to spend eternity with Him. I read about how He created us and the Earth. And I knew it was right. It felt right. And now I have had a personal experience with Him so that I have no doubt. God bless.

Answer 5

I believe in God,
Think about it how can the world be soo perfect
How can all the planets be positioned just perfectly
Why does everything happen the way it does in your body
What are we here for on earth
What is our purpose
Who put us here
How did it all start
What happens after we die

After you ask yourself all these questions think deeply about each one, no matter what they all come back to God, we can't do anything about it

He is always there, no matter what happened or will happen he is always there, we can't explain that, nobody can we just have to go as far as to accept that and accept him, then doors will open up, if you are truly looking for him, he will not leave you behind. I would put my life on that.

I believe in him because I can feel love coming from him, I can't explain it. He gives me overwhelming peace and happiness that I can't live without. You will experience that too if you accept him.

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Answer 6

For Me, the reason is Clear, 1. I have felt His presence, He has spoken to my heart, and I know in my heart that He is real.

2nd, This Earth, it's orbit about the Sun, perfect set of Seasons, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall, Water, Air, Gravity, ecological system, it's balances of this against that, To say that all this was created simply by chance is ludicrous at best.

I mean..look..Evolutionist say that the Universe came into being from a "Big Bang" From What exactly? and whatever answer is given, I will ask the same question until infinity.
It is said that the matter or energy has always been in existance, really? proove it, according to evolution, all things had to have had a beginning, in response to that question, most Atheist will ask "where did God come from? How did God began?
I always reply : God exist in eternity, without a beginning, Time itself was created by God for us as He does not need it.

It is curoius, that an Evolutionist, can accept that the Universe came into existance from a "Big Bang" out of the Nothingness, than to believe in God who exist outside of time in eternity.

Dr. James Coppedge, director of the Center for Probability Research in Biology in California wrote this about that.

- applied laws of probability of a single cell, protein, and gene coming into existence by chance

- computed a world including the earth’s crust and entire array of elements were available. He then had all the amino acids combine at 1.5 trillion times faster than they do in nature. In computing the probabilities, he found that a cell would take 10,119,841 years, a single protein molecule 10,262 years.


All that is against the Theory of Evolution and much much more.

I believe that there is a conspiracy of Atheist Evolutionary Scientist that are deliberatly fabricating the evidence of Evolution out of a hatred of God.

There are a growing body of "FORMER" Evolutionary Scientist, that have now become Creationist that have come forward with this, as soon as they do, they get no publicity, their names and records of any of them are stricken from the books and denied. And since the mainstream media is owned by secularist, you won't hear about any of this.
And attempts are being made by Secularist Left wing types that want to Shut down Conservative Christian Television, to silence their voices.
Oh Yea, I have much more reasons to believe, this is just the tip of the Iceberg.

Answer 7

Being the youngest of nine children and taking some of the most legendary beatings from an alcoholic mother and tyrannical step-father led me to cross paths with people who more or less intervened on my behalf. These people were very gentle and patient with me, and their demeanor and mannerisms were extremely comforting to me. I spent alot of time with them at their home and on one occasion I came upon the mother reading the bible.
I always somehow knew God existed, but I never knew anything about Him from a personal or close relationship. She spent hours with me, talking to me and telling me all about the one she kept calling "Jesus Christ". I asked her dozens of questions about Him, and she answered all of them honestly. The question I finally asked that led me to want to be one of God's sons was "Is Christ God?". She said yes, and from that time onward, I read and prayed continuously. I read the Bible am and pm. I've never looked back. I have personally been witness to some truly "strange" and wonderful occurrences that only served to deepen my love and appreciation for God and His Word.
I've been reading and studying His word for over 20 years and other Christian books as well that do enhance and enrich my understanding of why I believe in God as strongly as I do. Not believing in Him is to me not only dangerous, but totally illogical.

Answer 8

Because everything is so perfectly made, so beautiful and full of colour. I think the feeling of Love can only come from something made of nothing but Love. Because of kindess I see in some people and sometimes answers to my own prayers. People can believe or not, but that's what I think.

Answer 9

Because God loves me. God is Love. Men has body and soul. God created men and blow throw men from His Saint Spirit and men begin to live.
The souls without love can died. Men must learn to live the spiritually love without conditioners, sp. love is for his soul like the water for flowers. Men learn to be tolerance, patience, to see the good part of the things, the love destroy the hate, give health, peace, joy. Men love each others, specially in family, but isn't a perfect love ( on earth isn't perfection just in Paradise).
So, God show Him is the Saint Trinity, and calls for men , throw Jesus Christ His Son , to come to receive the Peace and the Love of God. Come Jesus Christ, Amen.

Answer 10

The majority of scientists believe that there are at least ten dimensions (we see four) I think it would be shortsighted to beleive that no beings live in all ten dimensions that would be viewed as God or gods to us.