Are there some questions about God, the Bible and Jesus that are unanswered?

Question

Let's try to get to the bottom of this. Immature born-again's and "I only believe what I can see" athestics need not apply. Open minded realist's only please. If you know that the question of god's existance is still unknown let me hear your side. I am not interested in hearing "Jesus loves you" or
any Professor Leaky lies.

Answer 1

Many, if you are looking for the truth. The entire bible, the old and new testaments do nothing but create doubt if you were indoctrinated to believe as a youth. It is now so very clear that all of it was taken from the beliefs of older religions that they have subsequently classified as mythology.

Answer 2

"See this email I just sent you, that you're reading
right now? This email is proof of the existence of God.

Yeah, I know, that sounds crazy. But I'm not asking you
to believe anything just yet, until you see the evidence for
yourself. All I ask is that you refrain from disbelieving
while I show you my proof. It only takes a minute to convey,
but it speaks to one of the most important questions of all
time.

So how is this email proof of the existence of God?:

This email you're reading contains letters, words and
sentences. It contains a message that means something.
As long as you can read English, you can understand what
I'm saying.

You can do all kinds of things with this email. You
can read it on your computer screen. You can print it out on
your printer. You can read it out loud to a friend who's in
the same room as you are. You can call your friend and read it
to her over the telephone. You can save it as a Microsoft
WORD document. You can forward it to someone via email, or you
can post it on a website.

Regardless of how you copy it or where you send it,
the information remains the same. My email contains a message.
It contains information in the form of language. The message
is independent of the medium it is sent in.

Messages are not matter, even though they can be carried
by matter (like printing this email on a piece of paper).

Messages are not energy even though they can be carried
by energy (like the sound of my voice.)

Messages are immaterial. Information is itself a unique
kind of entity. It can be stored and transmitted and copied
in many forms, but the meaning still stays the same.

Messages can be in English, French or Chinese.
Or Morse Code. Or mating calls of birds. Or the Internet.
Or radio or television. Or computer programs or architect
blueprints or stone carvings. Every cell in your body
contains a message encoded in DNA, representing a complete
plan for you.

OK, so what does this have to do with God?

It's very simple. Messages, languages, and coded
information ONLY come from a mind. A mind that
agrees on an alphabet and a meaning of words and
sentences. A mind that expresses both desire and
intent.

Whether I use the simplest possible explanation,
such as the one I'm giving you here, or if we analyze
language with advanced mathematics and engineering
communication theory, we can say this with total
confidence:

"Messages, languages and coded information never,
ever come from anything else besides a mind.
No one has ever produced a single example of a message
that did not come from a mind."

Nature can create fascinating patterns - snowflakes,
sand dunes, crystals, stalagmites and stalactites. Tornados
and turbulence and cloud formations.

But non-living things cannot create language. They
*cannot* create codes. Rocks cannot think and they
cannot talk. And they cannot create information.

It is believed by some that life on planet earth arose
accidentally from the "primordial soup," the early ocean which
produced enzymes and eventually RNA, DNA, and primitive cells.

But there is still a problem with this theory: It fails to
answer the question, 'Where did the information come from?'

DNA is not merely a molecule. Nor is it simply a "pattern."
Yes, it contains chemicals and proteins, but those chemicals
are arranged to form an intricate language, in the exact same way
that English and Chinese and HTML are languages.

DNA has a four-letter alphabet, and structures very similar
to words, sentences and paragraphs. With very precise
instructions and systems that check for errors and correct them.

To the person who says that life arose naturally,
you need only ask: "Where did the information come from?
Show me just ONE example of a language that didn't come
from a mind."
Every word you hear, every sentence you speak, every
dog that barks, every song you sing, every email you read,
every packet of information that zings across the Internet,
is proof of the existence of God. Because information
and language always originate in a mind.

In the beginning were words and language.

In the Beginning was Information.

