is there evidence of a deity?

Question

Is there evidence to support that Jesus existed and the Koran was inspired by Allah, etc.

Answer 1

Other than the holy books.

No.

There is more evidence to support the position that Jesus did not exist than there is that he did exist.

The book of Mormon is the ultimate example of how trustworthy the holly books of any religion are.

Honest, the plates that it was copied from were real, they just 'disappeared' once Mr Smith was done.

Pull the other one, it has bells on.


Edit:

For the idiot bringing up Josephus above:
He was a Jewish historian not Roman.
The passage that mentions Jesus is written in a totally different style that the rest of the history around it.

What we have of Josephus was transcribed by monks. Christian monks. Christian monks who 'knew' that Jesus was real and that Josephus should have written about him.

Most historians have put 2 and 2 together and say that this passage was added and bears no credence.

Other than that there are a couple of mentions of the followers of Christos by Roman historians. Christos ment Messiah and there were many of those floating around Judea at the time, also there is no mention of the actual person, just the followers creating trouble.

Someone prove me wrong. Post the historical evidence for Jesus of Nazareth. (Which was a burial site in 1st century times, not a town.)

Answer 2

God can neither be proven nor disproven. I believe in God because the existence of the universe suggest a Creator, but that's not proof.

There is no proof that Jesus existed, though the existence of Christianity shortly after his life supports the existence of a historical Jesus. The only book which mentions him from about that time is the Bible, the earliest gospel (Mark) was written around 60 AD, about thirty years after his death.

You will often hear about Josephus mentioning Jesus, but it's been known for sometime that a section mentioning Jesus was forged.

There is no proof the Koran was inspired by God, either.

Answer 3

3 questions, I think the last two have been answered adequately.

As for the first: there is no *conclusive scientific proof* that there is a deity. There is *considerable CIRCUMSTANTIAL evidence* that there is a deity.

One of my favorites is one written about by Isaac Asimov, an atheist, molecular biologist and scifi writer of great renown. In a nutshell: the probability of the random creation of the particular amino acids which make up life on earth is so low as to be considered impossible, even when considering the number of earth-like planets likely to exist in the universe. Asimov's answer: the probabilities of the creation of *some* amino acids capable of producing life is *not* so remote. It was just chance that these *particular* ones happened to develop on earth. Despite a very good answer, it still qualifies as excellent circumstantial evidence, given our current knowledge of the universe.

Answer 4

Well, there is some proof out there. Many different groups of people have written about what Jesus did and same for Allah. Some of these different groups are even enemies in really life which says that if both of them wrote of the same thing, there might be some truth to what they say.

And the scientific world does tell us that Jesus was an actual man who walked this earth, Weather or not he performed miracles and such is a different matter.

Answer 5

1. Yes. There are thousands upon thousands of ways to know there is a God and who that one God is.

2. Absolutely. Jesus is a historical figure that no serious historian questions. Even those who disagree with Christianity are clear on his existence.

3. I see no evidence to believe in the Koran, after 15 years of considering it.

The Bible is validated thousands of ways; prophetically, historically, scientifically, mathematically. The Koran does not meet the same standards, as I understand it.

Answer 6

There is evidence to support the existence of Jesus - I don't know of any peer-reviewed scholar who denies that Jesus existed.

As for the Deity, it is impossible to have material evidence of something that is, by definition, immaterial. If there was evidence for the existence of God, it would prove that God does not exist. Arguments for the existence of God generally rely on logical conclusions regarding cause and effect or necessity vs. contingency.

Answer 7

It is all about faith.
And even if you can prove that a certain religious character of significance existed, it doesnt prove the existence of a deity. They are all stories and myths interwoven and vastly borrowed from Pagan traditions with an intense reliance on unquestioning faith.

Answer 8

Jesus is mentioned by the Roman historian, Josephus, so that is corroborating evidence to the Bible. There is also indirect evidence the Eccine's knew about Jesus in some of the dead-sea scrolls.

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Answer 9

No...and that means that the definition of faith is believing in mans interpretation of what they think god wants.

In simple terms faith is the belief in man not god. You have faith because someone told you about Jesus or whatever and now you believe. If that statement is not true you have personally met Jesus and God and they explained it to you…if you say yes to that your just crazy and need help.

Answer 10

No. There is evidence that Jesus existed, just none that supports the claim that he's the son of God.