prove god exists?

Question

Don't say "Prove he doesn't" becaus that is as stupid as saying "Prove the boogey man doesn't exist". Be practical and reasonable, or risk exposing your nonsensical notions and reasoning.

"Only fools need proof"... That is one of the most idiotic things I have ever heard. You sound like Dubya before going to war with Iraq. "Only fools need Proof" You are a true moron.

Answer 1

The Logic of the Absolute
Given proof of God, would a materialist know how to read it?

People often ask us, "Can you prove the existence of God?" Proof indicates a conclusive demonstration that establishes the validity of an assertion, in this case the assertion that God exists.
But as soon as we speak of a demonstration, the next question is "To whom shall we demonstrate?" If we speak of evidence or data, we must know who will see and hear it. In other words, who will judge the results of a particular experiment, test, or trial.
Consider a hypothetical example. Doctor Waterport, the famous scientist, has just discovered a sophisticated formula that solves a technical mathematical problem. He proudly calls his colleagues together and presents them with thirty pages of ultratechnical symbols. His fellow scientists pore over the pages and conclude, "Yes, this is the answer we're looking for." If Dr. Waterport were to show the proof to an ordinary person on the street, the person wouldn't even know how to hold the pages right side up. Because he's not trained in mathematics, the proof would be meaningless to him. Conclusion: Proof demands a qualified audience.
Certainly, any valid proof must be logical. But how we apply logic depends on our previous experience. For example, suppose an apple tree is growing outside your window. One morning you hear a sound like that of an apple hitting the ground, and when you look outside you see a ripe apple lying beneath the tree. Logically, you conclude, the apple has just fallen from the tree.
Your logical statement rests on your previous observation that the apple tree produces apples, that the apples fall to the ground, and that they make a certain sound when this occurs. And your statement appears logical to those with similar experience.
So we apply logic in terms of our experience. Therefore, how can we expect to make God logical to a person who has had no spiritual experience? How can God appear logical to a person to whom the very terminology of the science of God is unintelligible? Thus it is ludicrous when those who are spiritually blind, deaf, and dumb -demand that God be made "logical" to them and that His existence be "proved."

Answer 2

We SHOULD get more than two points just for answering this question over and OVER again.

Okay. If you could PROVE Him beyond all doubt, it wouldn't be called "faith." We ALL have some kind of faith. Something we accept without a mountain of factual evidence, on belief alone, or at least largely on belief.

Having said that, here are a few reasons to believe:

Our universe has a natural tendency to go from order to disorder. Not the other way around. The fact that there is order indicates that there was a Power to give it order. Call that Power what you want; order does not happen without an organizer. If you blow up a firework, it goes from one small package, neat and compact, into smithereens, not something harmonic and organized.

Our universe has design. Design implies a designer. Let's go back to the Fireworks example: Let's say that a firework explodes to create a design, such as hearts or flowers or stars: It does NOT do that by accident. How much less could the complex universe and world we live in happen by accident? Here we see designs infinitely more difficult to reproduce than that of any silly firecracker. You would never cast a gaze at a sparkling display of hearts and stars and whatever, blazing in the sky, and say, "Wow, what a magnificent coincidence that all those sparks landed in the right places!" Why do we do that with creation?

And then there is the Holy Bible, jam-packed with fulfilled prophecies. There again, there is no real justification to argue coincidence. The predictions given by God's prophets predicted everything from the repeated destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, to Israel's reinstatement as a nation in 1948, to, some would argue, the Holocaust. There are literally hundreds of prophetic references to the Messiah that accurately describe Jesus Christ. TONS of archaelolgical evidence backs up the historicity of the Bible, and NONE has been found that contradicts it. So if the Bible is historically accurate, then there is no reason to believe that it is not spiritually accurate as well. And think of the implications: If the Jewish people were held captive in Egypt, for example, and then there was an exodus from Egypt, then that suggests that the circumstances (pillar of smoke by day, pillar of fire by night; the parting of the Red Sea, the giving of the Ten Commandments) are also historical. Miracles that shaped the history of the world! There are countless more reasons to believe, but in the end, it's got to come down to whether you WANT to, or whether you just keep running the other way.

Answer 3

I'm only a human being with limited perceptions, just like everyone else. I trust God does exist, but not in any anthropomorphic sense that would be able to be proven or measured scientifically. This being the most likely reason for the ages old debate, I conclude that I cannot give any satisfying answer that would convince you either way.

Answer 4

I guess if I had asked you to prove God "didn't" exist before you asked your question, it would have been OK. So here we are in a circular question seeing who can ask first.

What evidence do you want? What would God have to do to convince you he is God? Tap you on the shoulder and claim he is God? Smack you upside your head? How about come to earth himself? Oops - that would be Jesus. Man tried to kill him. What about looking at the only planet in the universe that is as uniquely created as the ONE we're on? Nothing compares. Take a look at it's beauty from some of those space shots. What about the beauty you see in nature? It can not be duplicated by man. If that isn't enough to convince you, well, it won't happen. You need to look for yourself rather than let us convince you.

Answer 5

God's existence is purely based upon faith. That is the power of religion and in the belief in God. If you were to "prove" God exists, you would no longer require faith.

Then...if proof of a God existed, which one of the thousands of Gods do you think would be the one that existed? If it turned out to be the Flying Spaghetti Monster, would you do an about face and bow down and worship?


BTW, it is the FSM, don't you know.

Answer 6

That when adding 5 things that each way 5 oz. the total weight instead of 25 oz is 5 oz. As that is a nutshell equation from devoidiation scanseceltronics and gives us a glimpse of reality in the concept of devoidiation scanseceltronics. Which proves God exists.

Answer 7

You'll probably not like my answer, but how can this world so beautiful even a small snowflake or a leaf of lettuce...? Without the good will of god, the universe would be something else - probably something not so interesting nor beautiful.

Answer 8

Look into the mirror.

How intricate the body is, eyes, ears, nose, arms, fingers, legs, a circulatory system, a brain, skin, teeth, blood, conscious, etc....

did all these things just somehow get blown together by the wind or come from a rock?

No a design means there had to be a designer!

blessings & peace.

Answer 9

I believe in God but I've never felt compelled to "prove" this to anyone. If I ever tried to prove my religion (something based in spirituality) with logic and rationality, I would fail miserably. It just doesn't work.

If you chose to not believe in something because it can't be rationally explained, that's fine with me. I respect your beliefs and opinions.

Answer 10

The person to do this would get more than 10 points.