"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God" --John 1:1

Answer 3

I am a Theist and an Agnostic.
I know for a fact there is at least one higher power (I had an epiphany where I had no doubt that an intelligence had affected the world; yes I was sober).

I am still Agnostic about the Ultimate Creator. I have seen no evidence to convince me whether there is one, what it is, and whether it has any interest/affect on our lives. I choose to believe in one but I am not sure.

I value new information that helps me decide.

Answer 4

Any and all questions, concerning the "BIBLE", came to be as a result of MANS Deletions, Additions,AND Changing from the original written texts / scribes records !!!! IN THE ORIGINAL TEXTS, THERE ARE NO - NO UNANSWERED QUESTIONS !!!! BOTH The OLD and NEW Testaments HAVE UNDER GONE NUMEROUS CHANGES SINCE, about, 100 YEARS A.C.E. (I am not Jewish,, but I have studied the original texts, with people who have kept an open mind about this, and by using the / a TRANSLITERATOR !!)
IF you want to sound somewhat knowledgable, then you must "STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELVES APPROVED" !! To bad most people read/ study only the road maps of Virginia, and Oklahoma( NO PUNS INTENDED, ONLY USING THESE STATES ROAD MAPS AS A REFERENCE)

Answer 5

The truth is that our human brains cannot comprehend all that we are told about God in the Bible. We cannot understand how there can be three persons to only one God. So yes there are questions that dont have completely factual answers, just interpretations of the answers.

Answer 6

We can only partially comprehend the notion of God's existence. To do so, we must use human concepts to speak of God: "without beginning or end"; "eternal"; "infinite", etc. The Bible says that He has always existed: " . . . even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God" (Psalm 90:2). And, "Your throne is established from of old; Thou art from everlasting" (Psalm 93:2). Quite simply, God has no beginning and no end. So, where did God come from? He didn't. He always was.
To us, the notion of time is linear. One second follows the next, one minute is after another. We get older, not younger and we cannot repeat the minutes that have passed us by. We have all seen the time lines on charts: early time is on the left and later time is on the right. We see nations, people's lives, and plans mapped out on straight lines from left to right. We see a beginning and an end. But God is "beyond the chart." He has no beginning or end. He simply has always been.
Also, physics has shown that time is a property that is the result of the existence of matter. Time exists when matter exists. Time has even been called the fourth dimension. But God is not matter. In fact, God created matter. He created the universe. So, time began when God created the universe. Before that, God was simply existing and time had no meaning (except conceptually), no relation to Him. Therefore, to ask where God came from is to ask a question that cannot really be applied to God in the first place. Because time has no meaning with God in relation to who He is, eternity is also not something that can be absolutely related to God. God is even beyond eternity.
Eternity is a term that we finite creatures use to express the concept of something that has no end -- and/or no beginning. Since God has no beginning or end, He has no beginning. This is because He is outside of time.

Answer 7

yes. i have a few.

where did god come from? and if god always existed, how is this possible?

was the flood literal or metaphorical? or for that matter, the tower of babel, the garden of eden. and all of that jazz.

how much stock does God put in free will? as much of free will is compromised from environmental factors.

isn't eternal damnation in a lake of fire a tad brutal for anyone?

who are the sons of god referenced in genesis?

can satan repent of his sins, or is he predestined for hell?

was the sin of the sodomites rape or homosexuality?

well, those are few questions i have. many questions regarding god's nature are unanswered by the bible.

Answer 8

even the christian's text, the bible says that now we see everything "through a glass darkly" meaning that we won't know everything till it's all over. i think there are a lot of christians out there who feel they have all the answers who will be very surprised at "the end" of this show. the important thing like you said is to be open minded and understand that we can't know it all, at least for now.

Answer 9

Open minded realists are also invited to discuss the vexing and as yet unanswered question as what really is the color of the tooth fairy's pajamas. But remember, open minded realists only.

Answer 10

If your definition of God is not self-contradictory than I will admit that his existence is unknown and unknowable. If it IS contradictory (like as described in the bible) then God can be proven not to exist.