Do you believe in any sort of God ? If not, do you think you might pray if you were in a life-threatening situation ?
2007-07-28 15:54:57 · 25 answers · asked by Vannili 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Is there really you?
2007-07-28 15:59:29 · answer #1 · answered by Automaton 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes I believe. But if I didn't I may pray anyway.
If I prayed in a life threatening situation and was here to talk about , I guess that would mean my prayers helped
2007-07-28 23:06:22 · answer #2 · answered by xjoizey 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Friend, Romans 1:20 says For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. This tells us that we all will stand before God and no one will be able to say an excuse that they did not know He is real. He makes it known, this is for everyone that breathes on this earth, no matter what they say or feel, or what religion. It is within our being, put there by God that we know...our closing our eyes to this truth does not change it being the truth. You know God does exist, if you doubt that, just spend some time in the Bible reading, and you will be drawn to this reality. It is for sure, it is within each of us to know God is real. As for a life-threatening situation, the first prayer God hears is that of repentance...seeking salvation. Be blessed.
2007-07-28 23:13:48 · answer #3 · answered by deeprnll 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I know there is only One True God who sent His Son, Jesus to die for us, to pay our penalty for our sins, so that we could live forever with Him in Heaven. But the only way to Father God is thru His Son, Jesus Christ. It is interesting how most people even atheists will pray in life threatening situations. Just look how many Americans came to God after 911, but then some went back to their old natures and have forgotten about God. This is natural man who has not yet been born again in the Spirit of God. God bless
2007-07-28 23:01:33 · answer #4 · answered by connie 6 · 3⤊ 4⤋
There is if you believe there is.
I have been in life threatening situations and I didn't pray to god to save me.
2007-07-28 22:57:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
My first question to you will be: "What is the definition of God?" For a person to say there is no God, he should know what is the meaning of God. For an atheist to say ‘there is no God’, he should at least know the concept of God. His concept of God would be derived from the surroundings in which he lives. The god that a large number of people worship has got human qualities - therefore he does not believe in such a god.Similarly a Muslim too does not and should not believe in such false gods.
If a non-Muslim believes that Islam is a merciless religion with something to do with terrorism; a religion which does not give rights to women; a religion which contradicts science; in his limited sense that non-Muslim is correct to reject such Islam. The problem is he has a wrong picture of Islam. Even I reject such a false picture of Islam, but at the same time, it becomes my duty as a Muslim to present the correct picture of Islam to that non-Muslim i.e. Islam is a merciful religion, it gives equal rights to the women, it is not incompatible with logic, reason and science; if I present the correct facts about Islam, that non-Muslim may Inshallah accept Islam.
Similarly the atheist rejects the false gods and my duty as a Muslim is to present the correct concept of God which you shall Insha Allah not refuse.
Let us use scientific knowledge to kill two birds with one stone, i.e. to prove the existence of God
If a new object or a machine, which no one in the world has ever seen or heard of before,Who is the first person who will be able to provide details of the mechanism of this unknown object? ‘the creator of that object.’
In mathematics there is a theory known as ‘Theory of Probability’.
Let us apply this theory of probability to the Qur’an, and assume that a person has guessed all the information that is mentioned in the Qur’an which was unknown at that time. Let us discuss the probability of all the guesses being simultaneously correct.
At the time when the Qur’an was revealed, people thought the world was flat, there are several other options for the shape of the earth. It could be triangular, it could be quadrangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, octagonal, spherical, etc. Lets assume there are about 30 different options for the shape of the earth. The Qur’an rightly says it is spherical, if it was a guess the chances of the guess being correct is 1/30.
The light of the moon can be its own light or a reflected light. The Qur’an rightly says it is a reflected light. If it is a guess, the chances that it will be correct is 1/2 and the probability that both the guesses i.e the earth is spherical and the light of the moon is reflected light is 1/30 x 1/2 = 1/60.
Further, the Qur’an also mentions every living thing is made of water. Every living thing can be made up of either wood, stone, copper, aluminum, steel, silver, gold, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, oil, water, cement, concrete, etc. The options are say about 10,000. The Qur’an rightly says that everything is made up of water. If it is a guess, the chances that it will be correct is 1/10,000 and the probability of all the three guesses i.e. the earth is spherical, light of moon is reflected light and everything is created from water being correct is 1/30 x 1/2 x 1/10,000 = 1/60,000 which is equal to about .0017%.
The Qur’an speaks about hundreds of things that were not known to men at the time of its revelation. Only in three options the result is .0017%. I leave it upto you, to work out the probability if all the hundreds of the unknown facts were guesses, the chances of all of them being correct guesses simultaneously and there being not a single wrong guess. It is beyond human capacity to make all correct guesses without a single mistake, which itself is sufficient to prove to a logical person that the origin of the Qur’an is Divine.
CREATOR IS THE AUTHOR OF THE QUR’AN
The only logical answer to the question as to who could have mentioned all these scientific facts 1400 years ago before they were discovered, is exactly the same answer initially given by the atheist or any person, to the question who will be the first person who will be able to tell the mechanism of the unknown object. It is the ‘CREATOR’, the producer, the Manufacturer of the whole universe and its contents. In the English language He is ‘God’, or more appropriate in the Arabic language, ‘ALLAH’.
QUR’AN IS A BOOK OF SIGNS AND NOT SCIENCE
Let me remind you that the Qur’an is not a book of Science, ‘S-C-I-E-N-C-E’ but a book of Signs ‘S-I-G-N-S’ i.e. a book of ayaats. The Qur’an contains more than 6,000 ayaats, i.e. ‘signs’, out of which more than a thousand speak about Science. I am not trying to prove that the Qur’an is the word of God using scientific knowledge as a yard stick because any yardstick is supposed to be more superior than what is being checked or verified. For us Muslims the Qur’an is the Furqan i.e. criteria to judge right from wrong and the ultimate yardstick which is more superior to scientific knowledge.
But for an educated man who is an atheist, scientific knowledge is the ultimate test which he believes in.
SCIENCE IS ELIMINATING MODELS OF GOD BUT NOT GOD
Francis Bacon, the famous philosopher, has rightly said that a little knowledge of science makes man an atheist, but an in-depth study of science makes him a believer in God. Scientists today are eliminating models of God, but they are not eliminating God. If you translate this into Arabic, it is La illaha illal la, There is no god, (god with a small ‘g’ that is fake god) but God (with a capital ‘G’).
Surah Fussilat:
"Soon We will show them our signs in the (farthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?"
[Al-Quran 41:53]
2007-07-28 23:08:42 · answer #6 · answered by Peace Activist 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There is a God, and you are in a life threatening situation already. :-) Pray without ceasing.
2007-07-28 22:58:09 · answer #7 · answered by witnessnbr1 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Yes I believe in God. I pray every day or talk to him in my mind and the angels to guide me all day and night long. If you believe and have faith good things happen........We need to believe in someone or something .
2007-07-28 23:06:03 · answer #8 · answered by Mildred P 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
ever eat a watermelon in the middle of July ?........... then know there is a God out there providing what your body needs..... ......of coarse man wants to take it and sell it to you......
and be nice to people,,,,,,, don't bring in life-threatening situations..... we have to live day to day for a long time......that only comes around once.
2007-07-28 23:14:12 · answer #9 · answered by zee zee 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i believe in the 1 and only God. creator of the universe.
2007-07-28 23:08:47 · answer #10 · answered by Jonas 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Read the eyewitness historical documents in the New Testament about the life of Jesus. You will quickly learn about God.
2007-07-28 22:58:20 · answer #11 · answered by jeremiahjjjjohnson 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