If so, why? If not, why not? This question is not meant to be insulting or anything negative. It's a chance to get to know each other if you spend some time here, and to learn to tolerate each other. I'm a very open person, I can get along with almost anybody, and I refuse to insult or ridicule a person based on a label. Even when being insulted, I still refuse. I would appreciate the same courtesy, because we are all one human race and we all need each other to survive.
2007-08-21 19:19:09 · 89 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ash hadu an laa ilaha ill-Allaah, wahdau la sharika lah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa Rasuluh.
Yes, I believe in the One Ture God, Allah Subhanna wa Ta'ala as through His Mercy, Compassion and Love, I have been lead to the truth which I can not and will not deny.
I read the Holy and Qur'an and studied the same; I read about and studied about the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him, his family and his followers) from both Muslim and non-Muslim sources (for any non-Muslim who is interested, I would recommend "Muhammad, a Prophet for Our Times, " by Karen Armstrong) and I visited a mosque / masjid, meet Muslims, learned to pray correctly and converted to Islam.
I honestly believe that if any one who believes in God will read the Holy Qur'an and learn about the Last Prophet (peace be upon him, his family and his followers) with an open mind and heart, he or she will joyously convert to Islam as this one has done.
Alhumdilallah! I give thanks to Allah Subhanna wa Ta'ala as I repeat my profession of faith aloud and within my heart throughout the day.
The truth of God is self evident as we look at the reality of the created world if for no other reason than that all things, except God Who exist outside of time and Who was therefore never created but always existed, must have a first beginning, a cause and Allah Subhanna wa Ta'ala is that cause.
As we are taught in the Holy Qur'an, one need look no further than his or her own body, to the smallest cell and its componenets, to its molecular building blocks, to the marvel of our DNA to see proof of the existence of Allah Subhanna wa Ta'ala.
One need look no furhter than the night sky, or ones own breath and the wonderful chemical reactions that occur with each, to the smiple laughter of ones child and her tender embrace to know, beyond all doubt that Allah Subhanna wa Ta'ala is God, the Merciful, the Most Merciful, the Comapssionate, the Gracious.
Alhumdilallah! Thanks be to God!
As salaamu 'alaikym wa rahmatullahi wabaraktu, my sister and my friend from your new brother in Islam.
2007-08-21 21:31:23 · answer #1 · answered by Big Bill 7 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Absolutely yes
There is a God..
By the way i am similar to your character
By the way there is only one GOD
to those who say no..Why:_
1) Cause you can't see him....So can you see your mind?!!
2) Cause it is endless..So do the numbers have an End...
3) Cause you are not raised so...So don't you have a mind to see, observe, discover and conclude...
4) Cause there is an evil on the earth...This is not form God ..But it is the human's hand who did so
5) Cause he left you in a bad situation or even as a poor or so...I think that there is something we have is called mind and hands ...Mind work then hands work...
6) Cause life is not so peace....And WHO told you that it is not an evil..It has been created as apeacful life..But the human thinking, soul and selfishness did so...
7) some simply..See that there is no GOD cause there are several names and such..Why don't you search and see or you need everyhing ready..This life is not for rest cause God praises those who work and do everytihng with loyality..
"i am not insulting any one too causewe are all one human race and we all need each other to survive."
Thank you for this question and for these words
By the way..I have some thing to say it for you..
2007-08-22 00:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by Radical Vampire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If "god" is defined as a personal entity who created the universe as depicted by middle Eastern religions (like Judaism, Islam, and Christianity of all sorts), or by some Eastern cultures, no, I don't believe in god.
If by "god" you mean "nature", and imply that this is not a personal god, then yes, I do believe in nature or "the Force" so to speak....
Why? The reasons are many. I've thought out the god hypothesis for many years, but found that Richard Hawkins has adequately compilled most of my own conclusions (and many more that I had not thought about) in his book "The God Delusion".
I've seen his book attacked by theists, but the attacks are often dressed in circular arguments, personal attacks, and reliance on dogma. Such so-called "arguments" for the existence of a personal god are not persuasive nor convincing, and often full of internal contradictions which are often ignored by those who choose to believe.
Reliance on the bible is not a good base. That collection of books has been heavily edited, censored, translated and misinterpreted along its existence.
Furthermore, the gospels and epistles are not historically reliable, as they were written between 50 to 90 years after the facts, and often full of historical inaccuracies.
2007-08-21 20:04:21 · answer #3 · answered by SkinnyJeff 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi, thanks for asking.
Yes, I do. The reasons are various. Some of them are as follows...
1. For belief in God in general: The argument that the universe is too complex and varied to have come about by chance, thus needing a Creator, God. Added to the sheer complexity of nature is the beauty within it. I do not think that so much aesthetic quality could have come about by chance.
