My last question: What do you believe in, and why? What do you do at times when you doubt your beliefs?

Question

For theists, why do you believe in your god(s)? What makes the other gods false? Please refrain from "all gods are the same God," because each god was different in the minds of the believers. Pick a few individual gods if you like and explain why you do not believe in them. Use reason please (not Bible verses).

Atheists, if you had to give me one reason for your disbelief, what would that reason be? What is your response to the argument, "God exists outside the natural world"?

Well I guess this was more than one question. Thanks for the experience R&S regulars.

Answer 1

Well aren't you a curious little mind this morning...

I am a muslim, i believe in Islam, my god is the one true god Allah
I believe in islam because for me, it is the truth, the only religion i felt through and through my soul, and made the most sense, i was not born into it, i converted from Christianity...

yeah, yeah, give me thumbs down, what's new, LOL

Answer 2

I believe in the Lord Most High because I have a relationship with His Son and have His Spirit dwelling within me. This is a personal experience so I cannot prove it to you. I simply obeyed the Bible with an honest heart and found the Scriptures to be true.
I don't believe in Allah because even his prophet Mohammed did not even know if he would make it into heaven. Also, Islam is based on balances of good works verses bad works. If a man rapes a 6 year old and then saves someone from drowning the next day, does that erase his sin of molestation and rape?
I don't believe in Buddha because he never claimed to be God. He stated that he was just a man. Jesus claimed to be God many times.
The Jewish religion ended with the destruction of the temple. They need the temple to perform sacrifices for the forgiveness of sins. Jesus is the last sacrifice which the Jews rejected.

Answer 3

My God is the God of Israel,The God of Jacob and Abraham. And Why I believe so completely in God is because aside from my own personal experiences which have proven Him too me. The Bible is dead on accurate 100% and that should be enough proof for anybody. Bible Prophecies are dead on accurate, it says in the last days the creation will worship the creation more than the creator. Why do you think there are so many people trying to pretend God doesn't exist? Because they worship the creation so much they don't want anything making them feel guilty for wanting to totally indulge in it.

Take care and may God bless you spiritually.

Answer 4

I believe in a Creator Spirit/Energy that is all things to all people. Nowadays I mostly connect with God as The Hunter and the Crone - To me God is both male and female because that is how I understand the Universe best. I know God/dess by many names but I am sorry to have to tell you that at the end of it all there is only the One with countless faces. There is a face there for everybody.

Answer 5

I know God exists from my own direct, personal experience. All gods are One - believers may belief otherwise, but they only believe so - they don't know. Hinduism ultimately believes there is only one God...one Divinity...but to this day you have followers of Shiva and Vishnu saying their god is the better or true one. Those who truly understand, just watch and laugh because they know both are arguing for the mask they prefer to see the divine, but there is only one God.

I never have a doubt, because it is not belief - I know (from experience). I experience God even now.

~ Eric Putkonen

Answer 6

Here is my story.

I grew up in a home in which the very name of Jesus was considered a swear word. We are taught that Jesus was a liar, a deceiver and a lunatic.

Right out of high school, I got involved with the wrong group of people and began using drugs, starting from marijuana and quickly graduating to LSD, mixing LSD with speed and booze, and downers, etc.

Long story short, I had been living like this for a number of years when somebody asked me if he could pray for me.

He didn't tell me I couldn't turn on, so I didn't tell him he couldn't pray. Besides, I figured he's talking to a dead man anyway, so big deal.

He prayed. I don't even know WHAT he was praying. I got there stoned. Suddenly I was NOT stoned.

God spoke to me - clearly - every cell in my body vibrated with the words that He spoke to me. I knew it was God, it couldn't be anything else.

He said that Jesus Christ truly is God's Son (Messiah).

After a few moments of being stunned by this message and the power in which it was presented to me, I finally said "uh - oh - uh - ok!" (kinda like that).

The moment I said "OK", the Lord began to wash me of all the drugs I was taking. Within moments I suddenly realized that I didn't want or need any more, and their affects had been washed out as well.

I no longer felt the need to smoke (I would chain smoke Camels non-filtered), and the pain in my chest (in my heart) was suddenly gone.

My language suddenly changed from typical 4-letter cursing on a regular basis, and every other aspect of my life suddenly changed.

Somebody didn't come up to me and tell me, "If you're going to be a Christian, you can't smoke or drink or chew, or go with the girls who do" - God just changed my heart - radically - totally - all within just a few moments.

I felt clean for the first time since I was a little child, and I felt forgiven. God gave me a new heart - a heart to serve Him, and He gave me my mind back.

I was not raised in a Christian home. When I met Jesus, I had no other option but to believe that He is who He claimed to be.

Since then, I've seen MANY miracles of God's amazing and awesome power grace and love.

You ask why I believe the other gods are false? Well, if Jesus truly IS the Son of God our Savior, as He has proven Himself to me, then what He said has to be true.

I know you said to not quote scriptures, but where else can I quote what Jesus said? He said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father BUT BY ME" He said "I am the door", "I am the good shepherd", "I am the bread of life", etc, etc, etc. In fact, at one point, Jesus even said that if anybody tries to enter by any OTHER means (other than Himself), they would be treated as a thief and a robber and be cast out into outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth!

So, if Jesus truly IS who he said he is, then all the others MUST be phony.

I need to add one additional point. This is the same God of Israel that the Jewish people worship. They don't believe that Jesus is the Messiah, but it IS the same God (God the Father).

Answer 7

I believe in Jehovah God, the creator of all. I believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay for the sins of all mankind, if they will repent and ask Him to save them, He will. If it were only text book knowledge or something to reason out, I might not feel that way. The fact of the matter is, after accepting Jesus as my personal savior, I actually felt something. I have felt the presence of the Lord many times and there is no doubt , He is real.

Answer 8

I am a Jew so I believe in the same G-d that is referenced by Muslims and Christians alike (minus the whole Jesus factor). When I ever doubt my beliefs (which is very rare), I remember the long heritage of faith in Judaism within my family and I recall my 8 great aunts and uncles who were executed in Auschwitz for their beliefs, and I remember that the reason they died was that they refused to surrender to the belief systems of others.

Answer 9

No god is "false". I just don't honor them. There's a difference.

Only Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Atheist believe any god is "false", but at least the Athiest repsect us Pagans. The other three have very cool people, just far and few between.

I rarely have doubts but I welcome them. Faith with out doubt is nothing but fear. I have a phrase that utterly convinced me that I was on the right track that a friend told me. I simply repeat it and get the same overwhelming sense of "right". It's good enough for me. :)

Ah I see the Christians are out and simply proving my point with the thumbs down.

Answer 10

There is but one God.......who eternally exists in 3 distinct Personalities:

Father, Son & Holy Spirit.

He has proven Himself over & over again to me in His Creation.....in His Word....and through His Son