2. For belief in the Christian God: Personal experience as it relates to the testimony present in the Bible. My experiences throughout life have served the purpose of confirming and validating certain aspects of the Bible.
3. Again, for belief in the Christian God: The inability of critics to make any charges against the Bible stick. Any supposed contradictions can be answered in some way by apologetics.
4. Here's the last one I'll mention, for belief in the Christian God: My recognition, by grace, that I am helpless to do anything apart from God. If there is a God, and I believe that there is, for reasons already mentioned, then I must answer to Him. (This is a bit along the lines of Pascal's Wager, I suppose.) Christianity differs from other religions and worldviews in that it states that man, being sinful, has no righteousness of his own. I know, from living each day and becoming more and more aware of my sinfulness and weakness, that I am not perfect. If God is greater than I am, and He is, then what can I offer Him? Who am I that God should respect me or listen to my excuses? My only hope is in One who has the obedience, the righteousness, the nature, and the power to save me through His atonement and resurrection. That One is Jesus, and so I believe in the Christian God. I thank God that I can see that I cannot possibly save myself... only He can.
May God bless you.
2007-08-21 22:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO
because if he was real show yourself.
stop people killing each other.
why are children in some places dieing with out food.
why do i pick up the paper and some one got stabbed to death in a street robbery
why do new born baby's die when they have not even had the chance to live or do out wrong and get some kiddy messer will live to be 70?
too much evil in the world so no god he who people say made all this as all this power then sits and does nothing is either a pussy or not real.
and science has proved where we all came from not god not Adam and eve like the book of fiction the bible tells us.
that is my 10 cents on this matter had a good rant and rave thank you i feel great now
kind regards x kitti x
2007-08-21 19:30:25 · answer #5 · answered by misskitti7® 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I do believe that there is a spiritual being. (God) I do not practice ANY religion and never will. I believe as the entire universe came from somewhere / something. I mean things didn't and just don't appear overnight. Someone had to create everything including us. So yes, I do believe.
2007-08-21 22:33:33 · answer #6 · answered by GRUMPY 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.I don't believe in a God or Gods.The reasons I don't stem from various issues I take with the idea of having beliefs in such things.
Here is a numbered list of my most common reasons for not believing:
1.With so many religions and so many different ideas of who God is and most will say that only their God is the right one, how can anyone with rationality and reason choose one over the other without seeing that having to make a choice in itself is defeating the idea that any choice is correct?
2.No true and undeniable evidence can be produced that any God or Gods actually exist
3.In order to believe in a God or Gods one must often give up their ability to think for themselves because religious ideology often follows with dogmatic directives to maintain uniformity to specific views and beliefs
4.Religion often says that certain things are wrong when I see nothing wrong with those certain things and so rather then choose to change what I can clearly see and become blinded by closed minded views, I choose to keep my mind open
5.Because I know who I am and have no fear of death or of life, I don't seek to surround myself with self deluding ideals in order to negate fears I don't have
6.All religions that speak of God or Gods are borrowed from far older mythological beliefs that have long since died out when it was realized that such beliefs were in fact simplistic explanations of the unknown.I see nothing different with the new versions of the old beliefs.Same dribble-different name.
2007-08-21 19:34:36 · answer #7 · answered by Demopublican 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No.
I do not deny that there may be a God although I have never experienced anything which would make me conclude that one does exist. Even more difficult is the question of what God would be if he did exist. If I were to accept the existance of a God I could not know if that God were the Muslim, Christian, Jewish or any other possibility being.
2007-08-21 19:38:16 · answer #8 · answered by John B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I do.
Everything around me says there’s a great power beyond the mankind and the whole universe.. The universe cannot be created out of nothing, as everything has a beginning and an end..
Nature around me, my simple daily incidents, the way humans are born, life in general.. everything tells there is ONE God.. This universe can’t be out of nothing...
Peace :)
2007-08-22 08:35:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes...
To know that God is alive and well and that He loves us beyond what we're capable of realizing and that He wants to be the Lord and Saviour in our life. He is mine and without Him...I don't know how I could go on. He gives me the faith and I know that this speck of time I'm alive on earth is nothing compared to eternity in heaven!!! So I TRY to use my time in a way that's pleasing to Him.
When it comes down to it, He's all I need. He will provide me with what I NEED and He's here for me 24/7. How awesome is that!!
2007-08-22 01:39:29 · answer #10 · answered by ♥Ashy♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd really like to, and for the most part I do, but sometimes it's very difficult to believe. When I think about the existence of God scientifically and logically, it becomes very hard to believe in him/her. However, I've been taught about God my whole life, and I love learning about my religion and having faith in God. So, yes, I do believe in God.
2007-08-21 20:20:02 · answer #11 · answered by danamarin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